messages_required
The message text is shown in the example below.
| HTTP status | 400 |
type | invalid_request_error |
| Retry? | No, not unchanged |
| Status | In the public catalog (error-envelope.ts) |
| Extra fields | none |
When it happens
messages is missing, is not an array, or is an empty array.
Example
{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"code": "messages_required",
"message": "The request must include a non-empty messages array.",
"param": null,
"request_id": "req_6f1c2a9e0b7d4c3a8e5f1b2d"
}
}How to fix it
- Send at least one message. A system prompt alone is not enough; add a
userturn. - Check that the variable holding your conversation was not reset before the call.
Detect it in code
err = resp.json().get("error", {})
if resp.status_code == 400 and err.get("code") == "messages_required":
log.warning("%s (%s)", err["message"], err["request_id"]) # fix the request; do not retry unchangedRelated
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