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Free online courseChat GPT and OpenAI API course

Duration of the online course: 5 hours and 17 minutes

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Build AI-powered apps with a free course using ChatGPT and the OpenAI API. Learn practical integration skills and earn a certificate-ready portfolio.

In this free course, learn about

  • OpenAI API fundamentals: auth, endpoints, rate limits, error handling
  • Prompt design for reliable outputs: roles, instructions, formatting, constraints
  • Building chat/completions workflows with context, memory, and system messages
  • Structured outputs: JSON schemas, function/tool calling, validation and parsing
  • Embeddings and semantic search for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Managing tokens and cost: counting, truncation, batching, caching strategies
  • Safety and policy basics: content moderation, data privacy, secure usage
  • Implementing 5 end-to-end coding projects that integrate the OpenAI API
  • Testing and debugging LLM apps: evals, edge cases, deterministic checks

Course Description

Turn generative AI into a practical skill you can use in real products. In this free online course, you’ll learn how to work with ChatGPT and the OpenAI API to create useful features that go far beyond simple prompts. You’ll gain a clear understanding of how to connect an application to an AI model, send and structure requests, and interpret responses in a reliable way so your results feel consistent and purposeful.

Rather than focusing on theory alone, the course emphasizes building confidence through hands-on development. You’ll see how to move from an idea to an implementation mindset: defining what the AI should do, shaping the user experience around it, and designing prompts and parameters that produce dependable output. Along the way, you’ll develop good habits for organizing AI logic, testing edge cases, and iterating on results without wasting time or tokens.

You’ll also learn how to think about real-world constraints such as safety, latency, and cost. Understanding how usage is measured, how to reduce unnecessary calls, and how to improve responses through smarter input will help you build applications that scale. If you’re aiming to enhance your career in software, data, product, or automation, these skills translate directly into projects that demonstrate modern, job-ready capability.

By the end, you won’t just know what the OpenAI API is—you’ll know how to apply it to build AI-assisted experiences that feel polished and intentional. Whether you’re a beginner looking for an accessible entry point or a developer wanting to add AI features to your toolkit, this course gives you a practical path to create, experiment, and ship work you can be proud to share.

Course content

  • Video class: ChatGPT Course – Use The OpenAI API to Code 5 Projects

    5h17m

This free course includes:

5 hours and 17 minutes of online video course

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