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LLMeter targets for testing OpenAI ChatCompletions-compatible endpoints (wherever they're hosted)

OpenAICompletionEndpoint

OpenAICompletionEndpoint(model_id, endpoint_name='openai', api_key=None, provider='openai', organization=None, project=None, base_url=None, websocket_base_url=None, timeout=None, max_retries=DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, default_headers=None, default_query=None, **kwargs)

Bases: OpenAIEndpoint[ChatCompletion]

Endpoint for OpenAI-compatible Chat Completion APIs (non-streaming mode)

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    model_id: str,
    endpoint_name: str = "openai",
    api_key: str | None = None,
    provider: str = "openai",
    organization: str | None = None,
    project: str | None = None,
    base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    websocket_base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | dict | None = None,
    max_retries: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
    default_headers: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
    default_query: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
):
    """Initialize OpenAI endpoint.

    Args:
        model_id: ID of the OpenAI model to use
        endpoint_name: Name of the endpoint. Defaults to "openai".
        api_key: OpenAI API key. Defaults to None (reads from OPENAI_API_KEY env var).
        provider: Provider name. Defaults to "openai".
        organization: OpenAI organization ID. Defaults to None.
        project: OpenAI project ID. Defaults to None.
        base_url: Override the default base URL for the API.
        websocket_base_url: Override the default base URL for websocket connections.
        timeout: Request timeout in seconds, or an httpx.Timeout for granular control. If a
            dict is passed (as is the case after serialization), it'll be interpreted as a set
            of arguments to create an httpx.Timeout
        max_retries: Maximum number of retries for failed requests.
        default_headers: Additional headers to send with every request.
        default_query: Additional query parameters to send with every request.
        **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to OpenAI client
    """
    super().__init__(endpoint_name, model_id, provider=provider)
    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
        "api_key": api_key,
        "organization": organization,
        "project": project,
        "max_retries": max_retries,
        **kwargs,
    }
    if base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["base_url"] = base_url
    if websocket_base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["websocket_base_url"] = websocket_base_url
    if timeout is not None:
        if isinstance(timeout, dict):
            timeout = httpx.Timeout(**timeout)
        client_kwargs["timeout"] = timeout
    if default_headers is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_headers"] = default_headers
    if default_query is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_query"] = default_query
    self._client = OpenAI(**client_kwargs)

invoke

invoke(payload)

Invoke the OpenAI chat completion API.

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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@OpenAIEndpoint.llmeter_invoke
def invoke(self, payload: CompletionCreateParamsNonStreaming) -> ChatCompletion:
    """Invoke the OpenAI chat completion API."""
    client_response: ChatCompletion = self._client.chat.completions.create(
        **payload
    )
    return client_response

prepare_payload

prepare_payload(payload)

Ensure payload specifies correct model ID and streaming disabled

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def prepare_payload(self, payload):
    """Ensure payload specifies correct model ID and streaming disabled"""
    return {
        **payload,
        "model": self.model_id,
        "stream": False,
    }

OpenAICompletionStreamEndpoint

OpenAICompletionStreamEndpoint(model_id, endpoint_name='openai', api_key=None, provider='openai', organization=None, project=None, base_url=None, websocket_base_url=None, timeout=None, max_retries=DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, default_headers=None, default_query=None, **kwargs)

Bases: OpenAIEndpoint[Iterable[ChatCompletionChunk]]

Endpoint for OpenAI-compatible Chat Completion APIs (streaming mode)

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    model_id: str,
    endpoint_name: str = "openai",
    api_key: str | None = None,
    provider: str = "openai",
    organization: str | None = None,
    project: str | None = None,
    base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    websocket_base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | dict | None = None,
    max_retries: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
    default_headers: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
    default_query: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
):
    """Initialize OpenAI endpoint.

    Args:
        model_id: ID of the OpenAI model to use
        endpoint_name: Name of the endpoint. Defaults to "openai".
        api_key: OpenAI API key. Defaults to None (reads from OPENAI_API_KEY env var).
        provider: Provider name. Defaults to "openai".
        organization: OpenAI organization ID. Defaults to None.
        project: OpenAI project ID. Defaults to None.
        base_url: Override the default base URL for the API.
        websocket_base_url: Override the default base URL for websocket connections.
        timeout: Request timeout in seconds, or an httpx.Timeout for granular control. If a
            dict is passed (as is the case after serialization), it'll be interpreted as a set
            of arguments to create an httpx.Timeout
        max_retries: Maximum number of retries for failed requests.
        default_headers: Additional headers to send with every request.
        default_query: Additional query parameters to send with every request.
        **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to OpenAI client
    """
    super().__init__(endpoint_name, model_id, provider=provider)
    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
        "api_key": api_key,
        "organization": organization,
        "project": project,
        "max_retries": max_retries,
        **kwargs,
    }
    if base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["base_url"] = base_url
    if websocket_base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["websocket_base_url"] = websocket_base_url
    if timeout is not None:
        if isinstance(timeout, dict):
            timeout = httpx.Timeout(**timeout)
        client_kwargs["timeout"] = timeout
    if default_headers is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_headers"] = default_headers
    if default_query is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_query"] = default_query
    self._client = OpenAI(**client_kwargs)

invoke

invoke(payload)

Invoke the OpenAI streaming chat completion API.

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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@OpenAIEndpoint.llmeter_invoke
def invoke(self, payload: CompletionCreateParamsStreaming):
    """Invoke the OpenAI streaming chat completion API."""
    client_response = self._client.chat.completions.create(**payload)
    return client_response

prepare_payload

prepare_payload(payload)

Ensure payload specifies correct model ID and streaming settings

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def prepare_payload(self, payload):
    """Ensure payload specifies correct model ID and streaming settings"""
    payload = {
        **payload,
        "model": self.model_id,
        "stream": True,
    }
    if not payload.get("stream_options"):
        payload["stream_options"] = {"include_usage": True}
    return payload

process_raw_response

process_raw_response(raw_response, start_t, response)

Parse the streaming API response from OpenAI chat completion API.

Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def process_raw_response(
    self,
    raw_response: Iterable[ChatCompletionChunk],
    start_t: float,
    response: InvocationResponse,
) -> None:
    """Parse the streaming API response from OpenAI chat completion API."""
    got_chunk_id = False
    for chunk in raw_response:
        now = time.perf_counter()

        if not got_chunk_id and chunk.id is not None:
            response.id = chunk.id
            got_chunk_id = True

        if chunk.choices:
            content = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
            if content:
                if response.response_text is None:
                    response.time_to_first_token = now - start_t
                    response.response_text = content
                else:
                    response.response_text += content
                response.time_to_last_token = now - start_t

        if chunk.usage is not None:
            response.num_tokens_input = chunk.usage.prompt_tokens
            response.num_tokens_output = chunk.usage.completion_tokens
            if chunk.usage.prompt_tokens_details:
                response.num_tokens_input_cached = getattr(
                    chunk.usage.prompt_tokens_details, "cached_tokens", None
                )
            if chunk.usage.completion_tokens_details:
                response.num_tokens_output_reasoning = getattr(
                    chunk.usage.completion_tokens_details,
                    "reasoning_tokens",
                    None,
                )

OpenAIEndpoint

OpenAIEndpoint(model_id, endpoint_name='openai', api_key=None, provider='openai', organization=None, project=None, base_url=None, websocket_base_url=None, timeout=None, max_retries=DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, default_headers=None, default_query=None, **kwargs)

Bases: Endpoint[TOpenAICompletionBase], Generic[TOpenAICompletionBase]

Base class for OpenAI API endpoints.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
model_id str

ID of the OpenAI model to use

required
endpoint_name str

Name of the endpoint. Defaults to "openai".

'openai'
api_key str | None

OpenAI API key. Defaults to None (reads from OPENAI_API_KEY env var).

None
provider str

Provider name. Defaults to "openai".

'openai'
organization str | None

OpenAI organization ID. Defaults to None.

None
project str | None

OpenAI project ID. Defaults to None.

None
base_url str | URL | None

Override the default base URL for the API.

None
websocket_base_url str | URL | None

Override the default base URL for websocket connections.

None
timeout float | Timeout | dict | None

Request timeout in seconds, or an httpx.Timeout for granular control. If a dict is passed (as is the case after serialization), it'll be interpreted as a set of arguments to create an httpx.Timeout

None
max_retries int

Maximum number of retries for failed requests.

DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES
default_headers Mapping[str, str] | None

Additional headers to send with every request.

None
default_query Mapping[str, object] | None

Additional query parameters to send with every request.

None
**kwargs Any

Additional arguments passed to OpenAI client

{}
Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    model_id: str,
    endpoint_name: str = "openai",
    api_key: str | None = None,
    provider: str = "openai",
    organization: str | None = None,
    project: str | None = None,
    base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    websocket_base_url: str | httpx.URL | None = None,
    timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | dict | None = None,
    max_retries: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
    default_headers: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
    default_query: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
):
    """Initialize OpenAI endpoint.

    Args:
        model_id: ID of the OpenAI model to use
        endpoint_name: Name of the endpoint. Defaults to "openai".
        api_key: OpenAI API key. Defaults to None (reads from OPENAI_API_KEY env var).
        provider: Provider name. Defaults to "openai".
        organization: OpenAI organization ID. Defaults to None.
        project: OpenAI project ID. Defaults to None.
        base_url: Override the default base URL for the API.
        websocket_base_url: Override the default base URL for websocket connections.
        timeout: Request timeout in seconds, or an httpx.Timeout for granular control. If a
            dict is passed (as is the case after serialization), it'll be interpreted as a set
            of arguments to create an httpx.Timeout
        max_retries: Maximum number of retries for failed requests.
        default_headers: Additional headers to send with every request.
        default_query: Additional query parameters to send with every request.
        **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to OpenAI client
    """
    super().__init__(endpoint_name, model_id, provider=provider)
    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
        "api_key": api_key,
        "organization": organization,
        "project": project,
        "max_retries": max_retries,
        **kwargs,
    }
    if base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["base_url"] = base_url
    if websocket_base_url is not None:
        client_kwargs["websocket_base_url"] = websocket_base_url
    if timeout is not None:
        if isinstance(timeout, dict):
            timeout = httpx.Timeout(**timeout)
        client_kwargs["timeout"] = timeout
    if default_headers is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_headers"] = default_headers
    if default_query is not None:
        client_kwargs["default_query"] = default_query
    self._client = OpenAI(**client_kwargs)

project property

project

The OpenAI project ID configured on the client.

create_payload staticmethod

create_payload(user_message, max_tokens=256, **kwargs)

Create a payload for the OpenAI Chat Completions API request.

This is a convenience helper. You can also build the payload directly using openai.types.chat.CompletionCreateParams (though the model field is optional).

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
user_message str | list[ContentItem]

A single text string, or an ordered list mixing strings and :class:~llmeter.prompt_utils.MediaContent objects.

required
max_tokens int

Maximum tokens in response. Defaults to 256.

256
**kwargs Any

Additional payload parameters.

{}

Returns:

Name Type Description
dict CompletionCreateParams

Formatted OpenAI CompletionCreateParams input payload

Examples:

Text only::

create_payload("Hello")

Image with text::

create_payload([
    ImageContent.from_path("photo.jpg"),
    "What's in this image?",
])
Source code in llmeter/endpoints/openai.py
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@staticmethod
def create_payload(
    user_message: str | list[ContentItem], max_tokens: int = 256, **kwargs: Any
) -> CompletionCreateParams:
    """Create a payload for the OpenAI Chat Completions API request.

    This is a convenience helper. You can also build the payload directly
    using ``openai.types.chat.CompletionCreateParams`` (though the `model`
    field is optional).

    Args:
        user_message: A single text string, or an ordered list mixing strings
            and :class:`~llmeter.prompt_utils.MediaContent` objects.
        max_tokens: Maximum tokens in response. Defaults to 256.
        **kwargs: Additional payload parameters.

    Returns:
        dict: Formatted OpenAI CompletionCreateParams input payload

    Examples:
        Text only::

            create_payload("Hello")

        Image with text::

            create_payload([
                ImageContent.from_path("photo.jpg"),
                "What's in this image?",
            ])

    """
    if not isinstance(max_tokens, int) or max_tokens <= 0:
        raise ValueError("max_tokens must be a positive integer")

    if isinstance(user_message, str):
        items: list[ContentItem] = [user_message]
    elif isinstance(user_message, list):
        items = user_message
    else:
        raise TypeError(
            "user_message must be a str or list of str/MediaContent, "
            f"got {type(user_message).__name__}"
        )

    if not items:
        raise ValueError("user_message must not be empty")

    # Text-only shortcut: single string → simple content field
    if len(items) == 1 and isinstance(items[0], str):
        payload = {
            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": items[0]}],
            "max_tokens": max_tokens,
        }
    else:
        content_blocks = _build_content_blocks_openai(items)
        payload = {
            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": content_blocks}],
            "max_tokens": max_tokens,
        }
    payload.update(kwargs)
    return cast(CompletionCreateParams, payload)