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pdf_input_bytes.py
"""
Openai Pdf Input Bytes
=========================
"""

from pathlib import Path

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import File
from agno.models.openai.chat import OpenAIChat
from agno.utils.media import download_file

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

pdf_path = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("ThaiRecipes.pdf")

# Download the file using the download_file function
download_file(
    "https://agno-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf", str(pdf_path)
)

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5-mini"),
    markdown=True,
)

agent.print_response(
    "Summarize the contents of the attached file.",
    files=[
        File(
            content=pdf_path.read_bytes(),
        ),
    ],
)

​
Run the Example

1

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate
2

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai
3

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

$Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
4

Run the example

Save the code above as pdf_input_bytes.py, then run:
python pdf_input_bytes.py
Full source: cookbook/90_models/openai/chat/pdf_input_bytes.py