OpenAI Platform
The OpenAI Platform at platform.openai.com is the developer-facing API surface for programmatic access to OpenAI models. It covers completions, embeddings, speech, image generation, file storage, vector search, batch processing, and developer tooling. This section covers everything you need to build production applications on OpenAI infrastructure.
In This Section
Platform Overview
Key API endpoints, authentication, rate limits, and tier structure.
Responses API
The Assistants API successor — simpler object model, built-in tools, MCP support. Migration guide.
Storage & Vector Stores
Files API for document upload and Vector Stores for hosted RAG without managing your own vector database.
Batch API
Async bulk inference at 50% off — how it works, supported models, and when to use it.
API Keys & Org Management
Creating and scoping keys, organisations, projects, spend limits, and usage monitoring.
Python SDK
Sync, async, and streaming patterns with the openai Python library. Agents SDK overview.