OpenAI Audio Input Agent

Send a WAV file fetched from a URL to gpt-audio and stream a text answer about it.

OpenAI schedules gpt-audio for shutdown on January 20, 2027. It remains available until that announced date. See the provider lifecycle notice and verify audio formats and streaming support when selecting a replacement.

audio_input_agent.py
"""
Openai Audio Input Agent
========================

Cookbook example for `openai/chat/audio_input_agent.py`.
"""

import requests
from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.media import Audio
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

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

# Fetch the audio file and convert it to a base64 encoded string
url = "https://openaiassets.blob.core.windows.net/$web/API/docs/audio/alloy.wav"
response = requests.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
wav_data = response.content

# Provide the agent with the audio file and get result as text
agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-audio", modalities=["text"]),
    markdown=True,
)
agent.print_response(
    "What is in this audio?", audio=[Audio(content=wav_data, format="wav")], stream=True
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno openai requests

Export your OpenAI API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as audio_input_agent.py, then run:

python audio_input_agent.py

Full source: cookbook/90_models/openai/chat/audio_input_agent.py