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this example shows how to use the openai tools to generate images with whatsapp app.

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Code

cookbook/apps/whatsapp/image_generation_tools.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.app.whatsapp.app import WhatsappAPI
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.openai import OpenAITools

image_agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    tools=[OpenAITools(image_model="gpt-image-1")],
    markdown=True,
    show_tool_calls=True,
    debug_mode=True,
    add_history_to_messages=True,
)


whatsapp_app = WhatsappAPI(
    agent=image_agent,
    name="Image Generation Tools",
    app_id="image_generation_tools",
    description="A tool that generates images using the OpenAI API.",
)

app = whatsapp_app.get_app()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    whatsapp_app.serve(app="image_generation_tools:app", port=8000, reload=True)

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Usage

1

Create a virtual environment

Open the Terminal and create a python virtual environment.
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
2

Set your API key

export OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
3

Install libraries

pip install -U agno openai "uvicorn[standard]"
4

Run Agent

python cookbook/apps/whatsapp/image_generation_tools.py