Cookbook: OpenAI Integration (Python)
This is a cookbook with examples of the Langfuse Integration for OpenAI (Python).
Follow the integration guide to add this integration to your OpenAI project.
Setup
The integration is compatible with OpenAI SDK versions >=0.27.8. It supports async functions and streaming for OpenAI SDK versions >=1.0.0.
%pip install langfuse openai --upgradeimport os
# Get keys for your project from the project settings page: https://cloud.langfuse.com
os.environ["LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY"] = "pk-lf-..."
os.environ["LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY"] = "sk-lf-..."
os.environ["LANGFUSE_BASE_URL"] = "https://cloud.langfuse.com" # 🇪🇺 EU region
# os.environ["LANGFUSE_BASE_URL"] = "https://us.cloud.langfuse.com" # 🇺🇸 US region
# Your openai key
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "sk-proj-..."# instead of: import openai
from langfuse.openai import openaiExamples
Chat completion (text)
completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="test-chat",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a very accurate calculator. You output only the result of the calculation."},
{"role": "user", "content": "1 + 1 = "}],
temperature=0,
metadata={"someMetadataKey": "someValue"},
)Chat completion (image)
Simple example using the OpenAI vision’s functionality. Images may be passed in the user messages.
completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="test-url-image",
model="gpt-4o-mini", # GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, and GPT-4 Turbo have vision capabilities
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are an AI trained to describe and interpret images. Describe the main objects and actions in the image."},
{"role": "user", "content": [
{"type": "text", "text": "What’s depicted in this image?"},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {
"url": "https://static.langfuse.com/langfuse-dev/langfuse-example-image.jpeg",
},
},
],
}
],
temperature=0,
metadata={"someMetadataKey": "someValue"},
)Go to https://cloud.langfuse.com or your own instance to see your generation.

Chat completion (streaming)
Simple example using the OpenAI streaming functionality.
completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="test-chat",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a professional comedian."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a joke."}],
temperature=0,
metadata={"someMetadataKey": "someValue"},
stream=True
)
for chunk in completion:
print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="")Why don't scientists trust atoms?
Because they make up everything!NoneChat completion (async)
Simple example using the OpenAI async client. It takes the Langfuse configurations either from the environment variables or from the attributes on the openai module.
from langfuse.openai import AsyncOpenAI
async_client = AsyncOpenAI()completion = await async_client.chat.completions.create(
name="test-chat",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a very accurate calculator. You output only the result of the calculation."},
{"role": "user", "content": "1 + 100 = "}],
temperature=0,
metadata={"someMetadataKey": "someValue"},
)Go to https://cloud.langfuse.com or your own instance to see your generation.

Functions
Simple example using Pydantic to generate the function schema.
%pip install pydantic --upgradefrom typing import List
from pydantic import BaseModel
class StepByStepAIResponse(BaseModel):
title: str
steps: List[str]
schema = StepByStepAIResponse.model_json_schema() # returns a dict like JSON schemafrom openai import OpenAI
import json
client = OpenAI()
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Explain how to assemble a PC"}
],
tools=[
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "get_answer_for_user_query",
"description": "Get user answer in a series of steps",
"parameters": StepByStepAIResponse.model_json_schema()
}
}
],
tool_choice={"type": "function", "function": {"name": "get_answer_for_user_query"}}
)
tool_call = response.choices[0].message.tool_calls[0]
args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)Go to https://cloud.langfuse.com or your own instance to see your generation.

Langfuse Features (User, Tags, Metadata, Session)
You can access additional Langfuse features by adding the relevant attributes to the OpenAI request. The Langfuse integration will parse these attributes. See docs for details on all available features.
from langfuse.openai import openai
completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="test-chat",
model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a calculator."},
{"role": "user", "content": "1 + 1 = "}],
temperature=0,
metadata={
"langfuse_tags": ["tag-1", "tag-2"],
"langfuse_user_id": "user-123",
"langfuse_session_id": "session-123",
"langfuse_metadata": {"key": "value"}
}
)Example trace: https://cloud.langfuse.com/project/cloramnkj0002jz088vzn1ja4/traces/286c5c70-b077-4826-a493-36c510362a5a
AzureOpenAI
The integration also works with the AzureOpenAI and AsyncAzureOpenAI classes.
AZURE_OPENAI_KEY=""
AZURE_ENDPOINT=""
AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="cookbook-gpt-4o-mini" # example deployment name# instead of: from openai import AzureOpenAI
from langfuse.openai import AzureOpenAIclient = AzureOpenAI(
api_key=AZURE_OPENAI_KEY,
api_version="2023-03-15-preview",
azure_endpoint=AZURE_ENDPOINT
)client.chat.completions.create(
name="test-chat-azure-openai",
model=AZURE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, # deployment name
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a very accurate calculator. You output only the result of the calculation."},
{"role": "user", "content": "1 + 1 = "}],
temperature=0,
)Example trace: https://cloud.langfuse.com/project/cloramnkj0002jz088vzn1ja4/traces/7ceb3ee3-0f2a-4f36-ad11-87ff636efd1e
Group multiple generations into a single trace
Many applications require more than one OpenAI call. The @observe() decorator allows you to nest all LLM calls of a single API invocation into the same trace in Langfuse.
from langfuse.openai import openai
from langfuse import observe
@observe() # decorator to automatically create trace and nest generations
def main(country: str, user_id: str, **kwargs) -> str:
# nested generation 1: use openai to get capital of country
capital = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="geography-teacher",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a Geography teacher helping students learn the capitals of countries. Output only the capital when being asked."},
{"role": "user", "content": country}],
temperature=0,
).choices[0].message.content
# nested generation 2: use openai to write poem on capital
poem = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="poet",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a poet. Create a poem about a city."},
{"role": "user", "content": capital}],
temperature=1,
max_tokens=200,
).choices[0].message.content
return poem
# run main function and let Langfuse decorator do the rest
print(main("Bulgaria", "admin"))
Fully featured: Interoperability with Langfuse SDK
The trace is a core object in Langfuse and you can add rich metadata to it. See Python SDK docs for full documentation on this.
Some of the functionality enabled by custom traces:
- custom name to identify a specific trace-type
- user-level tracking
- experiment tracking via versions and releases
- custom metadata
from langfuse.openai import openai
from langfuse import observe, get_client, propagate_attributes
langfuse = get_client()
@observe() # decorator to automatically create trace and nest generations
def main(country: str, user_id: str, **kwargs) -> str:
# Propagate attributes to all child observations
with propagate_attributes(
session_id="1234",
user_id=user_id,
tags=["tag1", "tag2"],
metadata = {"env": "development"}
):
# nested generation 1: use openai to get capital of country
capital = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="geography-teacher",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a Geography teacher helping students learn the capitals of countries. Output only the capital when being asked."},
{"role": "user", "content": country}],
temperature=0,
).choices[0].message.content
# nested generation 2: use openai to write poem on capital
poem = openai.chat.completions.create(
name="poet",
model="gpt-4o",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a poet. Create a poem about a city."},
{"role": "user", "content": capital}],
temperature=1,
max_tokens=200,
).choices[0].message.content
return poem
# create random trace_id, could also use existing id from your application, e.g. conversation id
trace_id = langfuse.create_trace_id()
# run main function, set your own id, and let Langfuse decorator do the rest
print(main("Bulgaria", "admin", langfuse_observation_id=trace_id))Programmatically add scores
You can add scores to the trace, to e.g. record user feedback or some programmatic evaluation. Scores are used throughout Langfuse to filter traces and on the dashboard. See the docs on scores for more details.
The score is associated to the trace using the trace_id.
from langfuse import observe, get_client
langfuse = get_client()
@observe() # decorator to automatically create trace and nest generations
def main():
# get trace_id of current trace
trace_id = langfuse.get_current_trace_id()
# rest of your application ...
return "res", trace_id
# execute the main function to generate a trace
_, trace_id = main()
# Score the trace from outside the trace context
langfuse.create_score(
trace_id=trace_id,
name="my-score-name",
value=1
)