AIExtensionsContainerConsole Class

A container that manages registered AI clients in .NET console applications.

Namespace: DevExpress.AIIntegration

Assembly: DevExpress.AIIntegration.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AIIntegration

Declaration

C#

public static class AIExtensionsContainerConsole

VB.NET

Public Module AIExtensionsContainerConsole

Remarks

DevExpress AI-powered Extensions operate within an AIExtensionsContainerDefault container. This container manages registered AI clients. Use the AIExtensionsContainerConsole.CreateDefaultAIExtensionContainer method to create a container for AI-powered extensions and register a chat client in a .NET console application.

The following code snippets register an Azure OpenAI chat client:

.NET Console

using Azure;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions;

SetEnvironmentVariables();

// Register an Azure OpenAI client.
AIExtensionsContainerDefault defaultAIExtensionsContainer = RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"),
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY")
);

AIExtensionsContainerDefault RegisterAzureOpenAIClient(string azureOpenAIEndpoint, string azureOpenAIKey) {
    IChatClient client = new Azure.AI.OpenAI.AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint),
        new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(azureOpenAIKey)).GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();

    return AIExtensionsContainerConsole.CreateDefaultAIExtensionContainer(client);
}

void SetEnvironmentVariables() {
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", {SPECIFY_YOUR_AZURE_ENDPOINT});
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY", {SPECIFY_YOU_AZURE_KEY});
}

WinForms/WPF

using Azure;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration.Extensions;

//...
IChatClient client = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint),
    new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(azureOpenAIKey)).GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();

AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default.RegisterChatClient(client);

Blazor/ASP.NET Core

using DevExpress.AIIntegration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using OpenAI;

IChatClient client = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureOpenAIEndpoint),
    new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(azureOpenAIKey)).GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();

builder.Services.AddSingleton(client);
//or reference the Microsoft.Extensions.AI NuGet package and use
//builder.Services.AddChatClient(config => config.Use(myChatClient));
builder.Services.AddDevExpressAI();

Tip

Read the following help topics for information on how to register AI Clients in WinForms, WPF, and Blazor applications:

• AI-powered Extensions for WinForms
• AI-powered Extensions for WPF
• AI-powered Extensions for Blazor

Inheritance

Object

AIExtensionsContainerConsole