Chat Image Agent File

Attach a local image by filepath, with auto-detected or explicit MIME types.

image_agent_file.py

from pathlib import Path

import httpx
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.media import Image
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    markdown=True,
)

image_path = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("sample.jpg")

if not image_path.exists():
    resp = httpx.get(
        "https://picsum.photos/id/1/640/480",
        headers={"User-Agent": "agno-cookbook/1.0"},
        follow_redirects=True,
    )
    image_path.write_bytes(resp.content)

# Auto-detect MIME from file extension (.jpg -> image/jpeg)
agent.print_response(
    "Tell me about this image.",
    images=[Image(filepath=image_path)],
    stream=True,
)

# Explicit MIME type override
agent.print_response(
    "What do you see?",
    images=[Image(filepath=image_path, mime_type="image/jpeg")],
    stream=True,
)

Run the Example

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

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

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno openai
   
3. Export your OpenAI API key

   Mac/Linux

   export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   

   $Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"
   
4. Run the example

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

   python image_agent_file.py
   

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