OpenAI - Responses API Operation

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The responses operation calls the OpenAI Responses API (non-streaming). It supports the same text and image input ergonomics as chat-completion , maps systemMessage to API instructions , and exposes CamelOpenAIResponseId plus token usage headers. Use previousResponseId / CamelOpenAIPreviousResponseId for server-side conversation state.

Hosted tools: set builtinTools to a comma-separated list ( web_search , file_search , code_interpreter ). file_search requires fileSearchVectorStoreIds . Pass hosted MCP tool definitions as JSON via hostedMcpTools .

When storeFullResponse=true , the SDK Response object is stored on exchange property CamelOpenAIResponsesResponse .

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from("direct:ask")
    .to("openai:responses?model=gpt-4o&systemMessage=You are a support assistant")
    .log("Answer: ${body} id: ${header.CamelOpenAIResponseId}");

from("direct:continue")
    .setHeader("CamelOpenAIPreviousResponseId", variable("lastId"))
    .to("openai:responses?model=gpt-4o")
    .setVariable("lastId", header("CamelOpenAIResponseId"));
- route:
    from:
      uri: direct:ask
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: openai:responses
            parameters:
              model: gpt-4o
              systemMessage: You are a support assistant
        - log:
            message: "Answer: ${body} id: ${header.CamelOpenAIResponseId}"

- route:
    from:
      uri: direct:continue
      steps:
        - setHeader:
            name: CamelOpenAIPreviousResponseId
            expression:
              simple:
                expression: "${variable.lastId}"
        - to:
            uri: openai:responses
            parameters:
              model: gpt-4o
        - setVariable:
            name: lastId
            expression:
              simple:
                expression: "${header.CamelOpenAIResponseId}"

Streaming is not supported on this operation; use chat-completion for streaming.

Function tools wired to Camel routes are not yet supported on this operation.