What is OpenAI Assistants?
OpenAI's API for building AI assistants with function calling, code interpreter, and file search capabilities.
Searching Shopify with OpenAI Assistants
This integration lets your OpenAI Assistants agent search Shopify in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with store URLs, product page URLs, page titles, SERP snippets (price and stock text when Google shows it) -- ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
pip install openai requestsCode Example
Here is a complete OpenAI Assistants agent that searches Shopify using Scavio:
Python
from openai import OpenAI
import json
import os
import requests
# Scavio has no Shopify endpoint. This finds storefront pages through Google; prices and variants come from the pages you then fetch yourself.
client = OpenAI()
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Shopify through the Scavio API (POST /api/v2/google)."""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v2/google",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
tools = [{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "scavio_search",
"description": "Query Shopify for real-time results",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["query"],
},
},
}]
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.5",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "site:myshopify.com leather wallet"}],
tools=tools,
)
for tool_call in response.choices[0].message.tool_calls or []:
result = scavio_search(json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)["query"])
print(result[:500])Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
Python
from openai import OpenAI
import json
import os
import requests
# Scavio has no Shopify endpoint. This finds storefront pages through Google; prices and variants come from the pages you then fetch yourself.
client = OpenAI()
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Shopify through the Scavio API (POST /api/v2/google)."""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v2/google",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
tools = [{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "scavio_search",
"description": "Query Shopify for real-time results",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["query"],
},
},
}]
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "site:myshopify.com leather wallet"}]
response = client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-5.5", messages=messages, tools=tools)
if response.choices[0].message.tool_calls:
messages.append(response.choices[0].message)
for tc in response.choices[0].message.tool_calls:
result = scavio_search(json.loads(tc.function.arguments)["query"])
messages.append({"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": tc.id, "content": result})
final = client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-5.5", messages=messages)
print(final.choices[0].message.content)Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 50 credits on signup (1 credit per search). No credit card required. This is enough to build and test your OpenAI Assistants integration. Paid plans start at $30/month for higher volumes.