ChatGPT Answers API Capability

Generate answer

Submit a prompt with locale, country, search, and source-policy controls in a fresh ChatGPT context; return a complete answer, citations, and execution evidence.

Capability ID chatgpt.answer.generate

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 180 seconds

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# Generate answer

Submit a prompt with locale, country, search, and source-policy controls in a fresh ChatGPT context; return a complete answer, citations, and execution evidence.

- Platform: [ChatGPT Answers](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/chatgpt)
- Capability ID: `chatgpt.answer.generate`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 180 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"country":"United States","country_mode":"best_effort","include_sources":true,"locale":"en-US","max_sources":6,"mode":"search","model":"auto","prompt":"As of 2026-08-03, explain how the official MCP Streamable HTTP transport handles session creation, subsequent protocol headers, and expired sessions. Separate protocol requirements from client design choices.","source_policy":{"official_sources_only":true,"preferred_domains":["modelcontextprotocol.io"],"published_after":"2025-01-01"},"timezone":"America/New_York"},"capability":"chatgpt.answer.generate"}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `country` | `string` | No |  |
| `country_mode` | `string` | No | best_effort keeps ChatGPT usable and reports whether geotargeting was applied; strict requires a verified country exit and fails closed. |
| `include_sources` | `boolean` | No |  |
| `locale` | `string` | No |  |
| `max_sources` | `integer` | No |  |
| `mode` | `string` | No |  |
| `model` | `string` | No |  |
| `prompt` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `source_policy` | `object` | No |  |
| `source_policy.excluded_domains` | `array<string>` | No |  |
| `source_policy.official_sources_only` | `boolean` | No |  |
| `source_policy.preferred_domains` | `array<string>` | No |  |
| `source_policy.published_after` | `string` | No |  |
| `source_policy.published_before` | `string` | No |  |
| `timezone` | `string` | No |  |

### Example input

```json
{
  "country": "United States",
  "country_mode": "best_effort",
  "include_sources": true,
  "locale": "en-US",
  "max_sources": 6,
  "mode": "search",
  "model": "auto",
  "prompt": "As of 2026-08-03, explain how the official MCP Streamable HTTP transport handles session creation, subsequent protocol headers, and expired sessions. Separate protocol requirements from client design choices.",
  "source_policy": {
    "official_sources_only": true,
    "preferred_domains": [
      "modelcontextprotocol.io"
    ],
    "published_after": "2025-01-01"
  },
  "timezone": "America/New_York"
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "completed": true,
  "grounded": false,
  "query": "In one short sentence, explain why the sky appears blue.",
  "response": "The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight more strongly than longer wavelengths."
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `completed` | `boolean` | true |
| `grounded` | `boolean` | false |
| `query` | `string` | In one short sentence, explain why the sky appears blue. |
| `response` | `string` | The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter shorter blue wavelen… |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

See [jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs), [errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors), and [idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency).

## Machine-readable contract

- [Capability OpenAPI 3.1](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/chatgpt/chatgpt.answer.generate/openapi.json)
- [Platform OpenAPI 3.1](https://upscrape.com/scrapers/chatgpt/openapi.json)
- [Focused coding-agent prompt](https://upscrape.com/scrapers/chatgpt/capabilities/chatgpt.answer.generate/llm.md)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
`country`	`string`	Optional
`country_mode`	`string`	Optional	best_effort keeps ChatGPT usable and reports whether geotargeting was applied; strict requires a verified country exit and fails closed.
`include_sources`	`boolean`	Optional
`locale`	`string`	Optional
`max_sources`	`integer`	Optional
`mode`	`string`	Optional
`model`	`string`	Optional
`prompt`	`string`	Required
`source_policy`	`object`	Optional
`source_policy.excluded_domains`	`array<string>`	Optional
`source_policy.official_sources_only`	`boolean`	Optional
`source_policy.preferred_domains`	`array<string>`	Optional
`source_policy.published_after`	`string`	Optional
`source_policy.published_before`	`string`	Optional
`timezone`	`string`	Optional

Response

Successful output is returned in results[0].data. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

Illustrative sample The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These observed fields are not a fixed response schema.

Path	Observed type	Example
`completed`	`boolean`	true
`grounded`	`boolean`	false
`query`	`string`	In one short sentence, explain why the sky appears blue.
`response`	`string`	The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter shorter blue wavelen…

Execution behavior

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until the job reaches completed or failed.

Resources

OpenAPI 3.1 Markdown Platform OpenAPI

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"input":{"country":"United States","country_mode":"best_effort","include_sources":true,"locale":"en-US","max_sources":6,"mode":"search","model":"auto","prompt":"As of 2026-08-03, explain how the official MCP Streamable HTTP transport handles session creation, subsequent protocol headers, and expired sessions. Separate protocol requirements from client design choices.","source_policy":{"official_sources_only":true,"preferred_domains":["modelcontextprotocol.io"],"published_after":"2025-01-01"},"timezone":"America/New_York"},"capability":"chatgpt.answer.generate"}'

const response = await fetch("https://data.upscrape.com/execute", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({"input":{"country":"United States","country_mode":"best_effort","include_sources":true,"locale":"en-US","max_sources":6,"mode":"search","model":"auto","prompt":"As of 2026-08-03, explain how the official MCP Streamable HTTP transport handles session creation, subsequent protocol headers, and expired sessions. Separate protocol requirements from client design choices.","source_policy":{"official_sources_only":true,"preferred_domains":["modelcontextprotocol.io"],"published_after":"2025-01-01"},"timezone":"America/New_York"},"capability":"chatgpt.answer.generate"}), }); console.log(await response.json());

import requests response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, json={"input":{"country":"United States","country_mode":"best_effort","include_sources":true,"locale":"en-US","max_sources":6,"mode":"search","model":"auto","prompt":"As of 2026-08-03, explain how the official MCP Streamable HTTP transport handles session creation, subsequent protocol headers, and expired sessions. Separate protocol requirements from client design choices.","source_policy":{"official_sources_only":true,"preferred_domains":["modelcontextprotocol.io"],"published_after":"2025-01-01"},"timezone":"America/New_York"},"capability":"chatgpt.answer.generate"}, ) print(response.json())

{ "completed": true, "grounded": false, "query": "In one short sentence, explain why the sky appears blue.", "response": "The sky appears blue because air molecules scatter shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight more strongly than longer wavelengths." }