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# Async Openai Client • AI Agent SDK

> async_openai_client: Get the asynchronous OpenAI client (lazy initialization).

# async\_openai\_client

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> This is a method of the [**DeepResearchAgent**](../classes/DeepResearchAgent) class in the [**deep\_research\_agent**](../modules/deep_research_agent) module.

Get the asynchronous OpenAI client (lazy initialization).

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def async_openai_client() -> Any
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `AsyncOpenAI`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/deep_research_agent.py` at line 353
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Async Feature" icon="clock" href="/docs/features/async" />

  <Card title="Background Tasks" icon="spinner" href="/docs/features/background-tasks" />

  <Card title="Async Jobs" icon="list-check" href="/docs/features/async-jobs" />
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