Form filler
Type an expense the way you'd scribble it on a receipt — "lunch with the
Showcase — Form filler
Type an expense the way you'd scribble it on a receipt — "lunch with the client, 38.50 eur, last tuesday" — and get back a validated record ready to insert: merchant, amount as a real number, currency, a category from your set, and a date. The schema does double duty: it shapes the request and validates the reply.
Run
bash bootstrap-secrets.sh # reads ../../../../.env, writes secrets/
docker compose up --build # default: PROVIDER=openai
Open http://localhost:3000.
To run against Gemini instead:
PROVIDER=gemini docker compose up --build
What's where
backend/ai_openai.py— theExpenseschema (typed + Literal category) and the OpenAI callbackend/ai_gemini.py— same schema, Gemini callbackend/main.py— identical FastAPI loader; reads PROVIDER and dispatchesfrontend/app/page.tsx— textarea + result (rendered as JSON)docker-compose.yml— two services, secrets mounted from./secrets/
run(input: str) -> str returns the validated record as pretty JSON, keeping
the contract identical across the week's showcases.
Stop
docker compose down
Run locally
Download the project as a ZIP and run it with Docker. Brings up a FastAPI backend + Next.js frontend on localhost:3000.
unzip form-filler.zip
cd form-filler
bash bootstrap-secrets.sh # one-time: pulls API keys into ./secrets
docker compose up --build # default provider: openai
# or: PROVIDER=gemini docker compose up --build
Type some input, pick a provider, and run the same code shown in Source against the live API. Sign-in required.
The same modules the Run button hits. The whole project (frontend, Dockerfile, compose) is in the ZIP under README.
backend/ai_openai.py
"""Week 4 - Showcase 3 (OpenAI): turn a messy note into a validated record.
This is the one closest to real work: a one-line expense note becomes a
structured row ready to insert. The schema does double duty — it tells the
model the shape and it validates the reply, so amount is a number and
category is one of yours, not whatever the model felt like typing.
"""
import json
from typing import Literal
from openai import OpenAI
from pydantic import BaseModel
_client = OpenAI()
class Expense(BaseModel):
merchant: str
amount: float
currency: str
category: Literal["travel", "meals", "software", "hardware", "other"]
date: str
def run(text: str) -> str:
response = _client.responses.parse(
model="gpt-5.4-nano",
input="Turn this expense note into a structured record. Infer the "
"category. Use ISO format for the date if one is given.\n\n"
f"{text.strip()}",
text_format=Expense,
)
return json.dumps(response.output_parsed.model_dump(), indent=2)
backend/ai_gemini.py
"""Week 4 - Showcase 3 (Gemini): turn a messy note into a validated record."""
import json
import os
from typing import Literal
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from pydantic import BaseModel
_client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GEMINI_API_KEY"])
class Expense(BaseModel):
merchant: str
amount: float
currency: str
category: Literal["travel", "meals", "software", "hardware", "other"]
date: str
def run(text: str) -> str:
response = _client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
contents="Turn this expense note into a structured record. Infer the "
"category. Use ISO format for the date if one is given.\n\n"
f"{text.strip()}",
config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
response_mime_type="application/json",
response_schema=Expense,
),
)
return json.dumps(response.parsed.model_dump(), indent=2)
Project files
.gitignoreREADME.mdbackend/Dockerfilebackend/ai_gemini.pybackend/ai_openai.pybackend/main.pybackend/requirements.txtbootstrap-secrets.shdocker-compose.ymlfrontend/Dockerfilefrontend/app/layout.tsxfrontend/app/page.tsxfrontend/next.config.tsfrontend/package.jsonfrontend/tsconfig.json