By Charvi on 2025-07-16 13:43 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: July 10-16, 2025

The ninth Joomla! AI Framework project discussion meeting was successfully held on July 11, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Charvi Mehra, Eoin, Tushar, Shivam Rajput and Sigrid Gramlinger.

Key Accomplishments

• July 10:
  • Added support for multiple response choices (n parameter) in chat completions
  • Implemented audio modality support for chat completions functionality
  • Created comprehensive tests for multiple choices, audio capabilities, and response structure validation
  • Implemented proper output handling for audio files with appropriate format management
• July 11:
  • Presented previous week's work progress and comprehensive results
  • Discussed structured approach for exception handling implementation across the framework
  • Identified and prioritized resolution of issues with image generation and editing tests
  • Confirmed development focus on removing code repetition, input validation, and comprehensive exception handling
• July 12:
  • Created foundational AIException class as base exception handler extending PHP's built-in \Exception
  • Established framework foundation for comprehensive error management system
• July 14:
  • Implemented InvalidArgumentException for comprehensive parameter validation covering:
    • Invalid model specifications and unsupported parameters
    • File size limit exceeded and invalid file format errors
    • Invalid image size parameters and missing required parameters
    • File not found and accessibility issues
  • Added saveBase64Image function for proper image handling from base64 data
  • Enhanced response format handling supporting both URL and base64 formats
  • Implemented support for both single and multiple image responses
  • Fixed default response format handling issues
• July 15:
  • Developed AuthenticationException class for authorization and authentication error management
  • Implemented detailed error message formatting for authentication failures
  • Added specific handling for HTTP status codes 401 (Unauthorized), 403 (Forbidden), and 429 (Too Many Requests)
  • Created specialized exception classes:
    • RateLimitException for API rate limiting issues
    • QuotaExceededException for billing, credit, and usage cap scenarios
• July 16:
  • Added ResponseParsingException for comprehensive response parsing failure handling
  • Implemented support for invalid JSON responses, malformed API responses, empty responses, and corrupted data scenarios
  • Refactored exception architecture by moving common buildDetailedMessage() method to base AIException class
  • Created consistent error detail presentation across all exception types
  • Enhanced exception classes with specialized error detail methods:
    • getResponseErrorDetails() for parsing error analysis
    • getRateLimitErrorDetails() for rate limit error information
    • getQuotaExceededErrorDetails() for quota and billing error details
    • getAuthenticationErrorDetails() for authentication error specifics

Next Steps

• Complete integration of exception handling across all framework capabilities
• Resolve remaining issues with image generation and editing tests
• Implement comprehensive error recovery and fallback mechanisms