Method startAssistant

app/services/ChatManager.ts:77–152

(assistantDetails: any, fileIds: string[], initialMessage: string)

  // Method to start the assistant
  async startAssistant(assistantDetails: any, fileIds: string[], initialMessage: string): Promise<void> {
    console.log('Starting assistant...');
    
    this.state.setStatusMessage('Initializing chat assistant...');
    this.state.isLoading = true;
    
    try {

    
      // Initialize the assistant
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Create Assistant...');
      const assistantId = await initializeAssistant(assistantDetails, fileIds);
      if (assistantId === null) {
        throw new Error('AssistantId is null');
      }
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Assistant created...');
  
      // Create the chat thread
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Creating thread...');
      this.state.assistantId = assistantId;
      const threadId = await createChatThread(initialMessage);
      if (threadId === null) {
        throw new Error('ThreadId is null');
      }
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Received thread_ID...');
  
      // Run the assistant
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Running assistant...');
      this.state.threadId = threadId;
      const runId = await runChatAssistant(this.state.assistantId, this.state.threadId);
      if (runId === null) {
        throw new Error('RunId is null');
      }
      
      // Store the run ID
      this.state.runId = runId; 
      this.state.setStatusMessage('Received Run_ID..');
  
      // Fetch the assistant's response
      if (this.state.runId && this.state.threadId) {
        const runId = this.state.runId as string;
        const threadId = this.state.threadId as string;
        this.state.setStatusMessage('checking status...');
        const response = await fetchAssistantResponse(
          this.state.runId as string, 
          this.state.threadId as string, 
          this.state.setStatusMessage, 
          this.state.setProgress,
          40 // initialProgress
        );        
        this.state.setStatusMessage('Run complete...');
        this.state.assistantResponseReceived = true;
        this.state.setStatusMessage('Received messages...');
        
        // Add the assistant's response to the messages
        const newMessage = { role: 'assistant', content: response };
        this.state.setStatusMessage('Adding messages to chat...');