Support providing azureADToken as credential

[ronaldchwu]

Confirm this is a feature request for the Node library and not the underlying OpenAI API.

• This is a feature request for the Node library

Describe the feature or improvement you're requesting

Currently, Azure OpenAI authentication only supports using azureADTokenProvider, but not azureADToken itself.

But some enterprise customers may manage AD token generation in a separate process.
This requires openai-node SDK to supports providing azureADToken directly, as in the Python SDK (link)

Such support will also benefit the uptake of recently released Codex CLI (which uses openai-node SDK under the hood). See ongoing issues/PR there (#11, #92)

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[mikhail]

Hi @ronaldchwu,

Plain old tokens are a legacy idea since they expire. Python supported tokens at first and then introduced a concept of Providers to help with expiration; keeping direct token use as legacy support.

JS came afterwards and has learned from Python mistakes -- no need for raw tokens; providers can do the same and more.

Someone who wants to manage their own tokens ought to do that by creating their own provider. For example:

const myProvider = async () => {
  let currentToken = await GetCurrentToken();
  const expired = await HasExpired(currentToken);
  if (expired) {
    currentToken = await RegenerateToken(currentToken);
  }
  return currentToken
}

[ronaldchwu]

Thanks @mikhail. Makes sense to me