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+#' Make a test request to the GPT-3 API
+#'
+#' @description
+#' `gpt3.test_request()` sends a basic [completion request](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions) to the Open AI GPT-3 API.
+#' @param verbose (boolean) if TRUE prints the actual prompt and GPT-3 completion of the test request (default: FALSE).
+#' @return A message of success or failure of the connection.
+#' @examples
+#' gpt3.test_request()
+#' @export
+gpt3.test_request = function(verbose=F){
+
+  check_apikey_form()
+
+  test_prompt = 'Write a story about R Studio:'
+  test_outout = gpt3.make_request(prompt_ = test_prompt
+                                  , max_tokens = 100)
+  print(paste0('.. test successful ..'))
+
+  if(verbose==T){
+    print(paste0('Requested completion for this prompt --> ', test_prompt))
+    print(paste0('GPT-3 completed --> ', test_outout))
+  }
+
+}