How to implement Azure OpenAI web_search_preview?

[RahulPPrabhu]

Tried implementing the web search features using the azure openai, I get an error saying that "Property 'tools' does not exist on type 'AzureOpenAIProvider'."

Code:

`import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
import { azure } from '@ai-sdk/azure';
import { generateText, } from "ai";

export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
const result = await generateText({
model: azure.responses('your-deployment-name'),
prompt: 'What happened in San Francisco last week?',
tools: {
web_search_preview: azure.tools.webSearchPreview({
// optional configuration:
searchContextSize: 'high',
userLocation: {
type: 'approximate',
city: 'San Francisco',
region: 'California',
},
}),[
},
// Force web search tool
toolChoice: { type: 'tool', toolName: 'web_search_preview' },
});
}`

Docs Link:
https://sdk.vercel.ai/providers/ai-sdk-providers/azure#web-search

Package.json:
"dependencies": { "@ai-sdk/azure": "^1.3.18", "ai": "^4.3.9", "lucide-react": "^0.474.0", "next": "15.1.6", "openai": "^4.87.3", "react": "^19.0.0", "react-dom": "^19.0.0", "react-markdown": "^10.0.1" },

[Jdu278]

Hey,

The web search tool is currently not supported by the Azure OpenAI Responses API. See this article. I guess we will have to wait a couple more weeks for this feature to be available on Azure.

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