Call the live llm from question type to check the connection code

works as expected. Only works for OpenAI when the credentials are
in the config.php. Will be skipped when in ci such as Github Actions.
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tests/helper.php

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public static function make_aitext_question(array $options) {
         $question->sampleanswer = $options['sampleanswer'] ?? '';
         $question->markscheme = $options['markscheme'] ?? '';
         $question->aiprompt = $options['aiprompt'] ?? '';
+        $question->contextid = 1;
 
         test_question_maker::initialise_a_question($question);
         $question->qtype = question_bank::get_qtype('aitext');

tests/question_test.php

@@ -17,20 +17,19 @@
 namespace qtype_aitext;
 
 use coding_exception;
-use dml_exception;
-use moodle_exception;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\ExpectationFailedException;
 use question_attempt_step;
-use question_display_options;
 use SebastianBergmann\RecursionContext\InvalidArgumentException;
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
 global $CFG;
 require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/engine/tests/helpers.php');
 require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/type/aitext/tests/helper.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/type/aitext/questiontype.php');
+
 use qtype_aitext_test_helper;
-use Random\RandomException;
+use qtype_aitext;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for the matching question definition class.
@@ -41,6 +40,53 @@
  */
 final class question_test extends \advanced_testcase {
 
+    /**
+     * Instance of the question type class
+     * @var
+     */
+    public $qtype;
+
+    /**
+    * There is a live connection to the External AI system
+    * When run locally it will make a connection. Otherwise the
+    * tests will be skipped
+    * @var boolean
+    */
+    protected int $islive;
+
+    /**
+     * Config.php should include the apikey and orgid in the form
+     * define("TEST_LLM_APIKEY", "XXXXXXXXXXXX");
+     * define("TEST_LLM_ORGID", "XXXXXXXXXXXX");
+     * Summary of setUp
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function setUp(): void {
+        $this->qtype = new \qtype_aitext();
+            if (defined('TEST_LLM_APIKEY') && defined('TEST_LLM_ORGID')) {
+                set_config('apikey', TEST_LLM_APIKEY, 'aiprovider_openai');
+                set_config('orgid', TEST_LLM_ORGID, 'aiprovider_openai');
+                set_config('enabled', true,'aiprovider_openai');
+                $this->islive = true;
+            }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Make a trivial request to the LLM to check the code works
+     * Only designed to test the 4.5 subsystem when run locally
+     * not when in GHA ci
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function test_perform_request(): void {
+        $this->resetAfterTest(true);
+        if(!$this->islive) {
+                $this->markTestSkipped('No live connection to the AI system');
+        }
+        $aitext = qtype_aitext_test_helper::make_aitext_question([]);
+        $aitext->questiontext = 'What is 2 * 4?';
+        $response = $aitext->perform_request('What is 2 * 4 only return a single number');
+        $this->assertEquals('8', $response);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Tests the call to the quesitonbase summary code