diff --git a/glide b/glide
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..39b0ef50
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diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f4cf2572..b97eba37 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module glide
 
 go 1.21.5
-
 require (
 	github.com/cloudwego/hertz v0.7.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
diff --git a/pkg/buildAPIRequest.go b/pkg/buildAPIRequest.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b8af6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/buildAPIRequest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+type ProviderConfigs map[string]interface{} // TODO: import from types.go
+
+func BuildAPIRequest(provider string, params map[string]string, mode string, configList map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+    // provider is the name of the provider, e.g. "openai", params is the map of parameters from the client, 
+	// mode is the mode of the provider, e.g. "chat", configList is the list of provider configurations 
+
+
+	var providerConfig map[string]interface{}
+	if config, ok := configList[provider].(ProviderConfigs); ok {
+    	if modeConfig, ok := config[mode].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+        providerConfig = modeConfig
+    }
+}
+
+    // If the provider is not supported, return an error
+    if providerConfig == nil {
+        return nil, errors.New("unsupported provider")
+    }
+	
+
+	// TODO: Next need to build the request based on the params from the client
+	// First for each param in param check if present. If yes then add it to the request.
+	// If not & the param is required, return a default value from the provider config
+
+	for key := range providerConfig {
+		if value, exists := params[key]; exists {
+			providerConfig[key] = value
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+}
+
+    // For now, return providerConfig and nil error to satisfy the function signature
+    return providerConfig, nil
+
+	
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/providers/openai/api.go b/pkg/providers/openai/api.go
index c9466b9a..515e2cc1 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/openai/api.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/openai/api.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-package openai
+package pkg
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
+
+// provides the base URL and headers for the OpenAI API
 type ProviderAPIConfig struct {
 	BaseURL  string
 	Headers  func(string) http.Header
diff --git a/pkg/providers/openai/chat.go b/pkg/providers/openai/chat.go
index 0ec3a34f..bb9051d7 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/openai/chat.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/openai/chat.go
@@ -1,48 +1,31 @@
 package openai
 
 type ProviderConfig struct {
-	Model            ConfigItem        `json:"model"`
-	Messages         ConfigItem        `json:"messages"`
-	Functions        ConfigItem        `json:"functions"`
-	FunctionCall     ConfigItem        `json:"function_call"`
-	MaxTokens        NumericConfigItem `json:"max_tokens"`
-	Temperature      NumericConfigItem `json:"temperature"`
-	TopP             NumericConfigItem `json:"top_p"`
-	N                NumericConfigItem `json:"n"`
-	Stream           BoolConfigItem    `json:"stream"`
-	Stop             ConfigItem        `json:"stop"`
-	PresencePenalty  NumericConfigItem `json:"presence_penalty"`
-	FrequencyPenalty NumericConfigItem `json:"frequency_penalty"`
-	LogitBias        ConfigItem        `json:"logit_bias"`
-	User             ConfigItem        `json:"user"`
-	Seed             ConfigItem        `json:"seed"`
-	Tools            ConfigItem        `json:"tools"`
-	ToolChoice       ConfigItem        `json:"tool_choice"`
-	ResponseFormat   ConfigItem        `json:"response_format"`
+	Model            ConfigItem          `json:"model" validate:"required,lowercase"`
+	Messages         ConfigItem          `json:"messages" validate:"required"`
+	MaxTokens        ConfigItem   		 `json:"max_tokens" validate:"omitempty,gte=0"`
+	Temperature      ConfigItem   		 `json:"temperature" validate:"omitempty,gte=0,lte=2"`
+	TopP             ConfigItem   		 `json:"top_p" validate:"omitempty,gte=0,lte=1"`
+	N                ConfigItem          `json:"n" validate:"omitempty,gte=1"`
+	Stream           ConfigItem      	 `json:"stream" validate:"omitempty, boolean"`
+	Stop             ConfigItem          `json:"stop"`
+	PresencePenalty  ConfigItem   		 `json:"presence_penalty" validate:"omitempty,gte=-2,lte=2"`
+	FrequencyPenalty ConfigItem   		 `json:"frequency_penalty" validate:"omitempty,gte=-2,lte=2"`
+	LogitBias        ConfigItem  		 `json:"logit_bias" validate:"omitempty"`
+	User             ConfigItem          `json:"user"`
+	Seed             ConfigItem          `json:"seed" validate:"omitempty,gte=0"`
+	Tools            ConfigItem          `json:"tools"`
+	ToolChoice       ConfigItem          `json:"tool_choice"`
+	ResponseFormat   ConfigItem          `json:"response_format"`
 }
 
 type ConfigItem struct {
-	Param    string      `json:"param"`
-	Required bool        `json:"required,omitempty"`
-	Default  interface{} `json:"default,omitempty"`
-	Min      interface{} `json:"min,omitempty"`
-	Max      interface{} `json:"max,omitempty"`
+	Param    string      `json:"param" validate:"required"`
+	Default  interface{} `json:"default"`
 }
 
-type NumericConfigItem struct {
-	Param   string  `json:"param"`
-	Default float64 `json:"default,omitempty"`
-	Min     float64 `json:"min,omitempty"`
-	Max     float64 `json:"max,omitempty"`
-}
-
-type BoolConfigItem struct {
-	Param   string `json:"param"`
-	Default bool   `json:"default,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// DefaultProviderConfig returns an instance of ProviderConfig with default values.
-func OpenAiDefaultConfig() ProviderConfig {
+// Provide the request body for OpenAI's ChatCompletion API
+func OpenAiChatDefaultConfig() ProviderConfig {
 	return ProviderConfig{
 		Model: ConfigItem{
 			Param:    "model",
diff --git a/pkg/providers/openai/index.go b/pkg/providers/openai/index.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9527b777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/providers/openai/index.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package pkg
+
+type ProviderConfigs map[string]interface{} // TODO: import from types.go
+
+var OpenAIConfig = ProviderConfigs{
+    "api":                 OpenAIAPIConfig,
+    "chat":        OpenAiChatDefaultConfig,
+}
diff --git a/pkg/providers/types.go b/pkg/providers/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b27094d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/providers/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package pkg
+
+type ProviderConfigs map[string]interface{}