MoveRCCar API using FastAPI for ChatGPT4

This project demonstrates how to create a simple MoveRCCar API using FastAPI, allowing you to control an RC car using text commands from ChatGPT4.

The API was mainly written by using chatGPT itself

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or higher
• FastAPI framework
• PySerial library (for controlling the RC car)

Installation

NOTE: These steps assume the use of Windows CLI or Git CLI on Windows

1. Open the CLI and locate in the appropriate directory for work on this project
2. Create a directory called "RC_car_api"
3. Move to that directory
4. Create a virtual environment for the example

   python -m venv chatgpt_rccar_api_venv

5. Activate the environment, using one of the following commands

   source chatgpt_rccar_api_venv/bin/activate  # for Unix/Linux
   chatgpt_rccar_api_venv\Scripts\activate  # for Windows
   source chatgpt_rccar_api_venv/Scripts/activate # for git CLI on windows

6. Clone the repository within "RC_car_api" directory with the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/Karosuo/chatgpt_rccar_api.git

7. Install the requirements

   pip install -r chatgpt_rccar_api/requirements.txt # Remember the correct use of forward/backward slashes when using widnows CLI or git CLI

8. Move into the cloned directory
9. Run the server by using the following command:

   uvicorn main:app --reload

Examples

In order to make the car move, we can request it directly, or make it a bit more interesting, like "Your goal is to get to the apple, which is 2 blocks ahead an 1 to the right, move the car accordingly to make it to the apple"