PyChatGPT

A simple python chat program that uses the OpenAI API

• Keeps a history of the chat in memory and passes the whole chat back to the API for each new request
• This means that the AI can use the history to provide context for the response
• The program saves the history of the chat from each run in a json file
• You can change the system prompt and the temperature of the AI response using the system: and temp: commands
• See the help command for more information

The purpose of this program is to illustrate the basics of using the OpenAI API. This working example can be used as a basis for creating more sophisticated programs. Or you can just use it to have your local chat results stored in json files you can process in other ways!

Installation

Edit the setenv.sh file and add your OpenAI API key.

source setenv.sh
pipenv install openai
pipenv run python pychat.py

API reference

Refer to the OpenAI documentation for more information: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/introduction