Image Generator

Simple web UI for generating images using OpenAI Dall-E.

Using OpenAI costs credits !

Generating images using the OpenAI API costs money. Make sure to buy credits before running this project. [2]

Install

1 - Get an API key from OpenAI. Buy OpenAI credits if you don't have credits.

https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/introduction

2 - Set your API key as an environment variable.

$ cat ~/.bashrc

(...)
export OPENAI_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN

3 - Source .bashrc.

$ source ~/.bashrc

4 - Clone this repository.

$ cd ~
$ git clone martin0004/image_generator

5 - Install miniconda.

https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html

6 - Create environment for this project.

$ conda env create --file ~/image_generator/env/environment.yaml

7 - Activate environment.

$ conda activate openai
(openai) $

8 - Launch image generator.

(openai) $ python ~/image_generator/image_generator.py

9 - Open your browser and type localhost:8050 in the address bar.

10 - Type a prompt, the number of images you want to generate, select the size of the image, then press "Submit". Voilà!

(Remember that each run will cost you OpenAI credits! [2]).

11 - [OPTIONAL] Create alias for launching the app.

$ cat .bashrc

(...)
alias openai='conda activate openai; \
              python3 ~/image_generator/image_generator.py'

References

[1] Plotly, Dash, https://dash.plotly.com/

[2] OpenAI, API Reference - Authentication, https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/authentication

[3] OpenAI, API Reference - Images - Create image, https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/images/create