Build your own GenAI Chatbot using Streamlit for frontend UI and OpenAI API

This repository contains the code for a simple web application built with Streamlit, which uses OpenAI's GPT-3 model for generating AI responses in a chat-like interface.

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.6 or above
2. An OpenAI API Key

App Demo

Steps to run the application

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/spartasolopolo/shola_chatbot.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd shola_chatbot

3. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

On macOS and Linux:

python3 -m venv env
source myenv/bin/activate

On Windows:

python -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\activate

3a. Upgrade pip (optional but recommended)

pip install --upgrade pip

4. Install the necessary Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Create a .env file in the root directory of the project and add your OpenAI API key:

echo OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key > .env

OR

cp .env.example .env

Please replace your-api-key with your actual OpenAI API key.

6. Run the Streamlit application:

streamlit run chatbot.py

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8501 to interact with the application.

License This project is open source, under the terms of the MIT license.

Note: This app makes requests to OpenAI's servers whenever the chat is used. Please be aware of this, especially if you're on a paid plan with OpenAI.