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How to use the OpenAI Chat API

How to Use the OpenAI Chat API (Chat GPT)

By Tim Wheeler from CodeSnippet.io

In this project we will learn how to use the OpenAI Chat API to build a simple customer support chatbot.

💡 General Info

This project is a lightweight client-server application written primarily in JavaScript.

• Frontend (the client folder)
  • Written in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Backend (the server folder)
  • Written in Node.js/JavaScript
  • Uses Express.js, a minimal backend server framework

⚡️ Getting Started

To run this project:

1. Copy the contents of .env.example to a new file named .env and fill in the required values
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. Run npm run dev to start the development server.
   1. This allows you to make changes to the code and see them reflected in your browser immediately without having to restart the server
4. Open localhost:3000 in your browser to view the project

📄 API Docs

OpenAI Chat API docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat

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