id / chatgpt-tg-bot

Simple Telegram bot that uses gpt-3.5-turbo model to generate text based on the chat history

ChatGPT Telegram Bot

Simple Telegram bot that uses gpt-3.5-turbo model to generate text based on the chat history.

• uses pyTelegramBotAPI
• limit usage based on user id
• designed to be run on AWS Lambda (see ./deploy.sh, update profile and region if necessary)

Prerequisites

• create a Telegram bot and obtain a token
• create an OpenAI account and obtain an API key
• create an AWS API Gateway endpoint and register it as a webhook for the Telegram bot

Configuration

The code uses environment variables for configuration:

• OPENAI_API_KEY - OpenAI API key
• TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN - Telegram bot token
• TELEGRAM_USER_IDS - comma separated list of user ids that are allowed to use the bot

To get Telegram user id, run the bot, send it a message, and obtain the id from the log.

./package.sh # fetch dependencies and create a zip file
./deploy.sh  # deploy zip package to AWS Lambda