gptbots 0.1.4

A simple Python package for creating and interacting with GPT-based chatbots

gptbots

A simple Python package for creating and interacting with GPT-based chatbots

Preliminaries

Make sure your OpenAI API key is setup (see OpenAI's Quickstart tutorial).

Usage

To create a chatbot:

• bot = Chatbot() creates a chatbot instance with default attributes
• bot = Chatbot(model, temperature, custom_instructions, chatbot_name) creates a chatbot instance with custom attributes

To chat:

• bot.chat(prompt) prints chatbot response to string prompt

See more functions below.

Attributes

• model : default is "gpt-3.5-turbo-1106"; see OpenAI's documentation on models for valid model names
• temperature : default is 0.7; ranges from 0.0 to 1.0; higher generally means more creative
• custom\_instructions : default is "You are a helpful assistant."
• chatbot\_name : default is "Assistant"
• context : contains custom instructions, user messages, and chatbot responses

Functions

• chat(prompt) prints chatbot response to string prompt
• chat_image(prompt, url) prints chatbot response to string prompt + image URL (when using "gpt-4-vision-preview" (aka GPT-4 Turbo with vision)
• save(file_path) saves chat history and settings to preferred file
• load(file_path) loads chat history and settings from preferred file
• print_messages() prints context without custom instructions in a prettier format
• print_context() prints context in a prettier format