Package Overview

This contains functions to help me get data from several sources:

• OpenAI's ChatGPT
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
  • See example here: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_python.htm#python2
  • Signatures: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_signature_v2.htm

API Keys

You'll need to make sure that you obtain API keys. Store them as environment variables so that you do not have to share your API key in your code. An environment variable resides on your computer, so you'll have to save them on each computer that you use.

The way you set it differs between Mac/Linux and Windows.

Approach using terminal for Mac

This creates a line in the .zshrc file: echo "export OPEN_API_KEY=<apiKey>" >> ~/.zshrc

Test if it exists: cat ~./zshrc

Set it permanently: source ~/.zshrc

Get environment variables like this: os.environ['OPENAI_KEY'] or

os.environ.get("OPEN_API_KEY")

Other useful notes

Github workflow

git status git pull git add file.txt or git add . git commit -m "message" git push

Finding folder where packages are located

import sys; sys.path help('modules')