chatGPT-Telegram-bot: How to build powerful chatbots with ChatGPT API, Python, and Telegram

This repository contains the code and resources for a tutorial on Building Powerful Chatbots with ChatGPT API, Python, and Telegram. The tutorial is based on a youtube video by @c17hawke, which you can watch here:

Tutorial is available on YouTube [Click on the following thumbnail]-

What you will learn

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

Set up your project environment and install the required libraries
Create your own Telegram bot and obtain the BOT TOKEN
Use aiogram library to handle Telegram bot interactions
Use openai library to access ChatGPT API and generate realistic responses
Integrate ChatGPT with Telegram bot to create engaging conversations

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

Python 3.7 or higher
A Telegram account and a smartphone
An OpenAI account and an API key

How to run the code

Clone this repository or download the zip file
Create a virtual environment and activate it
Install the dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt

Or alternatively to the above two steps you can run init_setup.sh by running the following command in your terminal-
```
bash init_setup.sh
```
Create a .env file in the root directory and add your OpenAI API key and Telegram BOT TOKEN [refered as TOKEN here] as follows:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Run python src/chatgpt.py to start the bot
Open Telegram and search for your bot username
Start a conversation with your bot and enjoy!

Feedback and support

If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback, please feel free to raise issue in this repository or leave a comment on my blog: https://medium.com/@c17hawke/1cb9c03e7ca2