A Telegram bot that integrates with OpenAI's official ChatGPT, DALL·E and Whisper APIs to provide answers. Ready to use with minimal configuration required.
- Support markdown in answers
- Reset conversation with the
/resetcommand - Typing indicator while generating a response
- Access can be restricted by specifying a list of allowed users
- Docker and Proxy support
- Image generation using DALL·E via the
/imagecommand - Transcribe audio and video messages using Whisper (may require ffmpeg)
- Automatic conversation summary to avoid excessive token usage
- Track token usage per user - by @AlexHTW
- Get personal token usage statistics via the
/statscommand - by @AlexHTW - User budgets and guest budgets - by @AlexHTW
- Stream support
- GPT-4 support
- If you have access to the GPT-4 API, simply change the
OPENAI_MODELparameter togpt-4
- If you have access to the GPT-4 API, simply change the
- Localized bot language
- Available languages 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇮🇩 🇮🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇾 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 🇪🇸 🇹🇼 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇿 🇻🇳
- Improved inline queries support for group and private chats - by @bugfloyd
- To use this feature, enable inline queries for your bot in BotFather via the
/setinlinecommand
- To use this feature, enable inline queries for your bot in BotFather via the
- Support new models announced on June 13, 2023
- Support functions (plugins) to extend the bot's functionality with 3rd party services
- Weather, Spotify, Web search, text-to-speech and more. See here for a list of available plugins
- Support unofficial OpenAI-compatible APIs - by @kristaller486
- (NEW!) Support GPT-4 Turbo and DALL·E 3 announced on November 6, 2023 - by @AlexHTW
- (NEW!) Text-to-speech support announced on November 6, 2023 - by @gilcu3
- (NEW!) Vision support announced on November 6, 2023 - by @gilcu3
If you'd like to help, check out the issues section and contribute!
If you want to help with translations, check out the Translations Manual
PRs are always welcome!
- Python 3.9+
- A Telegram bot and its token (see tutorial)
- An OpenAI account (see configuration section)
Customize the configuration by copying .env.example and renaming it to .env, then editing the required parameters as desired:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
OPENAI_API_KEY |
Your OpenAI API key, you can get it from here |
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN |
Your Telegram bot's token, obtained using BotFather (see tutorial) |
ADMIN_USER_IDS |
Telegram user IDs of admins. These users have access to special admin commands, information and no budget restrictions. Admin IDs don't have to be added to ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS. Note: by default, no admin (-) |
ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS |
A comma-separated list of Telegram user IDs that are allowed to interact with the bot (use getidsbot to find your user ID). Note: by default, everyone is allowed (*) |
The following parameters are optional and can be set in the .env file:
| Parameter | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
BUDGET_PERIOD |
Determines the time frame all budgets are applied to. Available periods: daily (resets budget every day), monthly (resets budgets on the first of each month), all-time (never resets budget). See the Budget Manual for more information |
monthly |
USER_BUDGETS |
A comma-separated list of $-amounts per user from list ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS to set custom usage limit of OpenAI API costs for each. For *- user lists the first USER_BUDGETS value is given to every user. Note: by default, no limits for any user (*). See the Budget Manual for more information |
* |
GUEST_BUDGET |
$-amount as usage limit for all guest users. Guest users are users in group chats that are not in the ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS list. Value is ignored if no usage limits are set in user budgets (USER_BUDGETS=*). See the Budget Manual for more information |
100.0 |
TOKEN_PRICE |
$-price per 1000 tokens used to compute cost information in usage statistics. Source: https://openai.com/pricing | 0.002 |
IMAGE_PRICES |
A comma-separated list with 3 elements of prices for the different image sizes: 256x256, 512x512 and 1024x1024. Source: https://openai.com/pricing |
0.016,0.018,0.02 |
TRANSCRIPTION_PRICE |
USD-price for one minute of audio transcription. Source: https://openai.com/pricing | 0.006 |
VISION_TOKEN_PRICE |
USD-price per 1K tokens of image interpretation. Source: https://openai.com/pricing | 0.01 |
TTS_PRICES |
A comma-separated list with prices for the tts models: tts-1, tts-1-hd. Source: https://openai.com/pricing |
0.015,0.030 |
Check out the Budget Manual for possible budget configurations.
| Parameter | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
ENABLE_QUOTING |
Whether to enable message quoting in private chats | true |
ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION |
Whether to enable image generation via the /image command |
true |
ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTION |
Whether to enable transcriptions of audio and video messages | true |
ENABLE_TTS_GENERATION |
Whether to enable text to speech generation via the /tts |
true |
ENABLE_VISION |
Whether to enable vision capabilities in supported models | true |
PROXY |
Proxy to be used for OpenAI and Telegram bot (e.g. http://localhost:8080) |
- |
OPENAI_PROXY |
Proxy to be used only for OpenAI (e.g. http://localhost:8080) |
- |
TELEGRAM_PROXY |
Proxy to be used only for Telegram bot (e.g. http://localhost:8080) |
- |
OPENAI_MODEL |
The OpenAI model to use for generating responses. You can find all available models here | gpt-3.5-turbo |
OPENAI_BASE_URL |
Endpoint URL for unofficial OpenAI-compatible APIs (e.g., LocalAI or text-generation-webui) | Default OpenAI API URL |
ASSISTANT_PROMPT |
A system message that sets the tone and controls the behavior of the assistant | You are a helpful assistant. |
SHOW_USAGE |
Whether to show OpenAI token usage information after each response | false |
STREAM |
Whether to stream responses. Note: incompatible, if enabled, with N_CHOICES higher than 1 |
true |
MAX_TOKENS |
Upper bound on how many tokens the ChatGPT API will return | 1200 for GPT-3, 2400 for GPT-4 |
VISION_MAX_TOKENS |
Upper bound on how many tokens vision models will return | 300 for gpt-4-vision-preview |
VISION_MODEL |
The Vision to Speech model to use. Allowed values: gpt-4-vision-preview |
gpt-4-vision-preview |
ENABLE_VISION_FOLLOW_UP_QUESTIONS |
If true, once you send an image to the bot, it uses the configured VISION_MODEL until the conversation ends. Otherwise, it uses the OPENAI_MODEL to follow the conversation. Allowed values: true or false |
true |
MAX_HISTORY_SIZE |
Max number of messages to keep in memory, after which the conversation will be summarised to avoid excessive token usage | 15 |
MAX_CONVERSATION_AGE_MINUTES |
Maximum number of minutes a conversation should live since the last message, after which the conversation will be reset | 180 |
VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLY |
Whether to answer to voice messages with the transcript only or with a ChatGPT response of the transcript | false |
VOICE_REPLY_PROMPTS |
A semicolon separated list of phrases (i.e. Hi bot;Hello chat). If the transcript starts with any of them, it will be treated as a prompt even if VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLY is set to true |
- |
VISION_PROMPT |
A phrase (i.e. What is in this image). The vision models use it as prompt to interpret a given image. If there is caption in the image sent to the bot, that supersedes this parameter |
What is in this image |
N_CHOICES |
Number of answers to generate for each input message. Note: setting this to a number higher than 1 will not work properly if STREAM is enabled |
1 |
TEMPERATURE |
Number between 0 and 2. Higher values will make the output more random | 1.0 |
PRESENCE_PENALTY |
Number between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on whether they appear in the text so far | 0.0 |
FREQUENCY_PENALTY |
Number between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on their existing frequency in the text so far | 0.0 |
IMAGE_FORMAT |
The Telegram image receive mode. Allowed values: document or photo |
photo |
IMAGE_MODEL |
The DALL·E model to be used. Available models: dall-e-2 and dall-e-3, find current available models here |
dall-e-2 |
IMAGE_QUALITY |
Quality of DALL·E images, only available for dall-e-3-model. Possible options: standard or hd, beware of pricing differences. |
standard |
IMAGE_STYLE |
Style for DALL·E image generation, only available for dall-e-3-model. Possible options: vivid or natural. Check availbe styles here. |
vivid |
IMAGE_SIZE |
The DALL·E generated image size. Must be 256x256, 512x512, or 1024x1024 for dall-e-2. Must be 1024x1024 for dall-e-3 models. |
512x512 |
VISION_DETAIL |
The detail parameter for vision models, explained Vision Guide. Allowed values: low or high |
auto |
GROUP_TRIGGER_KEYWORD |
If set, the bot in group chats will only respond to messages that start with this keyword | - |
IGNORE_GROUP_TRANSCRIPTIONS |
If set to true, the bot will not process transcriptions in group chats | true |
IGNORE_GROUP_VISION |
If set to true, the bot will not process vision queries in group chats | true |
BOT_LANGUAGE |
Language of general bot messages. Currently available: en, de, ru, tr, it, fi, es, id, nl, zh-cn, zh-tw, vi, fa, pt-br, uk, ms, uz, ar. Contribute with additional translations |
en |
WHISPER_PROMPT |
To improve the accuracy of Whisper's transcription service, especially for specific names or terms, you can set up a custom message. Speech to text - Prompting | - |
TTS_VOICE |
The Text to Speech voice to use. Allowed values: alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, or shimmer |
alloy |
TTS_MODEL |
The Text to Speech model to use. Allowed values: tts-1 or tts-1-hd |
tts-1 |
Check out the official API reference for more details.
| Parameter | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
ENABLE_FUNCTIONS |
Whether to use functions (aka plugins). You can read more about functions here | true (if available for the model) |
FUNCTIONS_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_CALLS |
Maximum number of back-to-back function calls to be made by the model in a single response, before displaying a user-facing message | 10 |
PLUGINS |
List of plugins to enable (see below for a full list), e.g: PLUGINS=wolfram,weather |
- |
SHOW_PLUGINS_USED |
Whether to show which plugins were used for a response | false |
| Name | Description | Required environment variable(s) | Dependency |
|---|---|---|---|
weather |
Daily weather and 7-day forecast for any location (powered by Open-Meteo) | - | |
wolfram |
WolframAlpha queries (powered by WolframAlpha) | WOLFRAM_APP_ID |
wolframalpha |
ddg_web_search |
Web search (powered by DuckDuckGo) | - | duckduckgo_search |
ddg_translate |
Translate text to any language (powered by DuckDuckGo) | - | duckduckgo_search |
ddg_image_search |
Search image or GIF (powered by DuckDuckGo) | - | duckduckgo_search |
crypto |
Live cryptocurrencies rate (powered by CoinCap) - by @stumpyfr | - | |
spotify |
Spotify top tracks/artists, currently playing song and content search (powered by Spotify). Requires one-time authorization. | SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI |
spotipy |
worldtimeapi |
Get latest world time (powered by WorldTimeAPI) - by @noriellecruz | WORLDTIME_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE |
|
dice |
Send a dice in the chat! | - | |
youtube_audio_extractor |
Extract audio from YouTube videos | - | pytube |
deepl_translate |
Translate text to any language (powered by DeepL) - by @LedyBacer | DEEPL_API_KEY |
|
gtts_text_to_speech |
Text to speech (powered by Google Translate APIs) | - | gtts |
whois |
Query the whois domain database - by @jnaskali | - | whois |
webshot |
Screenshot a website from a given url or domain name - by @noriellecruz | - | |
auto_tts |
Text to speech using OpenAI APIs - by @Jipok | - |
| Variable | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
WOLFRAM_APP_ID |
Wolfram Alpha APP ID (required only for the wolfram plugin, you can get one here) |
- |
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID |
Spotify app Client ID (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard) |
- |
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET |
Spotify app Client Secret (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard) |
- |
SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI |
Spotify app Redirect URI (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard) |
- |
WORLDTIME_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE |
Default timezone to use, i.e. Europe/Rome (required only for the worldtimeapi plugin, you can get TZ Identifiers from here) |
- |
DUCKDUCKGO_SAFESEARCH |
DuckDuckGo safe search (on, off or moderate) (optional, applies to ddg_web_search and ddg_image_search) |
moderate |
DEEPL_API_KEY |
DeepL API key (required for the deepl plugin, you can get one here) |
- |
Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory:
git clone https://github.com/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot.git
cd chatgpt-telegram-bot- Create a virtual environment:
python -m venv venv- Activate the virtual environment:
# For Linux or macOS:
source venv/bin/activate
# For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate- Install the dependencies using
requirements.txtfile:
pip install -r requirements.txt- Use the following command to start the bot:
python bot/main.py
Run the following command to build and run the Docker image:
docker compose upYou can also use the Docker image from Docker Hub:
docker pull n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest
docker run -it --env-file .env n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-botor using the GitHub Container Registry:
docker pull ghcr.io/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest
docker run -it --env-file .env ghcr.io/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-botdocker build -t chatgpt-telegram-bot .
docker run -it --env-file .env chatgpt-telegram-botThis is a personal project and is not affiliated with OpenAI in any way.
This project is released under the terms of the GPL 2.0 license. For more information, see the LICENSE file included in the repository.