Technical Requirements
In order to fully benefit from this chapter, you will require some fundamental tools. In-depth explanations of all installations not covered in the preceding chapter will be provided.
You will require the following:
- Python 3.7 or later installed on your computer.
- An OpenAI API key, obtained from your OpenAI account
- A code editor, such as PyCharm (recommended)
- The Flask framework installed in your Python virtual environment
The code examples from this chapter can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Building-AI-Applications-with-ChatGPT-APIs/tree/main/Chapter02%20ChatGPTClone.
In the next section, we will start building the ChatGPT clone with Flask by setting up a backend that communicates with the ChatGPT API to generate responses to user input. You will create a simple Flask application and gradually enhance it by incorporating the ChatGPT API. We will also structure the code and store the ChatGPT API key...