Summary
In this chapter, you learned how to build a desktop application with PyQt and enhance its functionality by integrating the ChatGPT API for essay generation. We discussed the basics of PyQt and its advantages over other Python GUI development tools. We used that framework to create the application’s GUI components, such as windows, labels, input fields, text areas, and buttons.
The chapter also delved into the implementation of the essay generation functionality using the ChatGPT API. The main method discussed was generate_essay(), which took the user’s chosen topic, set the engine type, created a prompt using the topic, and sent a request to the API to generate the essay. The generated essay was then displayed in the application’s output area. You also learned how to build the save_essay() function, which used the docx library to save the generated essay as a Word document.
Furthermore, the chapter explored how to enhance the application by allowing...
