Technical requirements

To follow along with the hands-on material in this chapter, you must follow the steps in the previous chapter or access the resources from that chapter if anything is ambiguous to you.

Our exploration will involve the intricacies of ChatGPT, and for that, an API token is a must-have. We’ll need an OpenAI account to generate a token, and you can acquire yours by signing up at https://platform.openai.com/login?launch. If you’re unfamiliar with the sign-up process, a helpful tutorial video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZJgO7AzlI.

Note

It should be highlighted that attaching billing information, such as credit card details, is a requirement. I provided my own, with a spending limit of $10, which went unused. This chapter won’t delve into the specifics of the plans but understanding that the platform requires these details for API calls is required, and you’ll need to familiarize yourself with them independently...