GHC 2023 - From Idea to Chatbot: A Step-by-Step Guide with ChatGPT and Python

Welcome to the "From Idea to Chatbot: A Step-by-Step Guide with ChatGPT and Python" Level Up Lab. We have put together what you need to do prior to attending the lab and some pointers in case you miss anything. Please let us know if you have any issues!

Tasks Prior to Attending GHC 2023

As this is a lab, please ensure you come prepared to participate by doing the following steps (this should be done prior to coming to the conference):

Setup your development environment:

Task	URL
Watch a quick video on dev environment setup	https://youtu.be/Zwgj9JdgM0U
Install Visual Studio Code (or you're favorite editor)	https://code.visualstudio.com/download
Install Python	https://www.python.org/downloads/

Setup an OpenAI account and obtain an API Key

Task	URL
Watch a quick video on registering with OpenAI/Obtaining API Key	https://youtu.be/kALp2yN6fic
Create an OpenAI account	https://platform.openai.com/#?launch
Create an OpenAI API Key	https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.

CRITICAL!!! Copy the key generated in these steps and store it somewhere safe - we will need this for activities during the lab!!!

Put it all together and verify it works

This last step is to ensure everything you have done so far is working as expected. In addition to a quick video, there we have pasted the code snippet as well as the pip command to install openai.

Task	URL
Watch a quick video on testing out your dev environment and API Key	https://youtu.be/TjJS7C161II

From the video: Installing OpenAI for use with Python:

pip install openai

From the video: demo.py in this repo (NOTE: replace <YOUR API KEY GOES HERE> with your API Key)

From the video: TEST!!! by running the application

python demo.py

STREAMLIT

Streamlit creates a web interface for your python code with a few lines of code. You could do it in your local or deploy it to streamlit public cloud.

Run locally

streamlit run therapist.py

Deploy to public cloud

1. Commit your code (remove API key line).
2. Create requirements.txt and include all the module names (names only, import keyword not needed)
3. Create a streamlit account and tie it to your github. Go to https://streamlit.io
4. Create a new app -- Provide your github repo, branch, python file.
5. Choose a custom name of your app.
6. Click on Advanced Settings, go to SECRETS and provide OPENAI_API_KEY="your API key here"
7. Hit Deploy.
8. Your app should come up. If you face issues, ask ChatGPT.

COMMON ISSUES

Here's a list of some common issues that you may come across. If you have any issues, please let us know and we'll add them to the list to help others out.

Issue 1:

If you attempt to run the python demo.py and you get the following error:

can't open file 'demo.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Ensure you are in the same directory as the demo.py file - python can not find the file you are attempting to compile and run.

Issue 2:

If you get the following error:

Exception has occurred: ModuleNotFoundError
No module named 'openai'

You need to ensure that you ran the following command prior to attempting to compile and run:

pip install openai

Issue 3:

If you get the following error:

openai.error.AuthenticationError: Incorrect API key provided: <YOUR AP************ERE>. You can find your API key at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.

You have either a bad API Key or you have not updated the code with your current API Key. To fix this, either overwrite the <YOUR API KEY GOES HERE> section with your API Key, or go through the same process as getting a new API Key (https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) and replace it.

Issue 4:

If you get the following error:

Command 'python' not found, did you mean:

• You need to check if python is installed --> python3 --version
• If it installed, check if your symbolick link is setup as python3, try python3 demo.py

Issue 5:

If you get the following error:

You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details 

• This EITHER means you have exhausted your $5 free credit that were allocated with free API account

• OR you opened your account 90 days ago

• To fix - you need to get a paid account. Remember to set the max billing amount to a something like $5 or so. It is sufficient to last for months.

Resources to further your learning

Prompt Engineering Best Practices https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6654000-best-practices-for-prompt-engineering-with-openai-api

AI for everyone by Andrew Ng https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone

ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/chatgpt-prompt-engineering-for-developers/

Power of ChatGPT in your spreadsheets https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/get-power-chatgpt-your-spreadsheets-docs-allie-k-miller/

AI for Good Specialization (applied learning) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-for-good

Introduction to Generative AI (Google Cloud) https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/course_templates/536