How to Build Your Own AI Chatbot With ChatGPT API: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

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How to Build Your Own AI Chatbot With ChatGPT API: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

author-Arjun ShaArjun Sha - Last Updated: March 7, 2023 11:49 am

In a breakthrough announcement, OpenAI recently introduced the ChatGPT API to developers and the public. Particularly, the new “gpt-3.5-turbo” model, which powers ChatGPT Plus has been released at a 10x cheaper price, and it’s extremely responsive as well. Basically, OpenAI has opened the door for endless possibilities and even a non-coder can implement the new ChatGPT API and create their own AI chatbot. So in this article, we bring you a tutorial on how to build your own AI chatbot using the ChatGPT API. We have also implemented a Gradio interface so you can easily demo the AI model and share it with your friends and family. On that note, let’s go ahead and learn how to create a personalized AI with ChatGPT API.


Build Your Own Chatbot With ChatGPT API (2023)
In this tutorial, we have added step-by-step instructions to build your own AI chatbot with ChatGPT API. From setting up tools to installing libraries, and finally, creating the AI chatbot from scratch, we have included all the small details for general users here. We recommend you follow the instructions from top to bottom without skipping any part.

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Things to Remember Before You Build an AI Chatbot
1. You can build a ChatGPT chatbot on any platform, whether Windows, macOS, Linux, or ChromeOS. In this article, I am using Windows 11, but the steps are nearly identical for other platforms.

2. The guide is meant for general users, and the instructions are clearly explained with examples. So even if you have a cursory knowledge of computers, you can easily create your own AI chatbot.

3. To create an AI chatbot, you don’t need a powerful computer with a beefy CPU or GPU. The heavy lifting is done by OpenAI’s API on the cloud.


Set Up the Software Environment to Create an AI Chatbot
There are a couple of tools you need to set up the environment before you can create an AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT. To briefly add, you will need Python, Pip, OpenAI, and Gradio libraries, an OpenAI API key, and a code editor like Notepad++. All these tools may seem intimidating at first, but believe me, the steps are easy and can be deployed by anyone. Now, follow the below steps.

Install Python
1. First, you need to install Python on your computer. Open this link and download the setup file for your platform.


Build Your Own AI Chatbot With ChatGPT 3.5 (2023)
2. Next, run the setup file and make sure to enable the checkbox for “Add Python.exe to PATH.” This is an extremely important step. After that, click on “Install Now” and follow the usual steps to install Python.


Build Your Own AI Chatbot With ChatGPT 3.5 (2023)
3. To check if Python is properly installed, open Terminal on your computer. I am using Windows Terminal on Windows, but you can also use Command Prompt. Once here, run the below command below, and it will output the Python version. On Linux or other platforms, you may have to use python3 --version instead of python --version.

python --version

To create an AI chatbot, you don’t need a powerful computer with a beefy CPU or GPU. The heavy lifting is done by OpenAI’s API on the cloud.


Set Up the Software Environment to Create an AI Chatbot
There are a couple of tools you need to set up the environment before you can create an AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT. To briefly add, you will need Python, Pip, OpenAI, and Gradio libraries, an OpenAI API key, and a code editor like Notepad++. All these tools may seem intimidating at first, but believe me, the steps are easy and can be deployed by anyone. Now, follow the below steps.