About

A simple AI chatbot that integrates ChatGPT API on Telegram.

Basic usage

Requirements

• Python >= 3.11.
• OpenAI and Telegram authorization tokens.

Running

1. Rename .env.template and provide your own TELEGRAM_TOKEN and OPENAI_API_KEY.
2. Build the Docker image.

docker build -t telegen .

4. Create and run the container.

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/usr/local/src -p 5000:5000 --env-file=.env telegen

5. Visit localhost:5000 in your browser.

Commands

• /restart to clear chat history.
• /system <instruction> will change the behavior of the assistant.

Deploy

This project should be easily deployable as a Cloud Run service on GCP. Just make sure to set up all environment variables and change the maximum number of instances to 1 (you shouldn't have more than one bot instance running at the same time).

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