Building Your First AI Chatbot with OpenAI

Building Your First AI Chatbot with OpenAI

Introduction

Creating an AI chatbot has never been easier with OpenAI's powerful API. In this tutorial, we'll build a complete chatbot from scratch.

Prerequisites

Node.js installed

OpenAI API key

Basic JavaScript knowledge

Step 1: Setup OpenAI API

First, get your API key from OpenAI:

npm install openai

import OpenAI from 'openai';

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
});

Step 2: Create Chat Function

async function chatWithAI(message) {
  const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
    messages: [{ role: "user", content: message }],
    model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
  });

  return completion.choices[0].message.content;
}

Step 3: Build the Interface

Create a simple HTML interface:

  

  
  Send

Conclusion

You now have a working AI chatbot! This is just the beginning - you can add features like conversation memory, file uploads, and more advanced AI capabilities.