Web-Dev-For-Beginners/09-chat-project/solution

Run code

Set up

Create virtual environment

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

pip install openai flask flask-cors 

Run API

python api.py

Run frontend

Make sure you stand in the frontend folder

Locate app.js, change BASE_URL to that of your backend URL

Run it

npx http-server -p 8000

Try typing a message in the chat, you should see a response (providing you're running this in a Codespace or have set up a access token).

Set up access token (if you don't run this in a Codespace)

See Set up PAT