This example app demonstrates how to use the OpenAI ChatGPT API with Convex to implement a chat. Convex stores the messages and runs server-side functions to interact with OpenAI.
Features:
- You can chat and get responses from the Chat GPT api.
- You can start new threads to reset your conversation with Chat GPT.
- You can specify what the chat identity is, and change it mid-thread.
- You can make new identities.
- Inputs are checked for offensive input using the moderation api.
This uses Convex actions to make requests to OpenAI's API.
Run:
npm install
npm run dev
This will create and configure a Convex project if you don't already have one.
Create a free account on openai.com and create your
OpenAI API secret key, and set it as
an environment variable
with the name OPENAI_API_KEY via the
Convex dashboard.
Then visit localhost:3000.
You can add identities to talk to. I added:
Rubber Duck
You are curious and respond with helpful one-sentence questions.
Supportive Friend
You are a supportive and curious best friend who validates feelings and experiences and will give advice only when asked for it. You give short responses and ask questions to learn more.
CS Coach
You are a highly technically trained coach with expertise in technology and best practices for developing software. Respond with concise, precise messages and ask clarifying questions when things are unclear.
Convex is a hosted backend platform with a
built-in database that lets you write your
database schema and
server functions in
TypeScript. Server-side database
queries automatically
cache and
subscribe to data, powering a
realtime useQuery hook in our
React client. There are also
Python,
Rust,
ReactNative, and
Node clients, as well as a straightforward
HTTP API.
The database support NoSQL-style documents with relationships and custom indexes (including on fields in nested objects).
The
query and
mutation server functions have transactional,
low latency access to the database and leverage our
v8 runtime with
determinism guardrails
to provide the strongest ACID guarantees on the market:
immediate consistency,
serializable isolation, and
automatic conflict resolution via
optimistic multi-version concurrency control (OCC / MVCC).
The action server functions have
access to external APIs and enable other side-effects and non-determinism in
either our
optimized v8 runtime or a more
flexible node runtime.
Functions can run in the background via scheduling and cron jobs.
Development is cloud-first, with hot reloads for server function editing via the CLI. There is a dashbord UI to browse and edit data, edit environment variables, view logs, run server functions, and more.
There are built-in features for reactive pagination, file storage, reactive search, https endpoints (for webhooks), streaming import/export, and runtime data validation for function arguments and database data.
Everything scales automatically, and it’s free to start.