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Aymen Hmani
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Building an Infinite Website with Flask and OpenAI's davinci-v3

In this tutorial, we'll explore how to create an infinite website using Flask, a Python web framework, and OpenAI's davinci-v3 language model. By combining Flask's routing capabilities and OpenAI's powerful text generation, we can dynamically generate web pages on the fly. Let's dive in and build our infinite website!

Setting Up the Flask Application

Let's start by setting up a basic Flask application. Install Flask using pip and create a new file called app.py. Place the following code inside it:

from flask import Flask, request
import openai

openai.api_key = "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"

app = Flask(__name__)

# Define the base prompt and other configurations
# ...

# Define the route and request handler
# ...

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()
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Make sure to replace "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY" with your actual OpenAI API key.

Defining the Base Prompt

BASE_PROMPT = """Create a response document with content that matches the following URL path: 
    `{{URL_PATH}}`

The first line is the Content-Type of the response.
The following lines are the returned data.
In case of an HTML response, add relative href links to related topics.
{{OPTIONAL_DATA}}

Content-Type:
"""
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You can modify the base prompt to suit your specific requirements. It includes placeholders {{URL_PATH}} and {{OPTIONAL_DATA}} that will be replaced dynamically based on the request.

Handling Requests and Generating Content

@app.route("/", methods=['POST', 'GET'])
@app.route("/<path:path>", methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def catch_all(path=""):
    if request.form:
        prompt = BASE_PROMPT.replace("{{OPTIONAL_DATA}}", f"form data: {json.dumps(request.form)}")
    else:
        prompt = BASE_PROMPT.replace("{{OPTIONAL_DATA}}", "")

    prompt = prompt.replace("{{URL_PATH}}", path)

    response = openai.Completion.create(
        model="text-davinci-003",
        prompt=prompt,
        temperature=0.7,
        max_tokens=512,
        top_p=1,
        frequency_penalty=0,
        presence_penalty=0
    )

    ai_data = response.choices[0].text

    content_type = ai_data.splitlines()[0]
    response_data = "\n".join(ai_data.splitlines()[1:])
    return response_data, 200, {'Content-Type': content_type}
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This code sets up the route for the root URL ("/") and any other path ("/path:path"). The catch_all function is the request handler, responsible for generating the dynamic content. It replaces placeholders in the base prompt with the actual URL path and request data, if available. The OpenAI API is then used to generate the response, and the extracted content and content type are returned to the client.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've built an infinite website using Flask and OpenAI's davinci-v3. By combining Flask's routing capabilities with the text generation power of OpenAI, you can create a dynamic web experience that generates content on the fly.

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