
Alex Rivera
AI Developer
Building a Custom ChatGPT Assistant
Learn how to create and deploy a specialized AI assistant using ChatGPT API and Next.js
Tools Used



Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of React and Next.js
- Node.js installed on your machine
- OpenAI API key
Setting up the Project
First, let's create a new Next.js project and install the necessary dependencies...
npx create-next-app@latest chatgpt-assistant --typescript
npm install openai@^4.0.0
Configuring the ChatGPT API
Now we'll set up our OpenAI API configuration...
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const openai = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
});