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Alex Rivera

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

ChatGPT APIChatGPT API
Next.jsNext.js
VercelVercel

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
});