Rust ChatGPT CLI

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rust-chatgpt-cli

rust-chatgpt-cli is a command-line interface (CLI) application that allows you to interact with OpenAI's ChatGPT API. You can start new conversations, list and delete existing ones, and process chatbot prompts.

Usage Instructions

Prerequisites

• Rust installed on your system
• OpenAI API Key

Getting Started

Build and Run

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rust-chatgpt-cli.git

2. Set your OpenAI API key as an environment variable:

export OPENAI_KEY=your_openai_key

3. Navigate to the project directory:

cd rust-chatgpt-cli

4. Build the project:

cargo build --release

5. Run the application:

./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

Flags and Options

• -n, --new-conversation: Start a new conversation
• -l, --list: List all conversations
• -d, --del INDEX: Delete a conversation by its index
• prompt: Enter your prompt (can be a single or multiple words)

Examples

All the features with (🚧) are under still under construction.

1. Start a new conversation (🚧):

./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli -n What is the meaning of life?

2. List all conversations (🚧):

./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli -l

3. Delete a conversation by index (🚧):

./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli -d 2

4. Provide a prompt:

./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli Tell me a joke.

5. Use stdin for the prompt:

echo "What is your favorite color?" | ./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli

6. Use a file to build your prompt, then pipe it to chatgpt.

$ cat > prompt
You are a computer science lecturer at a university.
You excel at explaining programming concepts to student.

Could you please explain what a hashtable is?
^C
$ cat prompt | ./target/release/rust-chatgpt-cli

Note: (🚧) You can combine the -n flag with a prompt to start a new conversation with the given prompt.

Contributing

Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request with your contributions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.