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I wonder how many different ways people use to do basic ChatGPT queries. My preferred method is to run a WhatsApp bot, this way I can easily use the LLM also o

I wonder how many different ways people use to do basic ChatGPT queries. My preferred method is to run a WhatsApp bot, this way I can easily use the LLM also on my phone. And on a computer I just use WhatsApp web, which I keep running anyways. Also this method natively supports iterated conversations. That, plus some scripts for repetitive stuff.

ignorantguy 3y ago
How do you do this? I am interested to learn more about this. Any documentation would be awesome
- H8crilA 3y ago
  Try a Google search for GitHub projects that do that. Or really any other GPT idea. People are building many copies of everything, so I'm not even going to recommend the one that I'm using because there's probably a better one already :). It's simple code so you can also modify it to your liking.
krat0sprakhar 3y ago
That's sounds great! Can you share some docs on WhatsApp bot? IIRC, those APIs were only available to businesses and not individuals.
- H8crilA 3y ago
  The OpenAI API is available to everyone. I've spent well over $100 just trying various things out over the past two months. I was not trying to save on it, you can do quite a lot even on $10, just make sure to do some napkin maths before you query som endpoint a lot of times. For example it's a lot easier to spend a lot on Dall-e than it is on GTP-3.5
  - krat0sprakhar 3y ago
    Sorry for not being clear - I was referring to the Whatsapp Bot API :)
    - H8crilA 3y ago
      Ah. The thing that I'm using is running some kind of headless Chrome that runs the WhatsApp Web: https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js From what I understand this might get killed by Facebook at some point as they never approved this method.
      - zamnos 3y ago
        What was the issue with the official API? https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/
        flangola7 3y ago
        Only wimps use APIs.
        H8crilA 3y ago
        No idea, didn't write it, but it Just Works.
        PhilippGille 3y ago
        It's not available for personal use and requires business verification if I understand correctly: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview#terms---policies https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview#terms...
just-ok 3y ago
If you haven't heard, there's an official iOS app[1], so that's probably a far more efficient/private alternative to a custom bot. [1]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openai-chatgpt/id6448311069 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openai-chatgpt/id6448311069
tester457 3y ago
To have an LLM on my android I prefer to use Termux for this, since whatsapp and their api is a hassle.

ignorantguy 3y ago

How do you do this? I am interested to learn more about this. Any documentation would be awesome

H8crilA 3y ago
Try a Google search for GitHub projects that do that. Or really any other GPT idea. People are building many copies of everything, so I'm not even going to recommend the one that I'm using because there's probably a better one already :). It's simple code so you can also modify it to your liking.

krat0sprakhar 3y ago

That's sounds great! Can you share some docs on WhatsApp bot? IIRC, those APIs were only available to businesses and not individuals.

H8crilA 3y ago
The OpenAI API is available to everyone. I've spent well over $100 just trying various things out over the past two months. I was not trying to save on it, you can do quite a lot even on $10, just make sure to do some napkin maths before you query som endpoint a lot of times. For example it's a lot easier to spend a lot on Dall-e than it is on GTP-3.5
- krat0sprakhar 3y ago
  Sorry for not being clear - I was referring to the Whatsapp Bot API :)
  - H8crilA 3y ago
    Ah. The thing that I'm using is running some kind of headless Chrome that runs the WhatsApp Web: https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js From what I understand this might get killed by Facebook at some point as they never approved this method.
    - zamnos 3y ago
      What was the issue with the official API? https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/
      - flangola7 3y ago
        Only wimps use APIs.
      - H8crilA 3y ago
        No idea, didn't write it, but it Just Works.
      - PhilippGille 3y ago
        It's not available for personal use and requires business verification if I understand correctly: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview#terms---policies https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview#terms...

just-ok 3y ago

If you haven't heard, there's an official iOS app[1], so that's probably a far more efficient/private alternative to a custom bot. [1]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openai-chatgpt/id6448311069 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/openai-chatgpt/id6448311069

tester457 3y ago

To have an LLM on my android I prefer to use Termux for this, since whatsapp and their api is a hassle.