openai-storyteller

This project is a web application that generates a story based on a provided plot using OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E models. The resulting story is then illustrated and presented in an interactive web page.

Features

• Accepts a plot as input and generates a corresponding story
• Illustrates the story with images generated using DALL-E
• Displays the story in an interactive web page
• Allows the user to download the story as a JSON file or a PDF document
• Provides the option to import a previously saved story as a JSON file

Requirements

• Python 3.7 or later
• Flask
• XHTML2PDF
• OpenAI API key

How to use

1. Clone the repository and install the required dependencies

   git clone https://github.com/user/story-generator.git
   cd story-generator
   pip install -r requirements.txt

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

   export OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key

3. Run the app using python app_runner.py

4. The app will be served at http://localhost:5000

5. On the home page, enter a plot and submit it to generate a story

6. The resulting story will be displayed on the page, with options to download it as a JSON file or a PDF document, or to import a previously saved story as a JSON file

Docker

This repository contains a Dockerfile for building a Docker image for the openai-storyteller web app. The image is based on Python 3.8 and includes all the necessary dependencies for the app to run.

How to use:

1. Clone the repository and build the Docker image

   git clone https://github.com/user/openai-storyteller.git
   cd openai-storyteller
   docker build -t openai-storyteller .

2. Run the Docker container, replacing your_api_key with your own OpenAI API key

   docker run -p 5000:5000 -e OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key openai-storyteller

Files

• app_runner.py: the main script to run the app
• src/sanitize.py: a module to sanitize user input
• src/story_generator.py: a module to generate the story and illustrate it using the OpenAI models
• src/openai_stories.py: a module to interact with OpenAI from the lense of storytelling
• templates/: a directory containing the HTML templates for the web pages

Credits

• OpenAI's ChatGPT and DALL-E models: https://openai.com/
• Flask: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/
• XHTML2PDF: https://xhtml2pdf.readthedocs.io/

Sample Screenshots