# Vercel AI SDK, Next.js, and OpenAI Chat Example This example shows how to use the [Vercel AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs) with [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) and [OpenAI](https://openai.com) to create a ChatGPT-like AI-powered streaming chat bot. ## Deploy your own Deploy the example using [Vercel](https://vercel.com?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=ai-sdk-example): [](https://vercel.com/new/clone?repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvercel-labs%2Fai%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fexamples%2Fnext-openai&env=OPENAI_API_KEY&envDescription=OpenAI%20API%20Key&envLink=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.openai.com%2Faccount%2Fapi-keys&project-name=vercel-ai-chat-openai&repository-name=vercel-ai-chat-openai) ## How to use Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init), [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/), or [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to bootstrap the example: ```bash npx create-next-app --example https://github.com/vercel-labs/ai/tree/main/examples/next-openai next-openai-app ``` ```bash yarn create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel-labs/ai/tree/main/examples/next-openai next-openai-app ``` ```bash pnpm create next-app --example https://github.com/vercel-labs/ai/tree/main/examples/next-openai next-openai-app ``` To run the example locally you need to: 1. Sign up at [OpenAI's Developer Platform](https://platform.openai.com/signup). 2. Go to [OpenAI's dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) and create an API KEY. 3. Set the required OpenAI environment variable as the token value as shown [the example env file](./.env.local.example) but in a new file called `.env.local` 4. `pnpm install` to install the required dependencies. 5. `pnpm dev` to launch the development server. ## Learn More To learn more about OpenAI, Next.js, and the Vercel AI SDK take a look at the following resources: - [Vercel AI SDK docs](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs) - [Vercel AI Playground](https://play.vercel.ai) - [OpenAI Documentation](https://platform.openai.com/docs) - learn about OpenAI features and API. - [Next.js Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs) - learn about Next.js features and API.