ChatGPT Telegram Bot

A Telegram bot that integrates with OpenAI's official ChatGPT, DALL·E and Whisper APIs to provide answers. Ready to use with minimal configuration required.

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Features

Additional features - help needed!

If you'd like to help, check out the issues section and contribute!
If you want to help with translations, check out the Translations Manual

PRs are always welcome!

Prerequisites

Python 3.9+
A Telegram bot and its token (see tutorial)
An OpenAI account (see configuration section)

Getting started

Configuration

Customize the configuration by copying .env.example and renaming it to .env, then editing the required parameters as desired:

Parameter	Description
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	Your OpenAI API key, you can get it from here
`TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`	Your Telegram bot's token, obtained using BotFather (see tutorial)
`ADMIN_USER_IDS`	Telegram user IDs of admins. These users have access to special admin commands, information and no budget restrictions. Admin IDs don't have to be added to `ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS`. Note: by default, no admin (`-`)
`ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS`	A comma-separated list of Telegram user IDs that are allowed to interact with the bot (use getidsbot to find your user ID). Note: by default, everyone is allowed (`*`)

Optional configuration

The following parameters are optional and can be set in the .env file:

Budgets

Parameter	Description	Default value
`BUDGET_PERIOD`	Determines the time frame all budgets are applied to. Available periods: `daily` (resets budget every day), `monthly` (resets budgets on the first of each month), `all-time` (never resets budget). See the Budget Manual for more information	`monthly`
`USER_BUDGETS`	A comma-separated list of $-amounts per user from list `ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS` to set custom usage limit of OpenAI API costs for each. For ``- user lists the first `USER_BUDGETS` value is given to every user. Note: by default, no limits* for any user (`*`). See the Budget Manual for more information	`*`
`GUEST_BUDGET`	$-amount as usage limit for all guest users. Guest users are users in group chats that are not in the `ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS` list. Value is ignored if no usage limits are set in user budgets (`USER_BUDGETS`=`*`). See the Budget Manual for more information	`100.0`
`TOKEN_PRICE`	$-price per 1000 tokens used to compute cost information in usage statistics. Source: https://openai.com/pricing	`0.002`
`IMAGE_PRICES`	A comma-separated list with 3 elements of prices for the different image sizes: `256x256`, `512x512` and `1024x1024`. Source: https://openai.com/pricing	`0.016,0.018,0.02`
`TRANSCRIPTION_PRICE`	USD-price for one minute of audio transcription. Source: https://openai.com/pricing	`0.006`

Check out the Budget Manual for possible budget configurations.

Additional optional configuration options

Parameter	Description	Default value
`ENABLE_QUOTING`	Whether to enable message quoting in private chats	`true`
`ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION`	Whether to enable image generation via the `/image` command	`true`
`ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTION`	Whether to enable transcriptions of audio and video messages	`true`
`PROXY`	Proxy to be used for OpenAI and Telegram bot (e.g. `http://localhost:8080`)	-
`OPENAI_MODEL`	The OpenAI model to use for generating responses	`gpt-3.5-turbo`
`ASSISTANT_PROMPT`	A system message that sets the tone and controls the behavior of the assistant	`You are a helpful assistant.`
`SHOW_USAGE`	Whether to show OpenAI token usage information after each response	`false`
`STREAM`	Whether to stream responses. Note: incompatible, if enabled, with `N_CHOICES` higher than 1	`true`
`MAX_TOKENS`	Upper bound on how many tokens the ChatGPT API will return	`1200` for GPT-3, `2400` for GPT-4
`MAX_HISTORY_SIZE`	Max number of messages to keep in memory, after which the conversation will be summarised to avoid excessive token usage	`15`
`MAX_CONVERSATION_AGE_MINUTES`	Maximum number of minutes a conversation should live since the last message, after which the conversation will be reset	`180`
`VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLY`	Whether to answer to voice messages with the transcript only or with a ChatGPT response of the transcript	`false`
`VOICE_REPLY_PROMPTS`	A semicolon separated list of phrases (i.e. `Hi bot;Hello chat`). If the transcript starts with any of them, it will be treated as a prompt even if `VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLY` is set to `true`	-
`N_CHOICES`	Number of answers to generate for each input message. Note: setting this to a number higher than 1 will not work properly if `STREAM` is enabled	`1`
`TEMPERATURE`	Number between 0 and 2. Higher values will make the output more random	`1.0`
`PRESENCE_PENALTY`	Number between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on whether they appear in the text so far	`0.0`
`FREQUENCY_PENALTY`	Number between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on their existing frequency in the text so far	`0.0`
`IMAGE_SIZE`	The DALL·E generated image size. Allowed values: `256x256`, `512x512` or `1024x1024`	`512x512`
`GROUP_TRIGGER_KEYWORD`	If set, the bot in group chats will only respond to messages that start with this keyword	-
`IGNORE_GROUP_TRANSCRIPTIONS`	If set to true, the bot will not process transcriptions in group chats	`true`
`BOT_LANGUAGE`	Language of general bot messages. Currently available: `en`, `de`, `ru`, `tr`, `it`, `fi`, `es`, `id`, `nl`, `zh-cn`, `zh-tw`, `vi`, `fa`. Contribute with additional translations	`en`

Check out the official API reference for more details.

Installing

Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory:

git clone https://github.com/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot.git
cd chatgpt-telegram-bot

From Source

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

# For Linux or macOS:
source venv/bin/activate

# For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate

Install the dependencies using requirements.txt file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Use the following command to start the bot:

python bot/main.py

Using Docker Compose

Run the following command to build and run the Docker image:

docker compose up

Ready-to-use Docker images

You can also use the Docker image from Docker Hub:

docker pull n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest

or using the GitHub Container Registry:

docker pull ghcr.io/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest

Credits

Disclaimer

This is a personal project and is not affiliated with OpenAI in any way.

License

This project is released under the terms of the GPL 2.0 license. For more information, see the LICENSE file included in the repository.

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