Ask ChatGPT with Telegram

Step 1: Sign up ChatGPT API from RapidAPI or use official ChatGPT API from OpenAI

Step 2: Create two IFTTT Applets

• 1. Maker Webhook to Telegram @IFTTT bot

• 2. Send a message with #GPT hashtag to Telegram @IFTTT bot to trigger ChatGPT message to make a web request

• Step 3: Write node.js application
• Listening at local host @3000
• Make localhost public accessible URL using
• https://localtunnel.me/

localtunnel is available as a npm package, so you can install it with:

npm install -g localtunnel

Execute the lt command:

lt --port 3000

This will setup a tunnel to you local server on port 3000, and give you a public URL that will remain active even if you restart or stop your server:

• Reference Guide: https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/exposing-your-local-node-js-app-to-the-world
• Step 4: Update this new generated public URL to the step 1 second Applet to it accessible from public to make web request for ChatGPT question from Telegram
• Step 5: Start node.js application

node app.js

• or

node start

• Step 6: Go to http://localhost:3000/ or your public URL.

• Step 7: We can either ask question from our localhost or go to telegram to enter our ChatGPT questions.