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Aniket
Feb 27, 2023
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ChatGPT/OpenAI integration for text generation using Prompt in Optimizely

Here's how you can use a simple publishing event to generate content using OpenAI.

The code is pretty simple - I will avoid getting into too many details as Tomas has done a wonderful job of explaining it in his blog post here:
https://www.gulla.net/en/blog/integrating-generative-ai-in-optimizely-cms-a-quick-test-with-openai/

...And from Allan here:
https://www.codeart.dk/blog/2022/11/ai-assisted-content-creation---in-optimizely-cms--commerce-ai-series---part-2/ 

Here's sample code which has been requested by a few people. 

namespace ClientName.CMS.Features.Sample
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using System.Web;
    using EPiServer;
    using EPiServer.Core;
    using EPiServer.Framework;
    using EPiServer.Framework.Initialization;
    using EPiServer.ServiceLocation;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using ClientName.CMS.Features.Basics.RichTextBlock.Models;
    using ClientName.Common.Features.Foundation.Threading.Utilities;

    [InitializableModule]
    [ModuleDependency(typeof(EPiServer.Web.InitializationModule))]
    public class OpenAIBlockInitialization : IInitializableModule
    {
        private static readonly HttpClient _client = new HttpClient();
        private readonly string _apiKey = "YOUR API KEY GOES HERE"; // You can generate it here: https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys

        public void Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
        {
            // Add initialization logic, this method is called once after CMS has been initialized
            var contentEvents = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentEvents>();
            contentEvents.PublishingContent += ContentEvents_PublishingContent;
        }

        public async Task<dynamic> SendRequestAsync(string model, string prompt, int maxTokens)
        {
            var requestUrl = "https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/" + model + "/completions";
            var requestData = new
            {
                prompt = prompt,
                max_tokens = maxTokens
            };
            var jsonRequestData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(requestData);
            var requestContent = new StringContent(jsonRequestData, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

            _client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", _apiKey);

            var response = await _client.PostAsync(requestUrl, requestContent);
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

            var responseContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            var responseData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(responseContent);

            return responseData;
        }

        private void ContentEvents_PublishingContent(object sender, EPiServer.ContentEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                if (e.Content != null)
                {
                    if (e.Content is RichTextBlock richTextBlock)
                    {
                        var blockData = e.Content as RichTextBlock;

                        string textToOpenAI = blockData.OpenAIPrompt;

                        // Call Open AI and get results
                        var response = AsyncHelper.RunSync(async () => await SendRequestAsync("text-davinci-003", textToOpenAI, 3000));

                        blockData.OpenAIGeneratedText = response?.choices[0]?.text;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Optinal logging
            }
        }

        public void Uninitialize(InitializationEngine context)
        {
            // Add uninitialization logic
            var contentEvents = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentEvents>();
            contentEvents.PublishingContent -= ContentEvents_PublishingContent;
        }
    }
}

AsyncHelper class to run async method synchronously (due to initialization functions limitations)

namespace ClientName.Common.Features.Foundation.Threading.Utilities
{
    using System;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    public static class AsyncHelper
    {
        private static readonly TaskFactory TaskFactory =
            new TaskFactory(CancellationToken.None, TaskCreationOptions.None, TaskContinuationOptions.None, TaskScheduler.Default);

        /// <summary>
        /// Executes an async Task method which has a void return value synchronously
        /// USAGE: AsyncUtil.RunSync(() => AsyncMethod());
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="task">Task method to execute</param>
        public static void RunSync(Func<Task> task) => TaskFactory.StartNew(task).Unwrap().GetAwaiter().GetResult();

        /// <summary>
        /// Executes an async Task<T> method which has a T return type synchronously
        /// USAGE: T result = AsyncUtil.RunSync(() => AsyncMethod<T>());
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TResult">Return Type</typeparam>
        /// <param name="task">Task<T> method to execute</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static TResult RunSync<TResult>(Func<Task<TResult>> task) =>
            TaskFactory.StartNew(task).Unwrap().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
    }
}

Happy coding!

Feb 27, 2023

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