Create .env to config key

README.md

@@ -73,9 +73,18 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 4. **Configure the App**:
 
--   Open the `app.py` file in the VSCode editor.
--   Set your OpenAI API key by modifying the `OPENAI_API_KEY` variable.
--   Optionally, you can change the `CHROMA_PERSIST_DIRECTORY` and `OPENAI_MODEL` variables according to your preferences.
+-   Navigate to OpenAI Platform > API Keys to generate an API Key to run the model
+-   Create a `.env` file locally, this file is hidden and will be automatically ignored by `.gitignore`
+
+```sh
+touch .env
+```
+
+Inside `.env` file, pass the API Key into `OPENAI_API_KEY` value
+
+```sh
+OPENAI_API_KEY = "sk-..."
+```
 
 5. **Run the Streamlit App**:
 

apikey.py

@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-openai_api_key = ""
+import os
+import openai
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv, find_dotenv
+
+_ = load_dotenv(find_dotenv())
+
+openai_api_key = os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"]

app.py

@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ from langchain.document_loaders import (
     TextLoader,
 )
 
-from apikey import openai_api_key
-
-os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = openai_api_key
-
 
 def load_and_process_file(file_data):
     """