How to Build a Chatbot with OpenAI Assistants API (Voiceflow & Replit Tutorial),

[@BartSlodyczka]

Please like and subscribe! 💪 Github repo: github.com/Barty-Bart/voiceflow-assistants-api-v2

[@mirrormirror1313]

Hi Bart, any way to use some other Chatbot Frontend instead of Voiceflow? Voiceflow seems pretty expensive (50usd/month) just for a simple frontend in case you need nothing else than the frontend interface...

[@BartSlodyczka]

Hello legend, you could use Voiceflow's free tier or you could code up a basic html/javascript widget (using chatGPT) that just serves a super basic convo. If I was to choose I'd say Voiceflow free tier because their widget makes the customer experience really nice. Hope this helps 💪

[@mirrormirror1313]

Hi Bart, I'm not 100% sure if I get it right - but to me it seems Voiceflow only offers a 14 day free trial period. At least it says so to me - so this doesnt seem to be an option unfortunately :(

[@BartSlodyczka]

It's 100% free :) I use the free version for my demo account. The free account does have limitations like only 2x assistants and limited AI tokens, but if you just want a simple web widget front end and nothing else, then the free tier is perfect 💪 the 2 weeks is the "pro" plan they give you for 2 weeks, after which it goes to "free"

[@mirrormirror1313]

@@BartSlodyczka ohhhhhh okay thanks, so it was misleading me to trick me into extending the pro version. Sounds great! Do you know if these ai tokens are counted for all requests sent to replit to the custom gpt backend, or of this totally free from VF-side no matter how much my customers chat with the chat ui?

[@BartSlodyczka]

haha! so the ai tokens are only counted for ai stuff you use within voiceflow. If you have a basic flow like in the vid, where the convo is sent to replit/openai, then you use the ai tokens from your openai account (and none from voiceflow). I don't use any ai blocks in my voiceflow canvas and never go over :)

[@ExpertIAen5min]

Hi Bart, do you know how to recover chatgpt response from Zapier into Voiceflow?

[@BartSlodyczka]

hey legend, send me a loom of your build and I'll take a look ([e-mail]) Also explain why you want to use Zapier because maybe it can all be done in Voiceflow I.e., what is the overall workflow 💪

[@ExpertIAen5min]

@@BartSlodyczka many thanks bro ! I send you all that

[@santiagoandresdoria3365]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. If I leave it there working in replit, will it keep working as long as I use it? Should I do something to keep it always alive or something like that in replit? Sorry new in that app

[@BartSlodyczka]

hey legend, yes you will need to deploy your replit to make it always on. In Replit, there is an option in the top bar on the right hand side that says "Deploy". This will then make your replit live and always on. This also changes the URL so the only thing you need to do is edit the URL inb Voiceflow to this new URL. Hope this makes sense my man! 💪

[@santiagoandresdoria3365]

@@BartSlodyczka Yeah, thanks bro for the tutorial and the response. What do you recommend for the deployment options, is autoscale grate for this kind of projects?

[@BartSlodyczka]

@@santiagoandresdoria3365 yeah that’s a good setting. If it turns out you need more (eg you reach your limit) then you can upgrade. For now autoscale is 👍