nova-api/README.md

☄️ NovaOSS API Server

Reverse proxy server for "Closed"AI's API.

"OpenAI is very closed"

— ArsTechnica (July 2023)

We aim to fix that!

NovaOSS APIs

Our infrastructure might seem a bit confusing, but it's actually quite simple. Just the first one really matters for you, if you want to access our AI API. The other ones are just for the team.

AI API

Public (everyone can use it with a valid API key)

Official endpoints: https://api.nova-oss.com/v1/... Documentation & info: nova-oss.com

• Access to AI models

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User/Account management API

Private (NovaOSS operators only!)

Official endpoints: https://api.nova-oss.com/... Documentation: api.nova-oss.com/docs

• Access to user accounts
• Implemented in NovaCord

Website API

Private (NovaOSS operators only!)

Official endpoints: https://nova-oss.com/api/...

This one's code can be found in the following repository: github.com/novaoss/nova-web

• Used for the Terms of Service (ToS) verification for the Discord bot.
• In a different repository and with a different domain because it needs to display codes on the website.
• Implemented in NovaCord

Install

Assuming you have a new version of Python 3 and pip installed:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

If you still get a ModuleNotFoundErrors, you can forefully install the dependencies using:

python -m pip install pipreqs
python -m pipreqs.pipreqs --force --mode no-pin
python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

You can also try installing Nova API using setup.py:

python setup.py

or

pip install .

.env configuration

Create a .env file, make sure not to reveal it to anyone, and fill in the required values in the format KEY=VALUE. Otherwise, the code won't run.

Database

• API_DB_PATH the path to the databases, e.g. /etc/nova/db/. (this way, the database users would be saved in /etc/nova/db/.users.db.)

Proxy

• PROXY_TYPE (optional, defaults to socks.PROXY_TYPE_HTTP): the type of proxy - can be http, https, socks4, socks5, 4 or 5, etc...
• PROXY_HOST: the proxy host (host domain or IP address), without port!
• PROXY_PORT (optional)
• PROXY_USER (optional)
• PROXY_PASS (optional)

ACTUAL_IPS (optional)

This is a security measure to make sure a proxy, VPN, Tor or any other IP hiding service is used by the host when accessing "Closed"AI's API. It is a space separated list of IP addresses that are allowed to access the API. You can also just add the beginning of an API address, like 12.123. (without an asterisk!) to allow all IPs starting with 12.123..

To disable the warning if you don't have this feature enabled, set ACTUAL_IPS to None.

CORE_API_KEY

This specifies the very secret key for accessing the entire user database etc.

Run

Warning: read the according section for production usage!

For developement:

python run

This will run the development server on port 2332.

You can also specify a port, e.g.:

python run 1337

Test if it works

python tests

Ports

2332: Developement (default)
2333: Production

Production

Make sure your server is secure and up to date. Check everything.

The following command will run the API without a reloader!

python run prod

or

./screen.sh