## BingChat User Guide
Welcome to the BingChat user guide! This document provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to leverage the BingChat class, an interface to the EdgeGPT model by OpenAI.
### Table of Contents
1. [Installation & Prerequisites ](#installation )
2. [Setting Up BingChat ](#setup )
3. [Interacting with BingChat ](#interacting )
4. [Generating Images ](#images )
5. [Managing Cookies ](#cookies )
### Installation & Prerequisites <a name="installation"></a>
Before initializing the BingChat model, ensure you have the necessary dependencies installed:
```shell
pip install EdgeGPT
```
Additionally, you must have a `cookies.json` file which is necessary for authenticating with EdgeGPT.
### Setting Up BingChat <a name="setup"></a>
To start, import the BingChat class:
```python
from bing_chat import BingChat
```
Initialize BingChat with the path to your `cookies.json` :
```python
chat = BingChat(cookies_path="./path/to/cookies.json")
```
### Interacting with BingChat <a name="interacting"></a>
You can obtain text responses from the EdgeGPT model by simply calling the instantiated object:
```python
response = chat("Hello, my name is ChatGPT")
print(response)
```
You can also specify the conversation style:
```python
from bing_chat import ConversationStyle
response = chat("Tell me a joke", style=ConversationStyle.creative)
print(response)
```
### Generating Images <a name="images"></a>
BingChat allows you to generate images based on text prompts:
```python
image_path = chat.create_img("Sunset over mountains", auth_cookie="YOUR_AUTH_COOKIE")
print(f"Image saved at: {image_path}")
```
Ensure you provide the required `auth_cookie` for image generation.
### Managing Cookies <a name="cookies"></a>
You can set a directory path for managing cookies using the `set_cookie_dir_path` method:
BingChat.set_cookie_dir_path("./path/to/cookies_directory")
