Integrating React Frontend with Spring Boot ChatGPT API (Step-by-Step Guide)

In the previous tutorial, we have seen step-by-step Spring Boot OpenAPI ChatGPT API Integration.

Note that the backend part for this tutorial is here: Spring Boot OpenAPI ChatGPT API Integration.

🚀 Enhance your Spring Boot ChatGPT chatbot by building a React frontend using Bootstrap for styling! This guide will help you:
✅ Set up a React app with Vite.js
✅ Create a chat interface with Bootstrap
✅ Connect the frontend with the Spring Boot API (http://localhost:8080/api/chat)

📌 Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following installed:
✔️ Node.js (v16 or higher) (Download from Node.js Official Website)
✔️ npm or yarn (for package management)
✔️ Spring Boot API running at http://localhost:8080/api/chat

🚀 Step 1: Create a React App Using Vite.js

Vite.js is a modern and fast tool to bootstrap a React project.

Run the following commands in your terminal:

# Create a new React project using Vite
npm create vite@latest chatgpt-react --template react

# Move into the project directory
cd chatgpt-react

# Install dependencies
npm install