Persist message history in chatbot

interface/main.py

@@ -15,9 +15,37 @@ class GameInterface:
         scrot = subprocess.run(['scrot', '-'], capture_output = True)
         return scrot.stdout
 
+class ChatBot:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.api = OpenAI(api_key = os.environ['OPENAI_KEY'])
+        self.message_history = []
+
+    def prompt(self, text, image=None):
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [ {"type": "text", "text": text} ],
+        }
+
+        if image:
+            image64 = base64.b64encode(image).decode('utf-8')
+            image_content_part = {"type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": f"data:image/png;base64,{image64}" } }
+            message['content'].append(image_content_part)
+
+        self.message_history.append(message)
+        response = self.api.chat.completions.create(
+            model="gpt-4o-mini",
+            messages=self.message_history
+        )
+        response_message = response.choices[0].message.content
+        self.message_history.append( {
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "content": [ {"type": "text", "text": response_message} ],
+        })
+        return response_message
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
-openai_client = OpenAI(api_key = os.environ['OPENAI_KEY'])
 game = GameInterface()
+chatbot = ChatBot()
 
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
@@ -35,20 +63,18 @@ def click(x, y):
 @app.route('/ask-for-next-move')
 def nextmove():
     screenshot = game.screenshot()
-    screenshot64 = base64.b64encode(screenshot).decode('utf-8')
+    return chatbot.prompt(
-
+        text = "we're playing Into the Breach. Describe the state of the board. Then tell me the best moves for our mechs to make.",
-    response = openai_client.chat.completions.create(
+        image = screenshot
-        model="gpt-4o-mini",
-        messages=[ {
-            "role": "user",
-            "content": [
-                {"type": "text", "text": "we're playing Into the Breach. Describe the state of the board. Then tell me the best moves for our mechs to make."},
-                {"type": "image_url", "image_url": { "url": f"data:image/png;base64,{screenshot64}", }, },
-            ],
-        } ]
     )
-    return response.choices[0].message.content
 
+@app.route('/promp-in-context')
+def prompt():
+    screenshot = game.screenshot()
+    return chatbot.prompt(
+        text = "we're playing Into the Breach. Describe the state of the board. Then tell me the best moves for our mechs to make.",
+        image = screenshot
+    )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)