Enable dynamic update of Azure OpenAI model deployment name

backend/README.md

@@ -13,5 +13,34 @@ To run the backend, you need to:
     ```
 
 2. Install the dependencies using `pip install -r requirements.txt`
-3. Setup the parameters in api.py (do not forget to setup Azure OpenAI parameters at the beginign of the file)
+3. Setup the parameters in api.py (do not forget to setup Azure OpenAI parameters at the beginning of the file)
 4. Run the backend using `python api.py` or using `F5` in Visual Studio Code
+
+## Setting the Azure OpenAI Deployment Name
+
+To dynamically update the model deployment name for Azure OpenAI, set the `AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME` environment variable. This allows the backend to fetch the deployment name at runtime.
+
+For example, on Windows, you can set the environment variable like this:
+
+```bash
+set AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=your_model_deployment_name
+```
+
+And on Linux or macOS:
+
+```bash
+export AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=your_model_deployment_name
+```
+
+## Model Deployment Name Endpoints
+
+The backend provides two REST endpoints to get and set the model deployment name dynamically:
+
+- `GET /model-deployment-name`: Returns the current model deployment name.
+- `POST /model-deployment-name`: Accepts a JSON payload with the `model_deployment_name` field to update the model deployment name. Example payload:
+
+```json
+{
+  "model_deployment_name": "new_model_deployment_name"
+}
+```

backend/api.py

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 # Set the number of results to be returned by the retriever
 retriever_k = 20
 
-# Set the name of the GPT model to be used for the chatbot
-gpt_model_name = ''
+# Fetch the model deployment name dynamically from environment variable
+gpt_model_name = os.getenv('AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME', '')
 
 # Set the name of the embeddings model to be used for the retriever
 embeddings_model_name = 'text-embedding-ada-002'
@@ -105,5 +105,20 @@ def ask():
     error = 'Invalid request'
     return make_response(error, 400)
 
+@app.route('/model-deployment-name', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@cross_origin()
+def model_deployment_name():
+    global gpt_model_name
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        data = request.json
+        if 'model_deployment_name' in data:
+            gpt_model_name = data['model_deployment_name']
+            os.environ['AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME'] = gpt_model_name
+            return make_response({'message': 'Model deployment name updated successfully.'}, 200)
+        else:
+            return make_response({'error': 'Model deployment name not provided.'}, 400)
+    elif request.method == 'GET':
+        return make_response({'model_deployment_name': gpt_model_name}, 200)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)
+  app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)