Tailored Research

The GPT Researcher package allows you to tailor the research to your needs such as researching on specific sources or local documents, and even specify the agent prompt instruction upon which the research is conducted.

Research on Specific Sources 📚

You can specify the sources you want the GPT Researcher to research on by providing a list of URLs. The GPT Researcher will then conduct research on the provided sources.

from gpt_researcher import GPTResearcher
import asyncio

async def get_report(query: str, report_type: str, sources: list) -> str:
    researcher = GPTResearcher(query=query, report_type=report_type, source_urls=sources)
    await researcher.conduct_research()
    report = await researcher.write_report()
    return report

if __name__ == "__main__":
    query = "What are the latest advancements in AI?"
    report_type = "research_report"
    sources = ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence", "https://www.ibm.com/watson/ai"]

    report = asyncio.run(get_report(query, report_type, sources))
    print(report)

Specify Agent Prompt 📝

You can specify the agent prompt instruction upon which the research is conducted. This allows you to guide the research in a specific direction and tailor the report layout. Simply pass the prompt as the query argument to the GPTResearcher class and the "custom_report" report_type.

from gpt_researcher import GPTResearcher
import asyncio

async def get_report(prompt: str, report_type: str) -> str:
    researcher = GPTResearcher(query=prompt, report_type=report_type)
    await researcher.conduct_research()
    report = await researcher.write_report()
    return report
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    report_type = "custom_report"
    prompt = "Research the latest advancements in AI and provide a detailed report in APA format including sources."

    report = asyncio.run(get_report(prompt=prompt, report_type=report_type))
    print(report)

Research on Local Documents 📄

You can instruct the GPT Researcher to research on local documents by providing the path to those documents. Currently supported file formats are: PDF, plain text, CSV, Excel, Markdown, PowerPoint, and Word documents.

Step 1: Add the env variable DOC_PATH pointing to the folder where your documents are located.

For example:

export DOC_PATH="./my-docs"

Step 2: When you create an instance of the GPTResearcher class, pass the report_source argument as "local".

GPT Researcher will then conduct research on the provided documents.

from gpt_researcher import GPTResearcher
import asyncio

async def get_report(query: str, report_type: str, report_source: str) -> str:
    researcher = GPTResearcher(query=query, report_type=report_type, report_source=report_source)
    await researcher.conduct_research()
    report = await researcher.write_report()
    return report
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    query = "What can you tell me about myself based on my documents?"
    report_type = "research_report"
    report_source = "local" # "local" or "web"

    report = asyncio.run(get_report(query=query, report_type=report_type, report_source=report_source))
    print(report)