Enable a no-user-input mode for automation.

Makefile

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ run:
 	# Executes the given command inside the virtualenv
 	poetry run gptauthor --story openai-drama --total-chapters 3 --llm-model gpt-3.5-turbo --llm-temperature 0.1 --llm-top-p 1.0
 
+run-no-allow-user-input:
+	# Executes the given command inside the virtualenv
+	poetry run gptauthor --story openai-drama --total-chapters 3 --llm-model gpt-3.5-turbo --llm-temperature 0.1 --llm-top-p 1.0 --no-allow-user-input
+
 build:
 	# Build the source and wheels archives
 	poetry build

gptauthor/console.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def run(
         int, typer.Option(help="LLM use localhost:8081 instead of openai")
     ] = consts.default_llm_use_localhost,
     total_chapters: Annotated[int, typer.Option(help="Total chapters to write")] = consts.default_write_total_chapters,
+    allow_user_input: Annotated[bool, typer.Option(help="Allow command line user input")] = True,
     version: Annotated[
         Optional[bool],
         typer.Option("--version", help=f"Display {consts.package_name} version", callback=version_callback),
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def run(
                 "localhost_sleep": int(env.get("LLM_USE_LOCALHOST_SLEEP", 0)),
                 "default_output_folder": consts.default_output_folder,
                 "story_file": story_file,
+                "allow_user_input": allow_user_input,
             }
         )
 

gptauthor/library/engine.py

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def user_input_continue_processing(synopsis_response_user_edited_filename):
 
 def do_writing(llm_config):
     start = time.time()
-    p(f"Start {consts.package_name} {consts.version}, {llm_config.total_chapters=}, {llm_config.story_file=}...")
+    p(
+        f"Start {consts.package_name} {consts.version}, {llm_config.total_chapters=}, {llm_config.story_file=}, {llm_config.allow_user_input=}..."
+    )
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Create synopsis
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ def do_writing(llm_config):
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # User input to continue or quit
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    if not user_input_continue_processing(str(output_folder / synopsis_response_user_edited_filename)):
+    if llm_config.allow_user_input and not user_input_continue_processing(
+        str(output_folder / synopsis_response_user_edited_filename)
+    ):
         with open(output_folder / "__aborted.txt", "w") as f:
             f.write(f"Aborted writing book: {synopsis_title}.\n\n")
             f.write(str(safe_llm_config))
@@ -242,12 +246,13 @@ def do_writing(llm_config):
         f"\n{took=:.2f}s, {total_process_tokens=:,}, ${rough_gpt4_8k_price_estimate=:.2f}, ${rough_gpt35_4k_price_estimate=:.2f}"
     )
 
-    while True:
-        user_input = input("Press 'Y' to open the html book in a browser, or Enter/Return to finish: ")
-        if user_input.lower() == "y":
-            abs_file = (output_folder / "_whole_book.html").resolve()
-            webbrowser.open(f"file://{abs_file}")
-        elif user_input.lower() == "":
-            return
-        else:
-            print("Invalid input. Please try again.")
+    if llm_config.allow_user_input:
+        while True:
+            user_input = input("Press 'Y' to open the html book in a browser, or Enter/Return to finish: ")
+            if user_input.lower() == "y":
+                abs_file = (output_folder / "_whole_book.html").resolve()
+                webbrowser.open(f"file://{abs_file}")
+            elif user_input.lower() == "":
+                return
+            else:
+                print("Invalid input. Please try again.")