addressing multiple issues; error handling

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-# ignore test app
 chatgpt_new.py
 chat.conf

chatgpt.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import openai
 import socket
 import time
 import configparser
+from typing import Union, Tuple
 
 # Read configuration from file
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
@@ -17,11 +18,19 @@ channel = config.get('irc', 'channel')
 nickname = config.get('irc', 'nickname')
 
 # Connect to IRC server
-irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-irc.connect((server, port))
-irc.send(bytes("USER " + nickname + " " + nickname + " " + nickname + " :" + nickname + "\n", "UTF-8"))
-irc.send(bytes("NICK " + nickname + "\n", "UTF-8"))
-irc.send(bytes("JOIN " + channel + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+while True:
+    try:
+        print ("connecting to:" + server)
+        irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        irc.connect((server, port))
+        irc.send(bytes("USER " + nickname + " " + nickname + " " + nickname + " :" + nickname + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+        irc.send(bytes("NICK " + nickname + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+        irc.send(bytes("JOIN " + channel + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+        print ("connected to:" + server)
+        break
+    except:
+        print("Connection failed. Retrying in 5 seconds...")
+        time.sleep(5)
 
 # Listen for messages from users
 while True:
@@ -29,20 +38,31 @@ while True:
     if message.find("PING") != -1:
         # Respond to server PING requests
         irc.send(bytes("PONG " + message.split()[1] + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+    elif message.find("KICK " + channel + " " + nickname) != -1:
+        irc.send(bytes("JOIN " + channel + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+        print("Kicked from channel. Rejoining...")
     elif message.find("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :" + nickname + ":") != -1:
         question = message.split(nickname + ":")[1].strip()
-        response = openai.Completion.create(
-            model="text-davinci-003",
-            prompt="Q: " + question + "\nA:",
-            temperature=0.8,
-            max_tokens=300,
-            top_p=1,
-            frequency_penalty=0,
-            presence_penalty=0
-        )
-        answers = [x.strip() for x in response.choices[0].text.strip().split('\n')]
-        for answer in answers:
-            while len(answer) > 0:
-                irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :" + answer[:400] + "\n", "UTF-8"))
-                answer = answer[400:]
+        try:
+            response = openai.Completion.create(
+                model="text-davinci-003",
+                prompt="Q: " + question + "\nA:",
+                temperature=0.8,
+                max_tokens=1000,
+                top_p=1,
+                frequency_penalty=0,
+                presence_penalty=0,
+                request_timeout=5  # Set request timeout to 3 minutes
+            )
+            answers = [x.strip() for x in response.choices[0].text.strip().split('\n')]
+            for answer in answers:
+                while len(answer) > 0:
+                    irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :" + answer[:400] + "\n", "UTF-8"))
+                    answer = answer[400:]
+        except openai.error.Timeout as e:  # Catch the timeout error
+            print("Error: " + str(e))
+            irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :API call timed out. Try again later.\n", "UTF-8"))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error: " + str(e))
+            irc.send(bytes("PRIVMSG " + channel + " :API call failed. Try again later.\n", "UTF-8"))
     time.sleep(1)