diff --git a/trivia-forge/backend/endpoints/chatgpt.py b/trivia-forge/backend/endpoints/chatgpt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82cc6c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trivia-forge/backend/endpoints/chatgpt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from flask import Blueprint, request
+from openai import OpenAI
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+bp = Blueprint('chatgpt', __name__, url_prefix='/chatgpt')
+# initialize openai client using configuration specified in vite environment variables 
+# reference: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/making-requests
+openai = OpenAI(api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
+
+@bp.post('')
+def post_prompt():
+    data = request.get_json()
+    responses = []
+
+    for i in range(len(data['categories'])):
+        prompt = f"Generate {data['numberOfQuestions']} trivia questions that have an overall theme of {data['Theme']} about {data['categories'][i]['name']}."
+
+        if data['isMultipleChoice']:
+             prompt += "Each question should be in the format Question:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nAnswer:...\nHint:...\n---\nQuestion:... ect. Do not include A), B), C), or D) in the choices."
+        else:
+            prompt += "Each question should be in the format \nQuestion:...\nAnswer:...\nHint:...\n---\nQuestion:... ect."
+        # api call
+        try:
+            # API call to OpenAI
+            completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
+                messages = [{ "role": "user", "content": prompt }],
+                model = "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                # adjust and use token limit if necessary
+                # max_tokens: 200
+                # implment and adjust temperature if needed
+                # temperature scale is 0-1 and used to tune randomness of output
+                # temperature: .5
+            )
+            response = completion.choices[0].message.content.split('\n');
+            responses.append(response)
+        except Exception as error:
+            print('Error calling OpenAI API:', error)
+    # create a new game and category object and add category to game
+    # need to change third parameter to current User ID once Users can sign in.    
+    game = {'id': None,
+            'name': data['Title'],
+            'theme': data['Theme'],
+            'categories': [],
+            'userID': data['user']['id']}
+    
+    for i in range(len(data['categories'])):
+        newCategory = {'id': None,
+                       'name': data['categories'][i]['name'],
+                       'gameID': None,
+                       'questions': []}     
+        game['categories'].append(newCategory)
+        # parse response from API
+        sections = responses[i] # store trivia questions
+        temp = []
+        for i in range(len(sections)):
+            if sections[i] != "":
+                temp.append(sections[i])
+        sections = temp
+        # loop through sections and create question and choice objects    
+        if data['isMultipleChoice']:
+            for i in range(0, len(sections), 7):
+                question = sections[i][10:]
+                choices = []
+                for k in range(4):
+                    choice = sections[i + k + 1]
+                    newChoice = {'id': None,
+                                 'text': choice[8:],
+                                 'questionID': None}
+                    choices.append(newChoice)
+
+                answer = sections[i + 5][8:]
+                hint = sections[i + 6][6:]
+                # create question object and add it to category
+                newQuestion = {'id': None,
+                               'question': question,
+                               'answer': answer,
+                               'hint': hint,
+                               'multipleChoice': data['isMultipleChoice'],
+                               'categoryID': None,
+                               'choices': []}
+                newCategory['questions'].append(newQuestion)
+                # add choices to question object
+                for i in range(len(choices)):
+                    newQuestion['choices'].append(choices[i])
+        else:
+            for j in range(0, len(sections), 3):
+                question = sections[j][10:]
+                answer = sections[j + 1][8:]
+                hint = sections[j + 2][6:]
+                # create question object and add it to category
+                newQuestion = {'id': None,
+                               'question': question,
+                               'answer': answer,
+                               'hint': hint,
+                               'multipleChoice': data['isMultipleChoice'],
+                               'categoryID': None,
+                               'choices': []}
+                newCategory['questions'].append(newQuestion)
+    return game
diff --git a/trivia-forge/backend/main.py b/trivia-forge/backend/main.py
index 53a34be9..e460a114 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/backend/main.py
+++ b/trivia-forge/backend/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from flask import Flask
-from endpoints import home, user, game, category, question, choice
+from endpoints import home, user, game, category, question, choice, chatgpt
 from flask_cors import CORS
 
 load_dotenv()
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 app.register_blueprint(category.bp)
 app.register_blueprint(question.bp)
 app.register_blueprint(choice.bp)
+app.register_blueprint(chatgpt.bp)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/trivia-forge/backend/poetry.lock b/trivia-forge/backend/poetry.lock
index 5eca96f2..33537d97 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/trivia-forge/backend/poetry.lock
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 packaging = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "distro"
+version = "1.9.0"
+description = "Distro - an OS platform information API"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "distro-1.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7bffd925d65168f85027d8da9af6bddab658135b840670a223589bc0c8ef02b2"},
+    {file = "distro-1.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2fa77c6fd8940f116ee1d6b94a2f90b13b5ea8d019b98bc8bafdcabcdd9bdbed"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -344,6 +355,29 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d283d37a890ba4c1ae73ffadf8046435c76e7bc2247bbb63c00bd1a709c6544b"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openai"
+version = "1.31.0"
+description = "The official Python library for the openai API"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "openai-1.31.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:82044ee3122113f2a468a1f308a8882324d09556ba5348687c535d3655ee331c"},
+    {file = "openai-1.31.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:54ae0625b005d6a3b895db2b8438dae1059cffff0cd262a26e9015c13a29ab06"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+anyio = ">=3.5.0,<5"
+distro = ">=1.7.0,<2"
+httpx = ">=0.23.0,<1"
+pydantic = ">=1.9.0,<3"
+sniffio = "*"
+tqdm = ">4"
+typing-extensions = ">=4.7,<5"
+
+[package.extras]
+datalib = ["numpy (>=1)", "pandas (>=1.2.3)", "pandas-stubs (>=1.1.0.11)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "24.0"
@@ -613,6 +647,26 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 httpx = ">=0.24,<0.28"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tqdm"
+version = "4.66.4"
+description = "Fast, Extensible Progress Meter"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "tqdm-4.66.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b75ca56b413b030bc3f00af51fd2c1a1a5eac6a0c1cca83cbb37a5c52abce644"},
+    {file = "tqdm-4.66.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e4d936c9de8727928f3be6079590e97d9abfe8d39a590be678eb5919ffc186bb"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pytest (>=6)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-xdist"]
+notebook = ["ipywidgets (>=6)"]
+slack = ["slack-sdk"]
+telegram = ["requests"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.11.0"
@@ -725,4 +779,4 @@ watchdog = ["watchdog (>=2.3)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "ba7787ac15ba772c330b79f6288422264f796377e46c8687f9325194f7c33382"
+content-hash = "7588984a319dbe73eb61b3eccb427807dd223e6f776019cf26090d15b2703d4e"
diff --git a/trivia-forge/backend/pyproject.toml b/trivia-forge/backend/pyproject.toml
index c2aa4745..1343b440 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/trivia-forge/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ flask = "^3.0.3"
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.1"
 flask-cors = "^4.0.1"
 gunicorn = "^22.0.0"
+openai = "^1.31.0"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/README.md b/trivia-forge/frontend/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f768e33f..00000000
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# React + Vite
-
-This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and some ESLint rules.
-
-Currently, two official plugins are available:
-
-- [@vitejs/plugin-react](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/blob/main/packages/plugin-react/README.md) uses [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) for Fast Refresh
-- [@vitejs/plugin-react-swc](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) uses [SWC](https://swc.rs/) for Fast Refresh
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/package-lock.json b/trivia-forge/frontend/package-lock.json
index da7715c2..c90b4e61 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         "axios": "^1.6.8",
         "bootstrap": "^5.3.3",
         "node-datetime": "^2.1.2",
-        "openai": "^4.38.3",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-bootstrap": "^2.10.2",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@types/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-24xFj9R5+rfQJLRyM56qh+wnVSYhyXC2tkoBndtY0U+vubqNsYXGjufB2nn8Q6gt0LrARwL6UBtMCSVCwl4B1g==",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.7.12.tgz",
@@ -1357,17 +1350,6 @@
         "vite": "^4.2.0 || ^5.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/abort-controller": {
-      "version": "3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-3.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-h8lQ8tacZYnR3vNQTgibj+tODHI5/+l06Au2Pcriv/Gmet0eaj4TwWH41sO9wnHDiQsEj19q0drzdWdeAHtweg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "event-target-shim": "^5.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.5"
-      }
-    },
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       "version": "8.11.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-8.11.3.tgz",
@@ -1389,17 +1371,6 @@
         "acorn": "^6.0.0 || ^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/agentkeepalive": {
-      "version": "4.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agentkeepalive/-/agentkeepalive-4.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5GG/5IbQQpC9FpkRGsSvZI5QYeSCzlJHdpBQntCsuTOxhKD8lqKhrleg2Yi7yvMIf82Ycmmqln9U8V9qwEiJew==",
-      "dependencies": {
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-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 8.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/ajv": {
       "version": "6.12.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz",
@@ -2471,14 +2442,6 @@
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     },
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-      }
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@@ -2595,31 +2558,6 @@
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-      "engines": {
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-      }
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@@ -2876,14 +2814,6 @@
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     },
-    "node_modules/humanize-ms": {
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-      }
-    },
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+      "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
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-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
-        }
-      ],
-      "engines": {
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-    },
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@@ -3682,24 +3576,6 @@
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+      "dev": true,
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true
     },
     "node_modules/update-browserslist-db": {
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+      "dev": true,
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true
     },
     "update-browserslist-db": {
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diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/package.json b/trivia-forge/frontend/package.json
index 6c4e26b9..c8dd7ba6 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/package.json
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     "axios": "^1.6.8",
     "bootstrap": "^5.3.3",
     "node-datetime": "^2.1.2",
-    "openai": "^4.38.3",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-bootstrap": "^2.10.2",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/loginPage.jsx b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/loginPage.jsx
index 0cecb84e..4c6106d7 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/loginPage.jsx
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/loginPage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { React, useState } from 'react';
 import { Link, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Form, Button, Card } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { getUser} from '../services/triviaForgeApiService';
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/signUpPage.jsx b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/signUpPage.jsx
index 2a61d070..317191e7 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/signUpPage.jsx
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/signUpPage.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { React, useState } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Form, Button, Card } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { addUser } from '../services/triviaForgeApiService';
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/triviaGenPage.jsx b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/triviaGenPage.jsx
index abaded04..f7bf24fb 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/triviaGenPage.jsx
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/pages/triviaGenPage.jsx
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
-import React, { useState } from "react"; // variables that cause the component to re-render when they change
-import OpenAI from "openai";
-import { Game } from "../models/game";
+import { React, useState } from "react"; // variables that cause the component to re-render when they change
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
-import { Question } from "../models/question";
-import { Choice } from "../models/choice";
-import { Category } from "../models/category";
 import { Card } from "react-bootstrap";
 import useStore from '../hooks/useStore'; // global state management
 import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';
 import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
 import GenerateButtonTooltip from "../components/GenerateButtonTooltip";
+import { promtChatGPT } from "../services/triviaForgeApiService";
 
-// initialize openai client using configuration specified in vite environment variables 
-// reference: https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/making-requests
-const openai = new OpenAI({
-    apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_REACT_APP_OPENAI_API_KEY, // vite does not process 'process.env' like Create React APP, use import.meta.env
-    dangerouslyAllowBrowser: true // set to true to enable local testing (not recommended for production)
-});
 
 function TriviaGenPage() {
     // state hooks for managaing number of questions and catergory input by user 
@@ -59,86 +49,18 @@ function TriviaGenPage() {
         setSubmitBtnLabel("Generating...")
         setSpinnerVisibility("")
 
-        let responses = []
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) {
-            let prompt = `Generate ${numberOfQuestions} trivia questions that have an overall theme of ${Theme} about ${categories[i].name}.`;
-            if (isMultipleChoice) {
-                prompt += "Each question should be in the format Question:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nChoice:...\nAnswer:...\nHint:...\n---\nQuestion:... ect. Do not include A), B), C), or D) in the choices.";
-            } else {
-                prompt += "Each question should be in the format \nQuestion:...\nAnswer:...\nHint:...\n---\nQuestion:... ect.";
-            }
-
-            // api call
-            try {
-
-                // API call to OpenAI
-                const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
-                    model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
-                    messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
-                    // adjust and use token limit if necessary
-                    // max_tokens: 200
-                    // implment and adjust temperature if needed
-                    // temperature scale is 0-1 and used to tune randomness of output
-                    // temperature: .5
-                });
-                let response = completion.choices[0].message.content.split('\n');
-
-                responses.push(response);
-            }
-            catch (error) {
-                console.error('Error calling OpenAI API:', error);
-            }
-        }
-        //create a new game and category object and add category to game
-        //need to change third parameter to current User ID once Users can sign in.
-        let game = new Game(Title, Theme, user.id);
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) {
-            let newCategory = new Category(categories[i].name);
-            game.addCategory(newCategory);
-            //parse response from API
-            let sections = responses[i]; // store trivia questions
-            for (let i = 0; i < sections.length; i++) {
-                if (sections[i] === '') { sections.splice(i, 1); }
-            }
-            //loop through sections and create question and choice objects
-            if (isMultipleChoice) {
-                for (let i = 0; i < sections.length; i += 7) {
-                    let question = sections[i].slice(10);
-                    let choices = [];
-                    for (let k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
-                        let choice = sections[i + k + 1];
-                        let newChoice = new Choice(choice.slice(8));
-                        choices.push(newChoice);
-                    }
-                    let answer = sections[i + 5].slice(8);
-                    let hint = sections[i + 6].slice(6);
-
-                    //create question object and add it to category
-                    let newQuestion = new Question(question, answer, hint, isMultipleChoice);
-                    newCategory.addQuestion(newQuestion);
-
-                    //add choices to question object
-                    for (let i = 0; i < choices.length; i++) {
-                        newQuestion.addChoice(choices[i]);
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                for (let j = 0; j < sections.length; j += 3) {
-                    let question = sections[j].slice(10);
-                    let answer = sections[j + 1].slice(8);
-                    let hint = sections[j + 2].slice(6);
-
-                    //create question object and add it to category
-                    let newQuestion = new Question(question, answer, hint, isMultipleChoice);
-                    newCategory.addQuestion(newQuestion);
-                }
-            }
+        const message =  {
+            'categories': categories,
+            'numberOfQuestions': numberOfQuestions,
+            'Theme': Theme,
+            'isMultipleChoice': isMultipleChoice,
+            'Title': Title,
+            'user': user
         }
+        
+        let game = await promtChatGPT(message)
         // state property to pass data as object to new route
         navigate('/review', { state: { game: game, page: 'review', isMultipleChoice: isMultipleChoice } });
-        //console.log(completion.choices[0].message);
     };
     // render component as a form
     return (
diff --git a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/services/triviaForgeApiService.jsx b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/services/triviaForgeApiService.jsx
index 493fc431..352c8c88 100644
--- a/trivia-forge/frontend/src/services/triviaForgeApiService.jsx
+++ b/trivia-forge/frontend/src/services/triviaForgeApiService.jsx
@@ -338,4 +338,16 @@ export const editChoice = async (choice) => {
     }
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************************ */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* ************************************************************************************ */
+
+/* ************************************ ChatGPT ************************************ */
+
+export const promtChatGPT = async (message) => {
+    try {
+        const response = await axios.post(`${API_URL}/chatgpt`, message);
+        return response.data;
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Failed to prompt ChatGPT');
+        return {};
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file