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+from flask import Flask, request
+from twilio.twiml.messaging_response import MessagingResponse
+import openai
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+# Load environment variables from .env
+load_dotenv()
+openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+
+app = Flask(__name__)  # ✅ Corrected: Use __name__ instead of name
+
+@app.route("/whatsapp", methods=["POST"])
+def whatsapp():
+    incoming_msg = request.values.get("Body", "").strip()
+
+    # Romantic AI girlfriend-like personality prompt
+    prompt = f"""
+You are Tessa, an AI girlfriend. You are romantic, sweet, caring, and emotionally supportive. 
+You talk to the user like they're your partner, using soft language, nicknames like 'love', 'darling', 'sweetheart', and romantic emojis like ❤️😘😊.
+Keep it loving but respectful. Never break character.
+
+User: {incoming_msg}
+Tessa:"""
+
+    # OpenAI API call
+    response = openai.Completion.create(
+        engine="text-davinci-003",
+        prompt=prompt,
+        max_tokens=150,
+        temperature=0.9,
+        stop=["User:"]
+    )
+
+    bot_reply = response.choices[0].text.strip()
+
+    # Twilio WhatsApp response
+    twilio_response = MessagingResponse()
+    twilio_response.message(bot_reply)
+
+    return str(twilio_response)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":  # ✅ Corrected: __name__ and "__main__"
+    app.run(debug=True)