diff --git a/examples/server/README.md b/examples/server/README.md
index e5ca8269b..051a75090 100644
--- a/examples/server/README.md
+++ b/examples/server/README.md
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ bash chat.sh
 API example using Python Flask: [api_like_OAI.py](api_like_OAI.py)
 This example must be used with server.cpp
 
+requirements:
+
+```shell
+pip install flask flask-cors fschat  # flask-cors and fschat are optional. flask-cors is used to allow cross-origin requests, fschat is used for integration of chat template
+```
+
+Run the server:
+
 ```sh
 python api_like_OAI.py
 ```
@@ -204,6 +212,8 @@ After running the API server, you can use it in Python by setting the API base U
 openai.api_base = "http://<Your api-server IP>:port"
 ```
 
+For better integration with the model, it is recommended to utilize the `--chat-prompt-model` parameter when starting up the system, rather than relying solely on parameters like `--user-name`. This specific parameter accepts model names that have been registered within the [FastChat/conversation.py](https://github.com/lm-sys/FastChat/blob/main/fastchat/conversation.py) file, an example would be `llama-2`.
+
 Then you can utilize llama.cpp as an OpenAI's **chat.completion** or **text_completion** API
 
 ### Extending or building alternative Web Front End
diff --git a/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py b/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
index 3f166609c..50f2750c1 100755
--- a/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
+++ b/examples/server/api_like_OAI.py
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import argparse
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, Response
-from flask_cors import CORS
 import urllib.parse
 import requests
 import time
 import json
-from fastchat import conversation
-
+try:
+    from fastchat import conversation
+except ImportError:
+    conversation = None
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
-CORS(app)
+try:
+    from flask_cors import CORS
+    CORS(app)
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="An example of using server.cpp with a similar API to OAI. It must be used together with server.cpp.")
-parser.add_argument("--chat-prompt-model", type=str, help="Set the model", default="")
+parser.add_argument("--chat-prompt-model", type=str, help="Set the model name of conversation template", default="")
 parser.add_argument("--chat-prompt", type=str, help="the top prompt in chat completions(default: 'A chat between a curious user and an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant follows the given rules no matter what.\\n')", default='A chat between a curious user and an artificial intelligence assistant. The assistant follows the given rules no matter what.\\n')
 parser.add_argument("--user-name", type=str, help="USER name in chat completions(default: '\\nUSER: ')", default="\\nUSER: ")
 parser.add_argument("--ai-name", type=str, help="ASSISTANT name in chat completions(default: '\\nASSISTANT: ')", default="\\nASSISTANT: ")
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ def is_present(json, key):
     return True
 
 
-use_conversation_template = args.chat_prompt_model != ""
+use_conversation_template = args.chat_prompt_model != "" and conversation is not None
 
 if use_conversation_template:
     conv = conversation.get_conv_template(args.chat_prompt_model)