TalkTua

Overview

TalkTua is a AI-powered chatbot designed to assist users with various inquiries. It integrates seamlessly with Vultr's serverless infrastructure for efficient inference, ensuring fast and reliable responses.

Features

• Serverless Inference: Utilizes Vultr’s serverless solution for handling AI inference tasks, offering scalable and cost-effective processing.
• Seamless Integration: Can be embedded into websites via an iframe, making it easy to integrate into different platforms.

Technologies Used

• Vultr Serverless: The chatbot uses Vultr's serverless solution for handling AI inference. This allows for easy scalability and efficient resource usage.
• Laravel: The backend framework used to manage the chatbot’s operations and API requests.
• Vue.js: The frontend technology used to build the chatbot interface.
• Axios: For making API requests from the frontend to the serverless API.

How to Build Locally

To run the project locally, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• PHP (for Laravel)
• Composer (for managing PHP dependencies)
• Node.js and npm (for frontend dependencies)
• Git (for version control)

Clone the Repository

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/Aviralansh/TalkTua.git
   cd TalkTua

Setting up the Backend (Laravel)

2. Navigate to the backend directory and install the required PHP dependencies:

   cd backend
   composer install

3. Copy the .env.example file to .env:

   cp .env.example .env

4. Set up your database and other environment variables in the .env file.

5. Generate the application key:

   php artisan key:generate

6. Run the Laravel development server:

   php artisan serve

   This will start the Laravel server on http://localhost:8000.

Setting up the Frontend (Vue.js)

7. Navigate to the frontend directory and install the required Node.js dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install

8. Start the Vue.js development server:

   npm run serve

   This will start the frontend on http://localhost:8080.

Accessing the Chatbot

Once both the backend and frontend are up and running, you should be able to access the chatbot at:

• Frontend: http://localhost:8080
• Backend: http://localhost:8000

Make sure to configure the frontend to send requests to the correct backend endpoint if necessary.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.