MERN PDF Chat

MERN PDF Chat is a web application that allows users to upload PDFs, view them, and chat with them. It uses ChatGPT 3.5-Turbo via the OpenAI API to understand the PDF's text, and has a user-friendly UI that allows users to interact with the PDF like a chat bot. This README provides instructions for setting up and running both the frontend and backend components of the application.

Backend Setup and Running

1. Install the required dependencies:

cd backend
npm install

2. Set up environment variables by creating a .env file and populating it with the necessary values. Example file can be found in backend/.env.example.

3. Start the backend server:

npm start

The backend server will run at localhost:8000.

Note: Make sure you have MongoDB set up and running.

Frontend Setup and Running

1. Install the required dependencies:

cd frontend
npm install

2. Start the frontend server:

npm start

The frontend server will run at localhost:3000. You can access the running application by opening this URL in your web browser.