Recommendation System with Web Interface

A robust recommendation system with a modern web interface built using Python and Flask.

Features

• Content-based recommendation system using TF-IDF and cosine similarity
• Modern and responsive web interface
• Easy-to-use API endpoints
• Support for custom datasets
• Real-time recommendations

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd Recommendations_System

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

python -m venv venv
# On Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
# On Unix or MacOS:
source venv/bin/activate

3. Upgrade pip to the latest version:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

4. Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

If you encounter any installation issues, you can try installing packages one by one:

pip install numpy
pip install pandas
pip install scikit-learn
pip install flask
pip install flask-wtf
pip install python-dotenv
pip install gunicorn
pip install jupyter
pip install matplotlib
pip install seaborn

Usage

1. Start the Flask application:

python app.py

2. Open your web browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:5000

3. Load your dataset:

   • Enter the path to your CSV dataset in the "Dataset Path" field
   • Click "Load Data" to process the dataset

4. Get recommendations:

   • Enter an item ID in the "Item ID" field
   • Click "Get Recommendations" to see similar items

Dataset Format

Your dataset should be a CSV file with the following columns:

• id: Unique identifier for each item
• title: Title or name of the item
• Additional features that will be used for recommendations

API Endpoints

• POST /load_data: Load and process a new dataset
• POST /recommend: Get recommendations for a specific item ID

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any installation issues:

1. Make sure you have the latest version of pip:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

2. Install setuptools first:

pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel

3. If you still have issues, try creating a new virtual environment with Python 3.11:

python3.11 -m venv venv

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!