AI Answer Engine

A powerful AI-powered answer engine built with Next.js that uses Groq for chat functionality and web scraping capabilities to provide accurate, context-aware responses.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js, React, TypeScript
• Backend: Next.js API Routes
• AI Integration: Groq
• Web Scraping: Cheerio, Puppeteer
• Rate Limiting: Redis
• Deployment: Vercel (recommended)

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn
• Redis (for rate limiting)

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/team-headstart/ai-answer-engine.git
cd ai-answer-engine

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

cp .env.example .env.local

Then edit .env.local with your configuration:

• GROQ_API_KEY: Your Groq API key
• REDIS_URL: Your Redis connection URL

4. Run the development server:

npm run dev

5. Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Development Tasks

The following areas need attention:

• Frontend (src/app/page.tsx)

  • Update the UI components
  • Implement API response handling
  • Add loading states and error handling

• Backend (src/app/api/chat/route.ts)

  • Implement Groq chat integration
  • Set up web scraping with Cheerio and Puppeteer
  • Add error handling and validation

• Middleware (src/middleware.ts)

  • Implement Redis-based rate limiting
  • Add request validation

Learn More

• Next.js Documentation - learn about Next.js features and API
• Learn Next.js - an interactive Next.js tutorial
• Groq Documentation - learn about Groq's AI capabilities
• Puppeteer Documentation - learn about web scraping with Puppeteer