AI Text Summarizer

A Python project that uses OpenAI GPT to summarize long text into concise summaries.
Ideal for quickly understanding articles, notes, or any long paragraphs.

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Features

• 🎨 Modern Web Interface - Beautiful, responsive UI built with Flask
• 🤖 AI-Powered - Uses OpenAI GPT for intelligent summarization
• 📏 Adjustable Length - Choose between short, medium, or long summaries
• 📊 Statistics - See character count and reduction percentage
• 📋 Copy to Clipboard - Easy one-click copy functionality
• 💻 CLI Support - Command-line interface still available via main.py

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Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ankitmodanwall/ai-text-summarizer.git
cd ai-text-summarizer

2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up your OpenAI API key

Create a .env file in the project root:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and add your OpenAI API key:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-3.5-turbo

Get your API key from OpenAI Platform

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Usage

Web Interface (Recommended)

1. Start the Flask server:

python app.py

2. Open your browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:5000

3. Enter your text, choose summary length, and click "Summarize Text"!

Command Line Interface

Run the CLI version:

python main.py

Follow the prompts to enter text and choose summary length.

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Project Structure

ai-text-summarizer/
├── app.py                 # Flask web application
├── main.py               # CLI version
├── requirements.txt      # Python dependencies
├── .env                  # Environment variables (create this)
├── .env.example         # Example environment file
├── templates/
│   └── index.html       # Web interface HTML
└── static/
    ├── style.css        # Styling
    └── script.js        # Frontend JavaScript

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Technologies Used

• Python 3.x
• OpenAI API - GPT models for text summarization
• Flask - Web framework
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript - Frontend interface
• python-dotenv - Environment variable management

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Summary Length Options

• Short: 1-2 sentences - Quick overview
• Medium: 3-4 sentences - Balanced summary (default)
• Long: 6-8 sentences - Detailed summary

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Submit pull requests

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License

See LICENSE.md for details.

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Troubleshooting

Issue: "OpenAI API key not configured"

• Make sure you created a .env file with your API key

Issue: "Module not found"

• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install dependencies

Issue: Port 5000 already in use

• Change the port in app.py: app.run(debug=True, port=5001)

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Built with ❤️ using OpenAI GPT