Coding-Problem-Search-Engine

forgot the question name of a particular website. No worries, go to our website and search for your questions by putting relevant keywords and hit search; you can also set the platform you wanna stick to.

Website Link - https://codesearch-by-oxone.netlify.app/

Developer: Anuj Verma

Institution : IIT Kharagpur

Search Engine

A search engine that allows users to search for questions based on their query. The search engine consists of three main stages: web scraping, TF-IDF algorithm, and a Node.js and React web application.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing

Features

• Web scraping: The search engine scrapes question data from websites such as LeetCode, Codeforces, and CodeChef using Beautiful Soup and Selenium.
• TF-IDF algorithm: It implements the TF-IDF algorithm to find potential documents (questions) related to the user's query.
• Web application: The search engine is integrated into a web application built with Node.js and React, allowing users to search for questions and view the results.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/oxone-999/Coding-Problem-Search-Engine.git
   

2. Install dependencies:

• Make sure you have beautiful soup and selenium installed in your workspace

  pip install bsoup

  pip install selenium
  

• if getting error after installing the libraries

  pip install -user bsoup selenium

for intalling it globally

• For hosting the backend locally go to Website/Backend

  npm install

  node server.js

• For hosting the frontend locally go to Website/Frontend/my_app/

  npm install

  npm start

• Now you are good to go, now the website will be hosted on http://localhost:3000

Usage

1. Perform a search:

• Enter a query in the search box.
• Select the website you want to search
• The search engine will process the query using the TF-IDF algorithm and display relevant questions as results.

Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to the search engine project! Please follow the guidelines below:

1. Fork the repository and create a new branch for your contributions.
2. Make your changes, add tests if applicable, and ensure that the code passes all existing tests.
3. Submit a pull request detailing your changes, the motivation behind them, and any relevant information.