Chitchaty can answer almost any questions you have in mind. It is running Chat GPT in the background.

1. If you don’t have Node.js installed, install it from here (Node.js version >= 14.6.0 required)

2. Clone this repository

3. Navigate into the project directory

   cd chichaty

4. Install the requirements

   npm install

5. Make a copy of the example environment variables file

   On Linux systems:

   cp .env.example .env

   On Windows:

   copy .env.example .env

6. Add your API key to the newly created .env file

   OPENAI_API_KEY=[ADD API KEY]

7. Add your local MongoDB URI .env file

   MONGO_LOCAL_URI=[ADD LOCAL MONGO DB INSTANCE HERE]

8. Add your production MongoDB URI .env file.

   MONGO_PROD_URI=[ADD PRODUCTION MONGO DB INSTANCE HERE]

9. You may change the default env settings. Change the NODE_ENV if you want to simulate different node environment during the development of your app.

    NODE_ENV=development
    PORT=5090

10. Run the app

npm run dev

You should now be able to access the app at http://localhost:5090! You may also check the live demo version of chitchaty: https://chitchaty.herokuapp.com.

NOTE: The project provides also the necessary setup for your heroku deployment.

1. Install the Heroku CLI
2. Download and install the Heroku CLI.
3. If you haven't already, log in to your Heroku account and follow the prompts to create a new SSH public key.

heroku login

4. Create a new Git repository. Initialize a git repository in a new or existing directory

 cd my-project/
 git init
 heroku git:remote -a [APP_NAME]

5. Deploy your application. Commit your code to the repository and deploy it to Heroku using Git.

 git add .
 git commit -am "make it better"
 git push heroku master

6. For existing repositories, simply add the heroku remote

 heroku git:remote -a [APP_NAME]

7. Add the following environment variables to the heroku dashboard.Got to your app(chitchatty) > settings > Config Vars.

 MONGO_PROD_URI
 OPENAI_API_KEY