VirtualTAChatbot

Overview

CS 4485 Computer Science Capstone

Link to website:

https://codecollision4.github.io/VirtualTAChatbot

Set up & Installation

Clone the repository npm clone https://github.com/codeCollision4/VirtualTAChatbot.git

Change directories into your project e.g. cd VirtualTAChatbot

Install server dependencies with npm install

Install client dependencies by changing directories into virtual_ta_chatbot_front_end and running npm install

From the root directory, run the client and server concurrently with npm run dev

Connecting Dialogflow Backend Locally

For connecting with Dialogflow on the backend locally, you will need to configure your machine's default credentials for Google Cloud following this guide. You will need to set up the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable as well as user credentials for gcloud.

You will also need to create a .env file in the root directory to store your account key credentials. Your .env file should look like: CREDENTIALS = { ...keys_JSON_contents_here }

Accessing application via VM

1. Login to VM
2. cd VirtualTAChatbot
3. npm run dev
4. Access via browser: 10.176.67.70:3000/VirtualTAChatbot

Tools Used on VM

Node.js via npm (npm in command line) Google Cloud CLI (gloud in command line) Python 3.10 (python3 in command line) GitHub CL tool (gh in command line) Optional: Homebrew (https://brew.sh/)