AI PDF Chatbot

This repository contains a Laravel application that leverages Laravel Prism and Spatie's PDF-to-Text packages to create an AI chatbot capable of answering questions about PDF documents.

Features

• PDF Parsing: Extract text from PDFs using Spatie's pdf-to-text library.
• AI Chat Integration: Use Laravel Prism to power AI-driven question-answering capabilities.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Composer
• Laravel ^11.31
• A PDF parsing tool (default: pdftotext)

Note: For PDF parsing, pdftotext must be installed on your server. Installation Guide

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/cvtmal/chatPDF
   cd chatPDF

2. Install dependencies:

   composer install
   npm install && npm run dev

3. Set up environment variables: Copy .env.example to .env and configure your database and other settings:

   cp .env.example .env

   Update the following variables in the .env file:

   OPENAI_URL=
   OPENAI_API_KEY=
   OPENAI_ORGANIZATION=
   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
   ANTHROPIC_API_VERSION=
   OLLAMA_URL=
   MISTRAL_API_KEY=
   MISTRAL_URL=
   GROQ_API_KEY=
   GROQ_URL=
   XAI_API_KEY=
   XAI_URL=
   GEMINI_API_KEY=
   GEMINI_URL=
   SERPS_API_KEY=

4. Generate application key:

   php artisan key:generate

5. Run migrations:

   php artisan migrate

6. Start the application:

   php artisan serve

   Visit the application at http://localhost:8000.

Usage

1. Upload a PDF document using the interface.
2. Ask questions related to the uploaded PDF.
3. The chatbot will provide AI-driven answers based on the content of the PDF.

Configuration

Prism AI

Ensure that your Laravel Prism configuration is set up correctly. Refer to the Laravel Prism Documentation for setup instructions.

Spatie PDF-to-Text

The package uses the pdftotext binary to extract text from PDFs. Verify that pdftotext is correctly installed on your system and accessible in the PATH.

Testing

Run the test suite to ensure everything is working as expected:

php artisan test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a feature branch.
3. Commit your changes.
4. Push to the branch.
5. Open a pull request.

License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

• Laravel Prism
• Spatie PDF-to-Text

License

The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.