Qloo: AI-Powered Travel Experience Platform 🌍✨

Qloo is a smart, AI-integrated travel recommendation and discovery platform. It leverages user preferences, intelligent APIs, and curated insights to provide personalized travel experiences. Whether you're a solo traveler, an adventure seeker, or a cultural explorer — Qloo helps you plan smarter and explore better.

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🚀 Features

• 🔍 AI-Powered Travel Suggestions
  Smart recommendations based on user interests, history, and behavior.

• 🗺️ Explore Nearby & Global Destinations
  Real-time discovery using the Google Maps API.

• 🧠 Qloo Intelligence Layer
  Integrated with the Qloo Hackathon API to provide rich, curated insights.

• 🌐 User Posts & Community Sharing
  Share experiences, get feedback, and discover travel stories from others.

• 📸 Cloud Image Uploads
  Secure media uploads using Cloudinary.

• 🔒 JWT-Based Secure Authentication
  Robust login and registration using JSON Web Tokens.

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⚙️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB Atlas
• Cloud Services: Cloudinary, Google Maps API
• AI Integration: Qloo Hackathon API

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📂 Project Structure

qloo-taste-app/
│
├── backend/
│   ├── config/              # Database & API configs
│   ├── controllers/         # Route handlers
│   ├── middlewares/         # Validation, auth, error handlers
│   ├── models/              # Mongoose schemas (User, Post, TasteProfile)
│   ├── routes/              # Express route definitions
│   ├── utils/               # Helper functions (error wrappers, logger)
│   ├── testQlooAPI.js       # Quick Qloo API sanity check
│   ├── userSeeder.js        # Seed script for demo users
│   ├── app.js               # Express app init
│   ├── server.js            # Server startup
│   └── .env                 # Local environment variables
│
├── frontend/
│   ├── public/              # Static assets (icons, manifest)
│   ├── src/                 # React components, hooks, pages
│   ├── index.html           # HTML entrypoint
│   ├── vite.config.js       # Vite build config
│   ├── .env                 # Frontend env (API base URL)
│   └── README.md            # Frontend notes (optional)
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├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
└── README.md  

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🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   https://github.com/jeetgoyal80/QlooVerse.git

2. Install dependencies for backend and frontend:

   cd Qloo_App
   npm install
   

Start Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Start Backend

 cd ..
 cd backend
 npm install
 npm run dev
 

3. Set up your environment variables:
   Create a .env file in the root directory and add:

   PORT=5000
   MONGO_URI=your_mongo_uri
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
   QLOO_API_KEY=your_qloo_api_key
   QLOO_API_BASE_URL=https://hackathon.api.qloo.com
   GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key
   CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_name
   CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
   CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

4. Start the servers:

   # In root folder
   npm start
   
   # In frontend folder
   npm run dev

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🧠 AI & Data Layer

• Qloo API
  Connects to Qloo's recommendation engine to fetch smart travel insights using user context and preferences.

• Custom Content Engine
  Uses AI to analyze post tags, sentiment, and recommend matching places.

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🌟 Unique Selling Points

• 🔗 Real-time AI + location integration
• 🧳 User-generated content mixed with smart insights
• ✈️ Designed for hyper-personalized travel planning
• 🎯 Optimized for performance and usability

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📬 Contact

For queries, contributions or suggestions:
📧 jeetgoyal80@gmail.com

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeet-goyal-95bb21285

🔧 Built with ❤️ by Jeet Goyal

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