antpas/cinchat

Boston University CS 591

CinChat

CinChat is a chatbot website that helps users find movies they want to watch.

Motivation

The project was created for Boston University's CS591 course in the Summer 1 semester. This project aims to build the website using the MEAN stack, using Typescript. This project also looks to act as a learning opportunity for various APIs and technologies.

Build status

Finished for CS591 (June 2018).

Code style

Tech/framework used

MEAN Stack

• TypeScript
• MongoDB
• Express
• Angular6
• Node.js

APIs

• Dialogflow
• OMDb
• OpenWeatherMap
• The Movie DB
• Google OAuth2

Features

Chat with bot to ask it about movie information. It can also recommend a movie based on the current weather.

• Commands to try:
  • "Tell me about Star Wars"
    • " Show me more"
  • "Give me a movie based on the weather in Boston"
  • "Show me romance movies"
  • "Show me popular movies"
  • "Who directed that?"
  • "When was that released?"
  • "Show me the plot"

Screenshots

Setup Project

• Install Dependencies:

  git clone https://github.com/antpas/CinChat.git
  npm install

• MongoDB
  • https://www.mongodb.com/download-center

How to use?

• Go to https://cinchat.herokuapp.com/.
• Use CinChat and provide feedback on this repo.
• (Give it a minute to load, Heroku Free is being used)

Grading Criteria

• MongoDB (Mongoose used)
  • User Table: User credential information.
  • Movie Table: Movie history information.
• Node & Express
  • No external APIs are called on the front end.
  • Split up routes into files.
• 5 external APIs used.
• Angular6 used.
  • Calls backend routes via http.
  • Multiple components
• OAuth is used for authentication (Google) via Passport.
  • Local authentication is also implemented using JWTs.
• This project has been deployed on Heroku.
  • This allows for users to easily try it out!
  • All APIs keys are loaded into backend using enviroment variables.
  • Used dotenv for loading env variables.

Credits

Developed by Anthony Pasquariello. Boston University CS591 Summer 2018.

License

MIT © Anthony Pasquariello