shashwat07gupta/shopping-assistant

Shopping Assistant is a chatbot, which can assist consumers in deciding the right product, just like a virtual salesperson. This will bridge the gap between online and offline shopping.

Shopping Assistant

Shopping Assistant is a chatbot, which can assist consumers in deciding the right product and bridge the gap between online and offline shopping.

Features

• It will give some suggestions to the consumer depending upon his needs, just like a salesperson.
• It will also provide a summary of all the reviews about that product, which will help the consumer to make a wise decision.
• It also helps the consumer to virtually experience fashion products. E.g. If a consumer needs to try a cloth or a spectacle our shopping assistant gives him real time experience of how that product would look on him/her.

How to run locally?

Running the API

0. If you don't already have pipenv installed, install it using the following commands:

pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
pip install --user pipenv

1. Activate the virtual environment in the api folder by using the following command:

cd services/api
pipenv shell

2. In the activated virtual environment, run the following command to install all the dependencies:

pipenv install

3. In the activated virtual environment, run the following command to run the API:

uvicorn main:app --reload

4. The server would run at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ and the API documentation would be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs

Running the Web App

1. Make sure you have node installed with version >= 14. Check using following command:

node -v

2. In the web-app folder, install all the dependencies using the following command:

cd services/web-app
npm install

3. In the web-app folder, run the React App using:

npm start

4. The web app would start running at http://localhost:3000

Tech Stack

API

• FastAPI

Web App

• React.js