An intelligent AI-powered chatbot built using the MERN stack, integrating OpenAI’s API for natural language understanding and Tavily Web Search API for real-time web information retrieval.
The bot maintains chat context using the node-cache package, allowing seamless and memory-efficient multi-turn conversations.
- 🧠 Generative AI Responses — powered by OpenAI API for human-like replies.
- 🌐 Web Search Integration — uses Tavily API to fetch up-to-date web results.
- 💬 Chat Context Memory — managed using NodeCache for personalized and coherent conversations.
- ⚡ MERN Stack Architecture — React frontend, Node.js/Express backend, MongoDB database.
- 🔒 Environment-based Configuration — secure API key storage via
.envfiles. - 🌍 CORS Configured — supports cross-origin requests between frontend and backend.
- 🧩 Scalable & Extensible — modular backend with controller routes and easy API expansion.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React + Vite + Tailwind CSS |
| Backend | Node.js + Express.js |
| Database | MongoDB |
| AI/ML APIs | OpenAI API |
| Web Search API | Tavily Web Search |
| Caching | NodeCache |
| Environment Management | dotenv |
| Deployment | Vercel (Frontend & Backend) |