Si-aa-Platform

Si'aa (سعة) – A smart community-driven storage marketplace built for Saudi Arabia. This platform connects users needing storage with nearby available spaces.

AI Matching - The First Functionality

This platform now includes AI Matching using the sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model. The system converts text descriptions to embeddings (vectors) and finds the best matching storage spaces based on semantic similarity

Quick Start

1. Install Backend Dependencies

   cd backend
   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Start the Backend Server

   python app.py

   The server will run on http://localhost:5000

3. Initialize Sample Data (mock data)

   python init_sample_data.py

4. Open the Frontend

   • Open HTML/search.html
   • Fill the search filters
   • Click "Search & Get Recommendations"
   • Results will be ranked by AI match score!

How It Works

• Text Embeddings: Storage descriptions are converted to 384-dimensional vectors
• Semantic Matching: User queries are matched against all spaces using cosine similarity
• Smart Ranking: Results are sorted by match percentage (highest similarity first)
• Filter Integration: Combines AI matching with traditional filters (location, price, size)