Student Assistant Chatbot

Student Assistant Chatbot

A web-based chatbot that helps students extract information from PDF and Word documents and answer questions using AI.

Features

Upload PDF and DOCX files to extract text

Ask questions based on the uploaded documents

AI-powered answers using Groq API (LLM)

Safe environment variables for API keys

Tech Stack

Backend: Python, Groq API

Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Libraries: PyPDF2, python-docx, dotenv

Environment Management: .env for secret API keys

Version Control: Git, GitHub

Installation :

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/dhilip2103/Student-Assistant-Chatbot.git

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in project root and add your Groq API key:

GROQ_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Run the application:

python app.py

Usage

Upload a PDF or DOCX file Ask your question in the input field The AI chatbot responds based on the uploaded document

Note

Keep your .env file private

Do not commit secrets to GitHub