📚 Gemini Book Chatbot

AI-powered chatbot that recommends books using Gemini API, with Google authentication
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🚀 Tech Stack

• Gemini API – AI book recommendation chatbot agent (Bookie <3)
• Next.js, TypeScript & Tailwind CSS
• NextAuth – Auth with Google OAuth

✨ Features

📚 Smart book recommendations using Gemini
🔐 Google login with NextAuth
🧠 Personalized chatbot responses
📄 Environment variable support
💻 Fully responsive (mobile + desktop)

🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm or Yarn

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sofiahernandes/gemini-book-chatbot.git
cd gemini-book-chatbot

2. Install Dependencies

npm install
# or
yarn install

3. Set Up Environment Variables Create a .env.local file at the root of your project:

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=
NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0 # For local testing only!!
GEMINI_API_KEY=

🔑 How to Get Your Google OAuth Credentials

1. Go to Google Cloud Console

2. Create a new project or select an existing one

3. Navigate to APIs & Services > Credentials

4. Click Create Credentials > OAuth 2.0 Client IDs

5. Set the application type to Web Application

6. Under “Authorized redirect URIs”, add: http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google

7. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret into your .env.local file as GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET

8. For NEXTAUTH_SECRET, generate a secret running in your Git Bash:
   openssl rand -base64 32

4. Start the Development Server

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community amazing. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
You are free to use, modify, and share this project — just give proper credit!

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