Lightweight REST API for Document-based Q&A powered by FAISS and OpenAI, enabling efficient PDF querying and intelligent answers

Follow these steps to run the project on your local machine using Conda.

Prerequisites

• Conda installed on your machine.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

   Please rename the env.example file to .env, then add your OpenAI key in the appropriate field.

   Important: If you want to enable text parsing from images within PDFs, please check the following branch: PDF OCR Branch.

2. Create a new Conda environment:

   conda create --name document-qa python=3.12
   conda activate document-qa

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the project:

   python main.py

5. API Documentation

   This section provides information on how to access the API documentation. To learn how to use the API, open the following URL in your web browser: http://localhost:8000/docs

Additional Notes

• Replace document-qa with your preferred environment name.
• Ensure requirements.txt is up to date with all necessary dependencies.
• If the app doesn’t automatically create a vectorstore folder, please create it manually

That's it! Your project should now be running on your local machine.