Nmbaby/Amharic-Chatbot

# Amharic Chatbot An Amharic conversational chatbot built with **Node.js**, **MongoDB**, and the **Addis AI API**. The application allows users to create accounts, log in, and chat in Amharic with AI-generated responses. This project provides a simple web interface and backend server that connects users to the **Addis AI API**. --- ## Demo Example interface: Users can: - Create an account - Log in - Send messages in Amharic - Receive AI-generated responses --- ## Features - Amharic conversational chatbot - AI responses powered by **Addis AI API** - User authentication using **JWT** - Conversation storage using **MongoDB** - REST API backend built with **Node.js / Express** - Simple web chat interface --- ## Tech Stack **Backend** - Node.js - Express.js - MongoDB - Mongoose - JWT Authentication **Frontend** - HTML - CSS - JavaScript **AI Provider** - Addis AI API --- ## Project Structure ``` Amharic-Chatbot │ ├── client │ └── frontend.html │ ├── server │ ├── controllers │ ├── models │ ├── routes │ ├── middleware │ ├── config │ └── server.js │ ├── screenshot.png └── README.md ``` --- ## Requirements Make sure you have the following installed: - Node.js (v18+ recommended) - MongoDB - npm Download MongoDB: mongodb.com --- ## Installation Clone the repository: ```bash git clone github.com ``` Navigate into the project: ```bash cd Amharic-Chatbot ``` Install dependencies: ```bash cd server npm install ``` --- ## Environment Variables Inside the **server** folder create a `.env` file. Example: ``` MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/addis-chatbot JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_here JWT_EXPIRE=7d ADDIS_API_KEY=your_addis_api_key_here PORT=3000 NODE_ENV=development ``` ### Environment Variable Description | Variable | Description | |--------|--------| | MONGODB_URI | MongoDB database connection | | JWT_SECRET | Secret used to sign JWT tokens | | JWT_EXPI …