GeoWeaver Chatbot

GeoWeaver Chatbot is a React-based chatbot application designed to assist with wildfire forecasting. The chatbot uses a pre-trained language model fine-tuned with wildfire data to generate scientifically supported answers. The project leverages the DeepChat library for the chat interface and integrates with a backend API for question answering.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Running the Application
• Folder Structure
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Responsive chat interface with Bootstrap
• Sidebar for message history
• Integration with a backend API for wildfire forecasting
• Full-screen layout similar to ChatGPT

Prerequisites

• Node.js (LTS version recommended)
• npm (comes with Node.js)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/earth-artificial-intelligence/geoweaver-chatbot.git
   cd geoweaver-chatbot

2. Install dependencies:

cd frontend
npm install
cd ../backend
pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Application

Set environment variable for OpenSSL (if needed):

• Unix-based systems (macOS, Linux):

export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

• Windows:

set NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider

Start the application:

npm start

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000.

Folder Structure

geoweaver-chatbot/
├── backend/                # Backend server (Flask)
│   ├── app.py              # Main backend script
│   ├── requirements.txt    # Backend dependencies
├── frontend/               # Frontend application (React)
│   ├── public/
│   │   ├── index.html
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── components/
│   │   │   ├── Chatbot.js
│   │   │   ├── Chatbot.css
│   │   ├── App.js
│   │   ├── index.js
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── .env
├── README.md

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Follow these steps to set up your local development environment and start contributing:

Fork the repository: Click the "Fork" button on the upper right corner of the repository page.

• Clone your fork:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/geoweaver-chatbot.git
cd geoweaver-chatbot

• Create a new branch:

git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name

• Make your changes:

Ensure your code follows the project's coding standards.

Update documentation as needed.

• Commit your changes:

git add .
git commit -m "Add your descriptive commit message"

• Push to your fork:

git push origin feature/your-feature-name

• Create a Pull Request: Go to the repository in your GitHub account and click the "New Pull Request" button.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for more details.