AI Search Engine

A modern, AI-powered search engine that combines the intelligence of OpenAI with web search capabilities to provide comprehensive answers to your questions.

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🌟 Features

• AI-Powered Answers: Get detailed, context-aware responses generated by OpenAI's language model
• Web Sources: See the web sources used to generate answers
• Voice Search: Ask questions using your voice (browser + microphone required)
• Related Questions: Discover related queries to explore topics further
• Bookmarking: Save important search results for future reference
• Search History: Keep track of your previous searches
• Dark Mode: Toggle between light and dark themes
• Responsive Design: Works on desktop and mobile
• Caching: Faster responses for repeated queries

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🛠️ Technology Stack

Backend

• Python 3.12+
• Flask: Web server framework
• OpenAI API: For generating AI responses
• DuckDuckGo Search API: For retrieving web search results
• BeautifulSoup4 & Readability: For web content extraction
• SpeechRecognition & PyAudio: For voice recognition

Frontend

• HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
• Tailwind CSS: For responsive styling
• Font Awesome: For icons
• Highlight.js: For code syntax highlighting
• Markdown-it: For rendering markdown content

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📋 Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• OpenAI API key
• Microphone (for voice search)

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/SIDDHU123M/AI-SearchEngine.git
   cd AI-searchEngine

2. Create a virtual environment

   python -m venv venv
   venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables

   • Create a .env file in the root directory
   • Add your OpenAI API key:

     openaiAPI = "your-openai-api-key-here"
     

5. Create required directories

   mkdir cache bookmarks

6. Run the application

   python app.py

7. Access the application

   • Open your browser and go to http://localhost:5000

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💻 Usage

• Type your question in the search box and click Search or press Enter
• Use voice search by clicking the microphone icon
• Bookmark results for later reference
• View your search history and revisit previous queries
• Toggle dark mode for comfortable viewing

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📁 Project Structure

AI-searchEngine/
├── app.py                  # Main Flask application
├── main_engine.py          # Search engine core logic
├── requirements.txt        # Python dependencies
├── .env                    # Environment variables (not in repo)
├── static/                 # Static assets (CSS)
├── templates/              # HTML templates
├── cache/                  # Cached search results
├── bookmarks/              # Saved bookmarks
└── README.md               # Project documentation

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🔮 Future Improvements

• User accounts for personalized experience
• Advanced search filters
• Mobile app version
• Browser extension
• Multi-language support
• PDF/document search

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🙏 Acknowledgements

• OpenAI for the language models
• DuckDuckGo for the search API
• Flask for the web framework
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• All open-source libraries used in this project

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Created with ❤️ by Sidharth and Copilot