Hotel Booking AI

This is a chatbot powered by the OpenAI API, designed to assist customers with hotel bookings through chat. It integrates a React Frontend for easy interaction, allowing users to inquire about available rooms or book directly from website.

Project Setup

Follow these steps to set up and run AI chatbot on your local machine.

Cloning the Repository

First, clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/jenish-thapa/hotel_booking_ai

Installing Dependencies

Install the necessary dependencies for both backend as well as frontend.

• For the backend directory:

cd backend
npm install

Open a new Terminal.

• For the frontend directory:

cd frontend
npm install

Setting Up Environment Variables

You need to set up environment variable for the OpenAI API key.

• OpenAI API Key: Sign up at OpenAI to get your API key. Create a [.env] file in the root directory and add your OpenAI API

OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Running the Servers

Start the servers to get the chatbot running. First, run the main server:

cd backend
node server.js

Open a new Terminal.

cd frontend
npm run start

Starting a Conversation

Open your browser and start a conversation!

Testing the Bot Without UI

You can test the bot functionality without using the Telegram UI by making API calls directly to the /chat endpoint.

Example POST request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/chat \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "Hello, I would like to book a hotel room."}'

This will send a message to your chatbot, and you should receive a response based on the bot's logic and integration with the OpenAI API.