Update readme and add missing .env.example

Author: ksarang90

.gitignore

@@ -1,27 +1,61 @@
-# Dependencies
+# dependencies
 node_modules/
-venv/
-__pycache__/
+/.pnp
+.pnp.js
+
+# testing
+/coverage
+
+# production
+/build
+/dist
 
-# Environment files
+# Environment variables
 .env
 .env.local
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
+.env*.local
 
-# Build outputs
-/build
-/dist
-*.pyc
-
-# IDE and OS files
-.idea/
-.vscode/
-.DS_Store
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
 
 # Logs
+logs
+*.log
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
-*.log 
+
+# IDE
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+.DS_Store
+
+# Database
+*.db
+*.sqlite3 

README.md

@@ -13,15 +13,10 @@ Current:
 
 Planned:
 - 🧠 Multiple LLM integrations (GPT-4, Claude, Llama)
-- 🎤 Voice interactions
-- 🎨 Image generation and analysis
 - 📄 Document processing (RAG)
 - 📚 Custom knowledge base integration
 - 🔄 Multi-modal conversations
 - 💾 Conversation memory and context
-- 🔌 Plugin system
-- 📊 Analytics dashboard
-- ⚡ Fine-tuning capabilities
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -63,29 +58,19 @@ ConversAI-Kit/
    The UI will be available at http://localhost:3000
 
 ### Backend (chatbot-api)
-1. Navigate to the backend directory:
+1. Create and activate a virtual environment:
    ```bash
    cd chatbot-api
-   ```
-
-2. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended):
-   ```bash
    python -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
    ```
 
-3. Install dependencies:
+2. Install dependencies:
    ```bash
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    ```
 
-4. Set up environment variables:
-   ```bash
-   cp .env.example .env
-   # Edit .env with your OpenAI API key and other configurations
-   ```
-
-5. Start the server:
+3. Start the server:
    ```bash
    python app.py
    ```

chatbot-api/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# OpenAI Configuration
+OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
+OPENAI_API_BASE=your-api-base-here