Vinny the Verizon Gator

Vinny the Verizon Gator is a chatbot interface for helping users find the most suitable Verizon plans for them. This project uses Google's PaLM Language Model to generate answers based on user's questions.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• Flask-CORS

Installing Dependencies

Clone the repository to your local machine.

git clone /~https://github.com/Dan-George5/Vinny_the_Verizon_Gator.git
cd Vinny_the_Verizon_Gator

Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows, use `venv\Scripts\activate`

Install the required Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

If requirements.txt is not available, you can manually install the dependencies:

pip install Flask Flask-CORS

Running the Application

Source the venv

source source venv/bin/activate

After installing the prerequisites, you can run the Flask app with:

python palm_flask_app.py

Open new terminal, and run the command

open index.html

Usage

1. Open the chat interface in your web browser.
2. Type your question or prompt into the input field.
3. Click "Submit" to get a response from Vinny.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and make changes as you'd like. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.