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✨ GeminiChat ✨

A super cool conversational AI app powered by Google's Gemini API! 🚀

👋 Overview

GeminiChat is your friendly web app for chatting with Google's awesome Gemini AI. Think of it as a simple and easy way to explore what Gemini can do. 🤖

This project is all about making it easy and fast for anyone (especially developers!) to start playing around with Gemini. Let's get chatting! 💬

💻 Local Development (Run it on your computer!)

Want to try GeminiChat on your own machine? Follow these easy steps:

1. Clone the project: ⬇️

   Open your terminal and type this command to download the code:

   git clone [https://github.com/thelapyae/GeminiChat.git](https://github.com/thelapyae/GeminiChat.git)  🔗
   cd GeminiChat

2. Create the .env.local file: 🤫

   Make a new file called .env.local in the main folder of the project (where you just used cd GeminiChat). This file is like a secret place to store your API key.

3. Get your API key and add it! 🔑

   You need a Google Gemini API key to make GeminiChat work. Don't worry, it's easy to get! Just follow these steps:

   • Go to this link: https://aistudio.google.com/app/u/1/apikey 🌐

   • Create an API key there. 📝

   • Copy that API key. ✂️

   • Now, open your .env.local file and add this line, but replace YOUR_ACTUAL_API_KEY with the key you just copied:

     GEMINI_API_KEY=YOUR_ACTUAL_API_KEY

     Important: Keep your .env.local file secret! 🤫 Don't share it or commit it to GitHub! The .gitignore file is already set up to protect it. 👍

4. Install the magic stuff (dependencies): 📦

   In your terminal, type one of these commands (depending on if you use npm or yarn):

   npm install  # For npm users

   OR

   yarn install # For yarn users

5. Start the engine! (Run the development server): 🚀

   Type this command in your terminal:

   npm run dev  # For npm users

   OR

   yarn dev  # For yarn users

   This will fire up the development server! 🎉 Open your web browser and go to the address it shows you (usually http://localhost:3000). GeminiChat should be running! 🥳

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Enjoy chatting with Gemini! 😊 [Much WIth Love @thelapyae]