Document Summary Assistant

A full-stack app to upload PDF or images, extract text, and generate summaries using Google Gemini.

• Frontend: React + Vite + TailwindCSS
• Backend: Node.js + Express

client/ # React frontend (Vite) server/ # Express API

• Node.js 18+
• NPM

cd server cp .env.example .env

edit .env and set GEMINI_API_KEY npm install npm run dev

Server: http://localhost:8080

cd ../client npm install

optional: set VITE_API_BASE_URL in .env to http://localhost:8080 npm run dev

Frontend: http://localhost:5173

• POST /upload — multipart/form-data with field file (PDF/JPG/PNG). Returns { text }.
• POST /summarize — JSON { text, length }. Returns { summary }.

Notes:

• OCR with tesseract.js can be slower for large images; consider compressing before upload.
• CORS is configured via CLIENT_ORIGIN.

• Platforms: Vercel or Netlify
  • Build: npm run build
  • Output: dist
  • Env: VITE_API_BASE_URL → your backend URL

• Platforms: Render or Railway
  • Env: GEMINI_API_KEY, CLIENT_ORIGIN (your frontend URL), PORT if needed
• File upload limit: 15MB

• Backend: npm run dev in server/
• Frontend: npm run preview in client/