Chatbot Project Setup Guide

If you encounter an error like "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key." while chatting with the chatbot, please follow these steps:

Get Your API Key

1. Go to Google AI Studio.
2. Navigate to the API key section and create a new API key.

Your API key will look something like this: AIzaSyAtpnKGX13bTgmx0l_gQeatYvdWvY_wOTQ

Note: The API is free but has a limited number of usage requests.

Insert Your API Key

1. Open your project folder in VS Code.
2. Locate to the script.js file in your project.
3. Find the API_KEY variable and replace PASTE-YOUR-API-KEY with your actual API key.

Save and Test

1. Save the script.js file after adding your API key.
2. Open index.html in your browser to verify that Chatbot is working correctly.

Important Information

This chatbot uses the Gemini beta model, gemini-1.5-flash, which allows more free requests within a shorter timeframe. If you need greater reliability, you can switch to the stable model, gemini-1.5-pro. While the free version of this model has stricter request limits, upgrading to a paid plan will remove these restrictions.

To switch to the gemini-1.5-pro stable model, update the API_URL in the script.js file as follows: const API_URL = https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1/models/gemini-1.5-pro:generateContent?key=${API_KEY};

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Happy coding!