chat-backend/QUICK_START.md

Quick Start Guide

Getting Back Up and Running

1. Navigate to Project

cd /home/amit/projects/chat-backend

2. Activate Virtual Environment

source venv/bin/activate

3. Start Server

python manage.py runserver

4. Access Application

• Open: http://localhost:8000
• Admin: http://localhost:8000/admin/

What We Built

Fresh Start Results

• ✅ Removed old 718-line messy codebase
• ✅ Created clean Django project from scratch
• ✅ Built modern Firecrawl integration (~80 lines)
• ✅ Working website scraper with clean UI
• ✅ Proper environment configuration

File Structure

chat-backend/
├── .env                    # Environment variables
├── requirements.txt        # Dependencies
├── manage.py              # Django management
├── chat_backend/          # Project settings
│   ├── settings.py        # Clean settings with env vars
│   └── urls.py            # URL routing
└── scraping/              # Main app
    ├── models.py          # Site + ScrapedContent models
    ├── services.py        # Clean Firecrawl service
    ├── views.py           # Simple view functions
    ├── urls.py            # App URLs
    ├── admin.py           # Admin interface
    └── templates/         # Clean HTML templates

Key Features

1. Add Sites: Enter website name and URL
2. Scrape Content: Uses Firecrawl extract API
3. View Results: Company name, description, full content
4. Status Tracking: Real-time scraping progress

Configuration

• Set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY in .env file
• Uses demo mode if API key not configured
• Clean environment variable handling

Next Steps for Your Vision

Based on your original plan, ready to add:

1. Content Management (PDFs, videos, forms)
2. AI Q&A Generation
3. Export to business.json

This is now a professional foundation you can actually build on!