Seekr🔍 -- AI-Powered Search Engine

Seekr is a full-stack AI-powered search engine that combines Google Programmable Search API with Gemini Generative AI to deliver web results, image search, and intelligent summaries in a unified interface.

It demonstrates real-world integration of external APIs, backend routing, and AI-driven response generation.

🚀Key Features

• Web search using Google Custom Search API
• Image search functionality
• AI-powered answers using Gemini API
• Clean UI with dark/light mode
• Full-stack implementation (frontend + backend)
• Secure API handling with environment variables

🛠️Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6)
• Backend: Node.js + Express
• APIs: Google Programmable Search, Gemini AI

📂 Project Structure

Seekr/
│── server.js
│── package.json
│── .env
│── main.html
│── images.html
│── about.html
│── assets/

⚙️Run Locally

1. Clone the repo:

git clone [https://github.com/NimilPGopal/Seekr.git]
cd seekr

2. Install dependencies:

Run `npm install`

3. Create a .env file with your API keys

  GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

  GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key
  SEARCH_CX=your_search_engine_id

  GOOGLE_API_KEY_IMAGE=your_google_api_key
  IMAGE_CX=your_image_engine_id

  PORT=3000

4. Run the server:

  node server.js

5. Open in browser

   http://localhost:3000/main.html