/search_engine

SearchEngine made with Ruby on Rails 7.1. Works for Google, Bing or Brave API.

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🚀 Rails SearchEngine

Welcome to ** Rails SearchEngine**, the coolest search engine on the block, built with Ruby on Rails and powered by the Bing, Google and Brave Search APIs! We want to plant trees with our ads revenue.🌳

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

  • Ruby (3.2.4)
  • Rails (7.1.3.4)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis (For Background Jobs)

In the future also:

  • Node.js
  • Yarn

Getting Started

  1. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/search_engine.git
cd search_engine

  2. Install dependencies

    bundle install

  3. Set up the database

    rails db:create
rails db:migrate

  4. Configure your environment variables

    Rename .env.erb to .env and fill in the necessary details:

    BING_API_KEY=your_bing_api_key_here

GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
GOOGLE_CX_KEY=your_google_search_engine_id_here

BRAVE_API_KEY=your_brave_api_key_here

  5. Run the app

    bin/dev

    This command will spin up your Rails server and the frontend environment. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to see the magic happen!

Meme

Features

  • Search Functionality: Harness the power of Bing, Google and Brave Search API to fetch the search results.
  • User Authentication: Sign up, sign in, and edit your profile.
  • Search History: Registered users can view their search history.
  • Tailwind CSS Styling: Beautifully styled with Tailwind CSS.

Project Structure

  • Controllers: app/controllers
  • Models: app/models
  • Views: app/views
  • Styles: app/assets/stylesheets
  • JavaScript: app/javascript

Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and send a pull request with your changes. We welcome all contributions!

Meme

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Happy coding! ✨

Meme