README.md

AI Course Generator 🚀

A Full Stack AI-powered application for generating online courses, built using Next.js, React, Node.js, and TailwindCSS. This project leverages the Gemini API for AI-based course content generation, Clerk for user authentication, and Drizzle ORM with PostgreSQL for database management.

Key Features 📝

• AI-Powered Course Generation: Automatically generate course layouts, including chapters and descriptions, using the Gemini API.
• User Authentication: Secure login and sign-up with Clerk, including Google Sign-In integration.
• Course Customization: Edit course titles, descriptions, chapters, and upload banner images.
• Video Integration: Generate videos for each course chapter using the YouTube API.
• Shareable URL: Each generated course comes with a unique, shareable URL that doesn’t require user authentication to view.
• Database Management: Drizzle ORM with PostgreSQL is used to store course data.
• Image Storage: Course banners are stored using Firebase.
• Responsive UI: Designed with TailwindCSS and enhanced using components from ShadCN for a clean and responsive user interface.
• Free & Upgradeable: Users can generate up to five courses for free, with an option to upgrade for unlimited course creation.

Technologies Used 🛠️

• Frontend: Next.js, React, TailwindCSS
• Backend: Node.js, Gemini API, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL
• Authentication: Clerk (Google Sign-In, Email/Password)
• Image Storage: Firebase
• Video Generation: YouTube API
• Deployment: Vercel

Getting Started ⚡

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Node.js
• npm or Yarn

Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/ai-course-generator.git
   cd ai-course-generator ```
   

2. Install dependencies:
   npm install

3. Set up environment variables:
   

Create a .env.local file and add your API keys and environment configurations:

NEXT_PUBLIC_GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-api-key
NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API=your-clerk-frontend-api
NEXT_PUBLIC_YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your-youtube-api-key
DATABASE_URL=your-postgresql-url
FIREBASE_API_KEY=your-firebase-api-key

4. Run the development server:
   npm run dev
   Open http://localhost:3000 to view the app.
   

5. Deployment
   This project is deployed via Vercel. For deploying your own version, follow these steps: Push your code to GitHub. Connect your GitHub repository to Vercel. Set your environment variables on Vercel. Deploy the app with a single click!

Website Images: Home Page: Create Course Page: Course Layout: Course Link: Final Generated Course: