# app.py - Flask Backend from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, send_from_directory import google.generativeai as genai from dotenv import load_dotenv import os from flask_cors import CORS import markdown2 import re from gtts import gTTS import uuid # Load environment variables load_dotenv() # Define paths and create static audio directory if it doesn't exist AUDIO_FOLDER = os.path.join('static', 'audio') if not os.path.exists(AUDIO_FOLDER): os.makedirs(AUDIO_FOLDER) # Initialize Flask app app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static') CORS(app) # Enable CORS for all routes # Configure Gemini with a system instruction system_instruction_text = """ You are a helpful, friendly, and informative AI assistant named Athspi. Your goal is to provide clear, concise, and natural-sounding answers to user queries. When you respond: - Use clear and simple language. - Avoid overly complex sentence structures that might be hard to read aloud. - Keep the user engaged and offer follow-up questions or related topics where appropriate. - Ensure your responses are suitable for text-to-speech conversion. - Provide factual and accurate information. - If the user asks for audio or to speak the response, include 🔊 at the start of your response. - For coding questions, provide well-formatted code blocks with syntax highlighting. """ genai.configure(api_key=os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")) model = genai.GenerativeModel( 'gemini-2.5-flash', system_instruction=system_instruction_text ) def convert_markdown_to_html(text): html = markdown2.markdown(text, extras=["fenced-code-blocks", "tables"]) html = re.sub(r'
', r'', html)
html = re.sub(r'\*\*(.*?)\*\*', r'\1', html)
html = re.sub(r'\*(.*?)\*', r'\1', html)
return html
def detect_audio_request(text):
"""Detect if user is requesting audio"""
audio_keywords = ['audio', 'speak', 'say it', 'read aloud', 'hear', 'listen']
return any(keyword in text.lower() for keyword in audio_keywords)
def generate_audio_file(text):
"""Generate audio file from text and return filename"""
cleaned_text = re.sub(r'[\*_`#]', '', text)
cleaned_text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', cleaned_text).strip()
if not cleaned_text:
return None
filename = f"{uuid.uuid4()}.mp3"
filepath = os.path.join(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
tts = gTTS(text=cleaned_text, lang='en', slow=False)
tts.save(filepath)
return filename
@app.route('/chat', methods=['POST'])
def chat():
try:
data = request.json
user_message = data.get('message')
if not user_message:
return jsonify({"error": "No message provided"}), 400
# Detect if user is requesting audio
audio_requested = detect_audio_request(user_message)
response = model.generate_content(user_message)
plain_text_response = response.text
# Generate audio if requested
audio_url = None
if audio_requested:
# Add audio indicator if not already present
if not plain_text_response.startswith("🔊"):
plain_text_response = "🔊 " + plain_text_response
# Generate audio file
audio_filename = generate_audio_file(plain_text_response)
if audio_filename:
audio_url = f"/static/audio/{audio_filename}"
html_response = convert_markdown_to_html(plain_text_response)
return jsonify({
"response_html": html_response,
"response_text": plain_text_response,
"audio_url": audio_url
})
except Exception as e:
app.logger.error(f"Chat Error: {e}")
return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
@app.route('/generate-audio', methods=['POST'])
def generate_audio():
try:
data = request.json
text_to_speak = data.get('text')
if not text_to_speak:
return jsonify({"error": "No text provided"}), 400
cleaned_text = re.sub(r'[\*_`#]', '', text_to_speak)
cleaned_text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', cleaned_text).strip()
if not cleaned_text:
return jsonify({"error": "Text became empty after cleaning"}), 400
filename = f"{uuid.uuid4()}.mp3"
filepath = os.path.join(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
tts = gTTS(text=cleaned_text, lang='en', slow=False)
tts.save(filepath)
audio_url = f"/static/audio/{filename}"
return jsonify({"audio_url": audio_url})
except Exception as e:
app.logger.error(f"Audio Generation Error: {e}")
return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
@app.route('/static/audio/')
def serve_audio(filename):
return send_from_directory(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
@app.route('/')
def serve_index():
return send_from_directory('static', 'index.html')
@app.route('/')
def serve_static(path):
return send_from_directory('static', path)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=7860)