iva/backend/README.md

IVA

IVA (Interactive Virtual Assistant) is an AI-based middleware that communicates with HomeAssistant in order to retrieve values from different sensors.

To run this project, first create a .env file containing the following variables:

• OPENAI_API_KEY: a OpenAI API key
• HA_URL: the URL of your HomeAssistant app
• HA_API_KEY: your HomeAssistant API key
• DB_URL: mysql+pymysql://:@:/

  Build the Docker image using the following command: docker build -t <image_name> .

  Then, create a container using: docker run --name <container_name> -p 7860:7860 -it <image_name>