VAK (Voice Abuse Kill switch)

A Social Platform with AI-Powered Toxicity Detection

Next.js Frontend (Main App)

Repository: (Machine Learning API): https://github.com/DivitJain26/vak-flask-api.git

Live Deployment: https://vak-tau.vercel.app/

Note: The toxicity detection API is hosted on Render free tier, which sleeps when idle. It may take ~1 minute to respond the first time while the server wakes up.

Project Setup Guide

1. Install Dependencies

npm install

2. Environment Setup

Create a .env file in the root of your project:

cp .env.example .env

Then open .env and fill in your MongoDB database connection:

MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string_here

(Use your MongoDB Atlas URI)

Flask Toxicity API URL

(For local development: Flask runs on port 5000)

NEXT_PUBLIC_FLASK_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5000

For production (Render backend):

NEXT_PUBLIC_FLASK_API_URL=https://vak-flask-api.onrender.com

Before running the Next.js app, start the ML API:

python app.py

Scripts & Commands

Run all commands from the root directory of the Next.js project.

Start Next.js Development Server

npm run dev

Now visit your app at: http://localhost:3000