PDF Genie is a web-based tool that lets users upload a PDF file and interact with its content using natural language queries — just like chatting with your document!
Built using the MERN Stack and powered by Google Cloud tools, PDF Genie is a personal project inspired by platforms like AskMyPDF, aiming to simplify information extraction from documents.
- 📂 Upload any PDF file
- 💬 Ask questions related to the content
- 🤖 Get accurate and contextual answers instantly
- 🔐 Works securely with file isolation and cleanup
Frontend: React.js
Backend: Node.js, Express.js
Database: MongoDB (Mongoose ODM)
Cloud & NLP: Google Cloud Tools (Vertex AI, Document AI, Gemini API)
Storage: Google Cloud Storage
Authentication: JWT (optional phase)
- 🚀 Upload and parse PDFs in real time
- 💬 Ask questions using a chat UI
- 🔍 Summarize, extract sections, or find specific answers from the document
- 🛡️ Secure PDF processing with file cleanup
- 🌐 User-friendly interface with responsive design
- User uploads a PDF
- Backend extracts and stores text
- Question is processed using Google Cloud LLM or NLP API
- Answer is generated and displayed in chat
✅ Completed as a personal AI utility project
🛠️ Built to explore GenAI + Cloud + Fullstack synergy
🔍 Currently supports text-based PDFs only (can be extended to OCR)
- 🔐 Add user authentication and history tracking
- 📑 Multi-PDF comparison support
- 🧠 Better context caching for longer PDFs
- 📲 Export chat summary to text or PDF
Manikanta Sandula
A project that reflects my love for building useful tools with AI, fullstack tech, and cloud integration. PDF Genie is one step closer to making document reading smarter.