README.md

🌟 OpenAI DALL-E Image Generation App

Welcome to DALL-E Clone, a full-stack web app powered by OpenAI's DALL-E API to generate stunning AI-driven images. This app is a playground for AI and creativity, where your words turn into art. 🧑‍🎨 Build, share, and explore a community of AI-generated artwork—all in a sleek, responsive design. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or just curious, this platform lets you dive into the magic of image generation easily! 🎨✨

🌐 Demo

Here is a working live demo: https://rachel-tanhaow.github.io/OpenAI-Image-Generation-App/

Please allow a few seconds for the homepage images to load if it’s your first time visiting.

(Apologies! I’m using the free Cloudinary plan, so loading may take a moment) 😊

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database: MongoDB
• Image Cloud Storage: Cloudinary
• AI Image Generation: OpenAI DALL-E API

📝 What It's All About

I built this project with the motivation to make interacting with AI image generation easy and fun! Many people don't often try platforms like Midjourney or DALL-E, so I wanted to create a user-friendly way for everyone to explore the magic of AI. Therefore, my goal was to simplify interacting with DALL-E and build a community around it. 🪄

As a result, this DALL-E Clone web app streamlines the process of generating AI images and provides a platform for sharing and discovering AI-generated artwork! 🎨✨

✨ New Features

• Generate AI images using DALL-E API
• Share generated images with the community
• View and download community-shared images
• Responsive design for various screen sizes

📖 Table of Contents

• 🌟 OpenAI DALL-E Image Generation App
  • 🌐 Demo
  • 🛠️ Technologies Used
  • 📝 What It's All About
    • ✨ New Features
  • 📖 Table of Contents
  • ✨ Features
  • 🛠️ Setup Project
    • 🍴 Prerequisites
    • 🚀 Installation
  • 🔍 Usage
  • 🔒 Environment Variables
  • 🤝 Contributing
    • 📫 Contact Me
  • 📄 License

✨ Features

• Generate AI images using DALL-E API
• Share generated images with the community
• View and download community-shared images
• Responsive design for various screen sizes

🛠️ Setup Project

🍴 Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm
• MongoDB
• Cloudinary account
• OpenAI API key

🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/rachel-tanhaow/OpenAI-Image-Generation-App.git
cd OpenAI-Image-Generation-App

2. Install dependencies for both client and server

cd client
npm install
cd ../server
npm install

3. Set up environment variables (see Environment Variables section)

4. Start the back-end

cd server
npm start

5. Start the front-end

cd client
npm run dev

🔍 Usage

After starting both the client and server, navigate to http://localhost:5173 (or a similar address, find in your terminal log) in your web browser. You can create new AI-generated images by providing prompts, and view or share images created by the community.

🔒 Environment Variables

In the server directory, create a .env file and add the following values:

MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_connection_string
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📫 Contact Me

• [email protected]

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.