Resume AI

An interview-ready resume analysis and practice app with a Node/Express backend and a Vite + React frontend.

Highlights

• Upload and parse resumes (PDF) on the backend.
• AI-powered analysis and interview prep workflows.
• Modern React frontend with Tailwind CSS.

Repo Structure

• Backend Node/Express API
• Frontend Vite + React client

Tech Stack

• Backend: Express, MongoDB/Mongoose, Google GenAI, JWT, Multer, Puppeteer
• Frontend: React, React Router, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Axios

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ recommended
• npm 9+ recommended

Install Dependencies

cd Backend
npm install

cd ../Frontend
npm install

Configure Environment

Create a Backend/.env file with the required keys. Typical values include:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
GOOGLE_GENAI_API_KEY=your_google_genai_key
CLIENT_URL=http://localhost:5173
BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000

If you have additional keys in your local setup, include them here as needed.

Run Locally

# Backend
cd Backend
npm run dev

# Frontend (new terminal)
cd Frontend
npm run dev

Build Frontend

cd Frontend
npm run build

Notes

• The backend uses puppeteer and pdf-parse for PDF processing.
• If you see install warnings, they are usually safe to ignore, but npm audit fix can resolve most issues.

Scripts

Backend

• npm run dev Start the API with nodemon

Frontend

• npm run dev Start Vite dev server
• npm run build Production build
• npm run preview Preview production build
• npm run lint Lint codebase

License

ISC