Auto-Reel

Auto-Reel is an AI-powered pipeline to generate marketing reels.

Prerequisites

• Windows OS (instructions below are for Windows)
• Node.js (for frontend)
• Python 3.10 (for backend)

Setup and Launch

1. Setup Virtual Environment for Backend

A Python virtual environment is required for the backend.

python -m venv .venv310

Activate the virtual environment and install backend dependencies:

.venv310\Scripts\activate
cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd ..

2. Launch the Backend

To start the backend FastAPI server with Uvicorn, run:

.\.venv310\Scripts\python.exe -m uvicorn backend.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Note: Make sure your .env variables are correctly configured before launching.

3. Launch the Frontend

In a separate terminal, navigate to the frontend directory and start the Vite development server:

cd frontend
npm install  # if you haven't installed packages yet
npm run dev