README.md

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title: Vp App
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sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 5.5.0
app_file: app.py
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Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference

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# How to setup the App:

- Create an environment using `python3 -m venv venv`
- Activate the environment using `source venv/bin/activate`
- Navigate to project folder such as `sub-visa-policy-assistant`
- run `pip install -r requirements.txt`
- create a `.env` file to store secrets, it should have the following variables i.e., `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `VECTORSTORE_ID` and `ASSISTANT_ID`
- run the app using `python app.py`

Open the app at http://localhost:7860