AndrewBot Backend

A secure proxy between your homepage and DeepSeek OpenAI-compatible API.

3-Step Setup

1. Create local env file

cd chatbot_backend
cp .env.template.local .env

1. Edit .env and fill your key

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=
DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com
DEEPSEEK_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash
PORT=8787

1. Run server

set -a; source .env; set +a
node server.mjs

Then set site config in _config.yml:

chat_api_base_url: "http://127.0.0.1:8787"

Endpoints

• GET /health
• POST /chat

Example request body:

{ "question": "What is Andrew's research focus?" }

Security

• Keep DEEPSEEK_API_KEY only in local .env or deployment env vars.
• Never place API keys in frontend code.

Knowledge Source

The backend loads all .md files under knowledge/.

You can refresh PDF extracted knowledge by running:

python3 scripts/extract_bot_memory.py