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45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions chatkit/backend/scripts/run.bat
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@echo off
REM Simple helper to start the ChatKit backend on Windows

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

cd /d "%~dp0\.."

if not exist ".venv" (
echo Creating virtual env in %CD%\.venv ...
python -m venv .venv
if errorlevel 1 (
echo Error: Failed to create virtual environment. Make sure Python is installed.
exit /b 1
)
)

call .venv\Scripts\activate.bat

echo Installing backend deps (editable) ...
pip install -e . >nul 2>&1
if errorlevel 1 (
echo Warning: pip install had issues, but continuing...
)

REM Load env vars from the repo's .env.local (if present)
set "ENV_FILE=%~dp0..\..\.env.local"
if "%OPENAI_API_KEY%"=="" (
if exist "!ENV_FILE!" (
echo Sourcing OPENAI_API_KEY from !ENV_FILE!
for /f "usebackq tokens=1,* delims==" %%a in ("!ENV_FILE!") do (
if "%%a"=="OPENAI_API_KEY" set "OPENAI_API_KEY=%%b"
)
)
)

if "%OPENAI_API_KEY%"=="" (
echo.
echo Error: OPENAI_API_KEY is not set.
echo Please set OPENAI_API_KEY in your environment or in .env.local
echo.
exit /b 1
)

echo Starting ChatKit backend on http://127.0.0.1:8000 ...
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion chatkit/package.json
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"scripts": {
"dev": "concurrently --kill-others-on-fail --names backend,frontend \"npm run backend\" \"npm run frontend\"",
"frontend": "npm --prefix frontend install && npm --prefix frontend run dev",
"backend": "./backend/scripts/run.sh"
"backend": "node -e \"require('child_process').execSync(process.platform === 'win32' ? '.\\\\backend\\\\scripts\\\\run.bat' : './backend/scripts/run.sh', {stdio: 'inherit'})\""
},
"devDependencies": {
"concurrently": "^9.1.2"
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