Problems Statement

Have you ever saved a YouTube Short or an Instagram reel packed with valuable information, only to lose it when you needed it the most? It happens to the best of us. Even when it comes to YouTube tutorials, finding them again can be a nightmare due to the often unreliable search functions on social media platforms.

Solution

That's why I created SnapSearch using Exa and Streamlit that allows you to search for any type of content across all social media platforms. Say goodbye to lost videos and hello to easy access to all your needed content! Discover how our powerful search tool can simplify your digital life.

Technologies Used

1. Exa - Exa is a knowledge API for AI and developers. Exa finds the exact content you're looking for on the web using embeddings-based search. Exa has three core functionalities, surfaced through our API endpoints (Search for pages, Get contents from pages, Find similar pages).

2. Streamlit- Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for data scientists and AI/ML engineers to deliver dynamic data apps with only a few lines of code. Build and deploy powerful data apps in minutes.

Prerequisites

Before creating this app, ensure you have the following dependencies in your system:

• Python 3.11

• Exa API Key

Code Setup

• First create a virtual environment by running this command in your terminal - python -m venv environment_name to run your python script in your local system.

• After that activate the virtual environment by running this command in your terminal - environment_name\Scripts\activate.

• Install the following packages by using this command pip install package_name

os
streamlit
exa_py
dotenv

• create a .env file to store the Exa API Key

  

Building the App

Imports

import os
import streamlit as st
from exa_py import Exa
from dotenv import load_dotenv

Setting up the Environment Variables and API Key

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Initialize Exa API
exa_api_key = os.getenv('EXA_API')
if exa_api_key is None:
    st.error('EXA_API key not found. Please set it in the .env file.')
else:
    exa = Exa(api_key=exa_api_key)

Creating the Streamlit interface

st.title('SnapSearch ✦.')
st.subheader('Search any content with SnapSearch ')
domain = st.text_input('Enter the URL of the Social Media platform where you want to search: (e.g., https://medium.com/, https://www.reddit.com/)')
query = st.text_input('Search your content here: (e.g., Resume building tips by coding content creators, WEB3 creators)')

Exa Search code

if st.button('Search'):
    if not domain:
        st.warning('Please enter a URL for the Social Media platform.')
    elif not query:
        st.warning('Please enter a content.')
    else:
        response = exa.search(
            query,
            num_results=10,
            type='keyword',
            include_domains=[domain],
        )

        st.subheader(f'Search results for: {query}')
        if response.results:
            for result in response.results:
                st.write(f"**Title:** {result.title}")
                st.write(f"**URL:** {result.url}")
                st.write("---")
        else:
            st.write('No results found.')

Complete code

import os
import streamlit as st
from exa_py import Exa
from dotenv import load_dotenv

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Initialize Exa API
exa_api_key = os.getenv('EXA_API')
if exa_api_key is None:
    st.error('EXA_API key not found. Please set it in the .env file.')
else:
    exa = Exa(api_key=exa_api_key)

# Streamlit interface
st.title('SnapSearch ✦.')
st.subheader('Search any content with SnapSearch ')
domain = st.text_input('Enter the URL of the Social Media platform where you want to search: (e.g., https://medium.com/, https://www.reddit.com/)')
query = st.text_input('Search your content here: (e.g., Resume building tips by coding content creators, WEB3 creators)')

if st.button('Search'):
    if not domain:
        st.warning('Please enter a URL for the Social Media platform.')
    elif not query:
        st.warning('Please enter a content.')
    else:
        response = exa.search(
            query,
            num_results=10,
            type='keyword',
            include_domains=[domain],
        )

        st.subheader(f'Search results for: {query}')
        if response.results:
            for result in response.results:
                st.write(f"**Title:** {result.title}")
                st.write(f"**URL:** {result.url}")
                st.write("---")
        else:
            st.write('No results found.')

Run the App in your local system

Run the App in your local system by running this command in your terminal streamlit run app_name.py.

Demo Video

Try it yourself

SnapSearch

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