WebDev and AI

Hi All

I have a large database of PDF and XLS files. Currently users can go and download files as they need. I was wondering if there was a way to build an AI front-end to that so they could ask questions of the AI which would then process the database of PDF/XLS files and return something useful.

So my question is; does anyone have some experience with adding an AI front-end aspect to a WebDev website? If yes, would you mind sharing some suggestions?

Hi JP,
I don't know about WEBDev, for me WD is more like a dead end right now.
You can do this fairly easy with lovable.dev or with any other type of vibe coding platform.

Regards
Steven Sitas



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2026 06:01PM by SteveSitas.

Hi, btw, Mistral (French AI) knows WINDEV. We have a huge code base in WINDEV and will maintain it as long as our dongles work. Perhaps PCS discovers their "new" turnover at some time and understands the reason for it. Who knows. Hope dies last. The new general director of PCS, Mr Bruno Richet, shows up in videos ( [www.youtube.com] ) but is consistently speaking French and doesn't react to messages in English language.

Kind regards,
Guenter Predl
gpredl@syspredl.at

Steve,

lovable.com redirects to lovable.it ... an underwear company ?

Hi JP,
[lovable.dev]

Regards
Steven Sitas

Hello JP:

You won't get what you want using other tools for web front end... (like lovable...)
What you need is a RAG which is a chat-powered solution with access to a private knowledge base.
I can lead you to someone who is doing those kind of solutions, where will enable you to upload your information from PDFs, or even scraping your website, and then you will get a javascript to include in a webpage. This will enable a natural language conversational chat where your customers can interact with your private knowledge base and get answers to their questions.
They offer the solution as a service so you don't have to invest a lot of money for the setup.
Let me know if you are interested and I can send you their contact information

Best
Greg

Hello Greg,

Yeah, sure, let me have their details and I will see what can be done and at what costs.You can DM me.

Thanks!

take a chat gpt subscription make an agent voila or google laets you define agents as well

This is what geminie says .So do not pay a lot fotr this youcando it yourself

1. De "Google Agent" route (Vertex AI / Dialogflow CX)
Als je een professionele, schaalbare oplossing voor een website wilt, is Google Cloud Vertex AI Search and Conversation de beste keuze.

Hoe het werkt: Je uploadt je PDF-bibliotheek naar een "Data Store" in Google Cloud. De AI indexeert deze documenten.

Voordeel: Je krijgt een kant-en-klare widget die je in je website kunt plakken. Het is veilig, snel en kan duizenden documenten aan.

Mijn rol: Ik kan je stap voor stap uitleggen hoe je dit in de Google Cloud Console configureert.

2. De "Custom Code" route (Python + Gemini API)
Als je meer controle wilt over de interface of een specifieke workflow hebt, kun je zelf iets (laten) bouwen.

Hoe het werkt: We gebruiken een techniek die RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) heet. Een script leest de PDF's, zet ze om in vectoren (stukjes tekst die de computer begrijpt), en wanneer iemand een vraag stelt, zoekt de AI de relevante stukjes tekst op in de PDF's om het antwoord te formuleren.

Mijn rol: Ik kan de Python-code voor je schrijven die de PDF's inlaadt en de Gemini API aanstuurt om de vragen te beantwoorden.

Hello JP:

Take a look a this site:

[www.smartfaq.chat]

A friend of mine, who is a programmer as well, looked into this kind of solutions and tried to create something on his own, but it's not worth the effort... He ended up with these people's solution.

Regards;
Greg

HI Allard,

Thanks for the feedback and useful info. Happy to chat further. I have DM you.

Thanks Greg,

This looks interesting and I have messaged them for more info. Thanks.

Have you any experience with integrating this into a WebDev site?

Thanks

Hello JP:

My friend is using Webdev for his application so it shouldn't be any problem.
He got a JS script to include it in the Webdev PAGE (HTML section), and this adds the chat icon to start interacting with the service.

Regards;
Greg

Hi Greg

I made contact with them but I don't think they can do what we need. They replied and it seems they have a solution for converting FAQ and help documents into a format where users can ask questions and which their solution then extracts and provides answers which are taken from the existing FAQ/help documentation. Here is a paragraph from their email response to me:

"If your information can be represented as a set of Question & Answer records, SmartFAQ is a strong fit for your use case. In most scenarios, the content is public or non-sensitive. While access to the chat widget can be restricted at the page level, the JavaScript snippet is visible in the page source, meaning it should not be used to expose sensitive or confidential information. This is generally not a concern, as SmartFAQ is designed for content meant to be publicly accessible."

We need something more involved and free-form (and private/secure); the ability to analyze thousands of PDF files and extract financial items and calculate ratios and produce tables for comparative purposes etc. Much more free-form than fixed question/answer pairs.

Thanks for the tip though!

windev has now ai support So icould work

if use is included in the subscription Hmm then is is not souch a bad deal anymore. Ihaowever now use AI all the time and I like the productivity it gives me . it is not cheap !! but 100x faster