diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+Dockerfile
+README.md
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+.env
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diff --git a/.gcloudignore b/.gcloudignore
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+# This file specifies files that are *not* uploaded to Google Cloud
+# using gcloud. It follows the same syntax as .gitignore, with the addition of
+# "#!include" directives (which insert the entries of the given .gitignore-style
+# file at that point).
+#
+# For more information, run:
+#   $ gcloud topic gcloudignore
+#
+.gcloudignore
+# If you would like to upload your .git directory, .gitignore file or files
+# from your .gitignore file, remove the corresponding line
+# below:
+.git
+.gitignore
+
+# Python pycache:
+__pycache__/
+# Ignored by the build system
+/setup.cfg
+env/
+.env
+service_account_key.json
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-node_modules/
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+node_modules/
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+instance/
+.db
+service_account_key.json
+semantic_retrieval.py
+node_modules
+knowledgebase.py
+env/
+venv
+.env
+Lib
+Scripts
+data/
+AQA.py
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Dockerfile
+FROM python:3.9.17-bookworm
+# Allow statements and log messages to immediately appear in the logs
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED True
+# Copy local code to the container image.
+ENV APP_HOME /back-end
+WORKDIR $APP_HOME
+COPY . ./
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libzbar0 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Run the web service on container startup. Here we use the gunicorn
+# webserver, with one worker process and 8 threads.
+# For environments with multiple CPU cores, increase the number of workers
+# to be equal to the cores available.
+# Timeout is set to 0 to disable the timeouts of the workers to allow Cloud Run to handle instance scaling.
+CMD exec gunicorn --bind :$PORT --workers 1 --threads 8 --timeout 0 app:app
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diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
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+from flask import Flask
+import os
+from .routes import main
+# this file is to run the app, it calls the blueprint of main from init, which calls from route. All this is done so it is modular.
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.secret_key = os.getenv('FLASK_SECRET_KEY', 'your_default_secret_key')
+app.register_blueprint(main)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(debug=True)  # run the app after it's created
diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
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+++ b/app.yaml
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+runtime: python39
+
+entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT app:app
+
+handlers:
+- url: /static
+  static_dir: appp/static
+- url: /.*
+  script: auto
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diff --git a/routes.py b/routes.py
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+import os
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, Blueprint
+import google.generativeai as genai
+from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.types import content
+
+main = Blueprint('main', __name__)
+
+#gemini 
+GENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY")
+if not GENAI_API_KEY:
+    raise ValueError("GEMINI_API_KEY is not set in the environment variables.")
+
+genai.configure(api_key=GENAI_API_KEY)
+
+def send_prompt_to_gemini(prompt):
+    """
+    Sends a prompt to the Gemini API and returns the structured JSON response.
+    """
+    try:
+        generation_config = {
+            "temperature": 1,
+            "top_p": 0.95,
+            "top_k": 40,
+            "max_output_tokens": 8192,
+            "response_schema": content.Schema(
+                type=content.Type.OBJECT,
+                properties={
+                    "title": content.Schema(type=content.Type.STRING),
+                    "timestamp_start": content.Schema(type=content.Type.STRING),
+                    "timestamp_end": content.Schema(type=content.Type.STRING),
+                    "location": content.Schema(type=content.Type.STRING),
+                    "description": content.Schema(type=content.Type.STRING),
+                },
+            ),
+            "response_mime_type": "application/json",
+        }
+
+        model = genai.GenerativeModel(
+            model_name="gemini-1.5-flash-8b",
+            generation_config=generation_config,
+        )
+
+        chat_session = model.start_chat(history=[])
+        response = chat_session.send_message(prompt)
+
+        return response.to_dict()
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"error": str(e)}
+
+@main.route("/process_text", methods=["POST"])
+def process_text():
+    """
+    Endpoint to process the selected text from the Chrome extension.
+    """
+    try:
+        data = request.json
+        selected_text = data.get("selected_text", "")
+        if not selected_text:
+            return jsonify({"error": "selected_text is required"}), 400
+
+        today = datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y")
+        prompt = f"""
+        I will give you some text that I want you to parse. The text should describe an event.
+        Please provide a raw JSON response with the following fields:
+
+        title: the title of the event.
+        timestamp_start: a UTC timestamp of when the event starts in the format YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS. If no year is given, default to the upcoming instance of that date.
+        timestamp_end: a UTC timestamp of when the event ends in the format YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS. (If not given, default to one hour after start.)
+        location: the location of the event. 
+        description: a short 2-3 sentence description of the event containing any pertinent information or links.
+
+        Please parse the following text: 
+        Today's date is {today}. {selected_text}
+        """
+
+        gemini_response = send_prompt_to_gemini(prompt)
+
+        if "error" in gemini_response:
+            return jsonify(gemini_response), 500
+
+        # parse that jawn
+        title = gemini_response.get("title", "Untitled Event")
+        timestamp_start = gemini_response.get("timestamp_start")
+        timestamp_end = gemini_response.get("timestamp_end")
+        location = gemini_response.get("location", "")
+        description = gemini_response.get("description", "No description provided.")
+
+        if not timestamp_start:
+            return jsonify({"error": "timestamp_start is missing from the response."}), 400
+
+        gcal_link = (
+            f"https://www.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text={title}" \
+            f"&dates={timestamp_start}/{timestamp_end or ''}" \
+            f"&details={description}" \
+            f"&location={location}"
+        )
+
+        return jsonify({
+            "title": title,
+            "timestamp_start": timestamp_start,
+            "timestamp_end": timestamp_end,
+            "location": location,
+            "description": description,
+            "gcal_link": gcal_link
+        })
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
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