Desktop Search Engine:

We can search for files based on the text content present within that file. Or in a generic way, we can also search based on the file type i.e. using file-name or file-extension.

Step 1:

Install the dependencies using requirements.txt using the below line of code:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 2:

Execute the Main.py which will create a Db for the files and words in the given directory.

Please provide absolute path of the folder and append it with a slash i.e. '/' for Mac, Linux & '' for Windows. "It's a one-time process that has to be executed."

Step 3:

Execute the retrieval.py which searches based on user input & retrieves the top 5 matching files.