Chatbot

A chatbot to answer questions. FAQ bot or Help bot. This project was created with:

• Flask
• React
• Chatterbot

Installation

In order to see the application at http://127.0.0.1:5000/ you must start both the Flask server and also run the NPM watch.

React

1. In a terminal tab go to /app and run npm install to install all the packages and dependencies
2. Once installed, run npm run watch to start the watch on the files and actively update the build

Flask

Pre-requisites: It is recommended that you create a virtual environment, at the root of the project chat-bot/venv, with Python3 before installing anything for the server

1. Activate your virtual environment

2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the server's tools

3. Run python server.py to start the server

Usage

To view the application go to http://127.0.0.1:5000/