Microsoft-chatbot

Microsoft chatbot build using NLTK-Chatbot and django

To Running This App in Microsoft Bot Emulator

1. Download Emulator
2. Install Emulator
3. in command prompt

    git clone https://github.com/ahmadfaizalbh/Microsoft-chatbot.git
    cd Microsoft-chatbot
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    python manage.py makemigrations
    python manage.py migrate
    python manage.py runserver

4. Microsoft-chatbot/bot/settings.py set DEBUG = True
5. open another command prompt and execute the following

    cd Microsoft-chatbot
    python manage.py process_tasks

6. open Emulator
7. Add an endpoint for your bot with Endpoint url http://localhost:8000/messaging/ and name localhost and save
8. open chat and start discussing with the bot

To Run This App in Production

1. Install postgreSQL follow the instruction in page How to install and use postgresql on ubuntu 14.04
2. in shell prompt run

    git clone https://github.com/ahmadfaizalbh/Microsoft-chatbot.git

3. Go to Azure Portal
4. Create a microsoft bot - Follow
5. Generate and then update below lines in Microsoft-chatbot/bot/settings.py

    DEBUG = False
    APP_CLIENT_ID = `<Microsoft App ID>`
    APP_CLIENT_SECRET = `<Microsoft App Secret>`

6. in Microsoft-chatbot/bot/settings.py also set ALLOWED_HOSTS with list of domain names
7. create DB chatbot with username app_user and password InfoBotPassword in postgreSQL or change the credential in settings as per your configuration

    create database chatbot;
    create user app_user with encrypted password 'InfoBotPassword';
    grant all privileges on database chatbot to app_user;

8. in shell prompt run

    cd Microsoft-chatbot
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    python manage.py makemigrations
    python manage.py migrate

9. run python manage.py process_tasks in background (put it in /etc/rc.local with appropriate path to python and manage.py)
10. configure apache2 config file for this project
11. install Let's Encrypt
12. restart server