anwang427/nlpchatbot

Python, NLTK, SciKit, Flask, Twilio || SMS and NLTK based chatbot for rural farmers in India and China. It serves to combat a lack of information that renders farmers unable to keep up with current market trends.

NLPchatbot

Chatbot for rural farmers.

Contains 2 portions:

1. The Chatbot (The main technical component of the project)
2. The innovative usage of data to support the project (uses data to inform decisions)

NLP Install

First Attempt

Installed using Python 2.7.

1. Run pip install nltk
2. Run python, then import nltk
3. Run nltk.download(), and download 'All packages'

Second Attempt

1. pip3 install flask -- > navigate to code directory, and run export FLASK_APP=chatbotSMS.py then flask run
2. pip3 install ngrok (download first: https://ngrok.com/download). Drag the executable into a directory you wish to use.
3. pip3 install -U scikit-learn
4. pip3 install twilio

Ensure that these are installed with Py3 (pip3 install). If there are issues with certificate_verify_failed, navigate to Applications/Python 3.7/Install Certificates.command, and double click.

Currently Used Resources

1. https://www.faidelhi.org/general/Latest%20News.pdf
2. http://agmarknet.gov.in/CommodityWiseGraph/ComGraphBoard.aspxfbclid=IwAR0cQCsEwEpb4eDPbVgackBG0IVULzKKPpmnXxai2842K1t6S4dP44fw3x4