manojlondhe/chatbot-core

Core dialogue engine for chatbots

Chatbot-core

Core dialogue engine for chatbots

Router Module (A node js application to interface with frontend and bot server)

• Installation:

  • install node and npm
  • "npm install" to install dependencies

• configuration:

  • "config/config.js" can be modified if needed to change ports and other parameters

• Starting the services:

  • "node appRest" to start the REST endpoint
  • "node appSocket" to start Socket endpoint

Bot module

• Installation:

  • install latest anaconda environment
  • run "conda env create -f environment.yml" to install python dependencies. This step creates a virtual environment named rasa with python 3.6 and all dependencies
  • activate the environment "conda activate rasa". "conda deactivate" to de-activate the environment

• configuration:

  • modify config.yml if needed to change NLU components for training or change policies
  • modify endpoints.yml if needed to change action server endpoint

• Starting the services:

  • start RASA core server by running "make bot" or "rasa run -p 5005 --enable-api --cors "*" -vv"
  • start RASA action endpoint server by running "make action" or "rasa run actions -vv -p 5056"

Integration Instructions

• REST integration Method: Post Endpoint: http://:/bot Body: { "Body": "Hi", "From": "AC6436e7066283ef84c88a05392cc0fcd6" } Header: {'content-type': 'application/json'}

  *Body - User message *From - session id (uuid or some Session/ User identifier)

  • Response: Text based response

  • Curl request for the same:

    curl -X POST
    http://:/bot
    -H 'content-type: application/json'
    -d '{ "Body": "Hi", "From": "AC6436e7066283ef84c88a05392cc0fcd6" }'

• Socket Integration

  • Socket message body sample(using socket.io):
  • Request: Url: http://52.173.240.27:4005 Body: ["user_uttered",{"message":"what are the timelines for portal?","customData":{"userId":"123"}}]
  • Response: ["bot_uttered",{"text":"please choose from CBSE or State Board, other bords are not handled as of yet. 1. CBSE \n 2. State Board","intent":"template_ans_demo","type":"response"}]