Aires

Aires is a multiprotocol, multibrained chatbot written in Python with a focus on instant messaging platforms. It has a dynamic module structure to make it easy for developers to add new protocols and brain backends to it as needed.

Currently it has built-in support for XMPP and AIM (via the OSCAR protocol; ICQ should be easy to add too!) and comes with support for a RiveScript brain backend. Other protocols and backends (perhaps AIML) may be explored in the future.

This project is still in early development.

Setup

The Python dependencies are listed in requirements.txt and can easily be installed via pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Bot Settings

There is a default Sample.json bot config file in the bots/ folder which is preconfigured to listen to the CLI front-end (command line interface). Simply running python aires-cli.py will let you chat with a bot immediately.

The files in the bots/ folder are JSON-encoded config files that can be edited in any text editor. They have JavaScript-style comments that describe the various options. To turn on the bots for a particular protocol front-end, e.g. XMPP, just set "active": true under its settings and fill in its login details in the mirrors section.

Extending

There are base classes for brains and listeners, which are defined in the __init__.py file in each module, respectively. Brains and listeners should extend from the base classes; use the existing implementations as reference.

The extensions should be self-contained and run using the bot's main loop. They shouldn't run a loop themselves (as this would block the other bots), and they should avoid pausing for long periods of time, as the bot is currently single-threaded.

License

RiveScript - Rendering Intelligence Very Easily Copyright (C) 2013 Noah Petherbridge

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA