A demonstration of a very rudimentary chatbot --- Actually, there's no AI yet, so it's not much of a bot at the moment.
Live demo: http://chatbot.rexmac.com
The server uses NodeJS, Socket.IO, and Socket.IO-sessions.
The client uses Bootstrap, H5BP, and jQuery CSSEmoticons.
This project is several years old. I recently (29-03-13) updated it to use Grunt and to ensure it still (somewhat) works. This is one of many projects that I hope to experiment with more in the future if I ever find the time.
- Clone this repository.
- Run
npm install && bower install. - Run
grunt. - Start the server:
npm start - Navigate to
http://127.0.0.1:1337in your browser.
Type messages in the input box and receive a response. It really is that simple. Even more so, since there is no AI yet so the server only has one response. Unless you type in one of the commands described below.
The following commands may be entered to generate different effects. Each command must be preceeded with a forward slash character, e.g., /help.
The last 50 commands are stored for reuse. The and arrow keys can be used to navigate the command history.
Displays generic help text. If provided a command argument, displays help about that command.
Flips a coin and displays the result.
Displays a "fortune" from the fortune program.
Displays the first result from a Google Images search for the given query.
Rolls a size-sided die and displays the result. The default size is 6.
I wrote this a few years ago and most of my notes and documentation from the time are now lost. I'm sure I found inspiration and borrowed code from other open-source demonstrations circa 2011. If you recognize any code or techniques used here, and you had them online in mid to late 2011, please let me know so that I can give you proper credit.
Copyright (c) 2011 Rex McConnell (http://rexmac.com/)
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