Facebook messenger bot using AIML (parsed using PyAIML https://github.com/creatorrr/pyAIML) using data from https://github.com/mmellott/aiml-fb-chat
Requirements
pip install Flask
pip install requests
pip install requests[security]
additionally, for testing:
pip install responses
Configuration
A config file named config need to be created in the same directory as server.py. Example:
[aimlbot]
# bot name (affecting question such as 'What is your name?')
botname = aimlbot
# facebook page token
fb_page_token = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
# randomly generated value for secretive facebook api web-hook
secret = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
# randomly generated value for facebook api web-hook verification
verify_token = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
# facebook api url
fb_api_url = https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages?access_token=
[botprofile]
name = aimlbot
gender = Male
Possible [botprofile] are:
birthday
birthplace
boyfriend
favoriteband
favoritebook
favoritecolor
favoritefood
friends
gender
girlfriend
kindmusic
location
looklike
master
name
question
sign
talkabout
wear
Usage
Running Flask bot server as standalone (dev or test):
python server.py
To try chatting with AIML bot in CLI:
python chat.py
To run unit tests using pytest:
pytest
For production, consider using UWSGI + web server (eg. Nginx) (reference below)
Reference
- Setting up UWSGI + Flask http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/deploying/uwsgi/
- Setting up UWSGI Emperor (UWSGI as service) + Nginx https://kradalby.no/uwsgi-and-nginx-on-debian-wheezy.html