ManaanAnsari / rasa_telegram

what is this ?

This repo is a result of blog post you can find here https://medium.com/@manaan1ansari/getting-started-with-rasa-chatbot-and-telegram-part-1-d289977e24ac it will help you get up and running with rasa and telegram

How To Use ?

first install all the dependencies from requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install rasa_core_sdk (if needed)

pip install flask (if needed)

and download spacy english model

python -m spacy download en

#Train rasa_nlu

python -m rasa_nlu.train -c nlu/nlu_config.yml --data nlu/nlu_data.md -o models --fixed_model_name nlu --project current --verbose

#Train rasa_core

python -m rasa_core.train -d core/domain.yml -s core/stories.md -o models/current/dialogue

#start action server

python -m rasa_core_sdk.endpoint --actions actions

#Run Bot On cmdline

python3 -m rasa_core.run -d models/current/dialogue -u models/current/nlu --endpoints endpoints.yml

#Run Bot On Telegram

create bot

create bot using botfather and get the access token

setup webhook

start tunnel using ngrok or any other services and setup webhook by following url
https://api.telegram.org/bot'bot token'/setWebhook?url='webhook url'

chat

enter your bot token in main.py and run main.py python3 main.py