Django ChatterBot Web App

A simple yet powerful web-based chatbot application built with the Django framework and the ChatterBot library. This project provides a clean user interface for real-time conversations with a trainable AI bot.

✨ Features

• Interactive Chat Interface: A clean and simple UI for seamless conversation.
• Real-time Responses: Get instant replies from the chatbot powered by AJAX, so the page doesn't need to reload.
• Trainable AI: The bot uses ChatterBot's logic adapters and can be trained on custom conversation corpuses.
• Scalable Backend: Built on the robust and scalable Django web framework.
• Easy to Set Up: Get the project running locally with just a few commands.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Django
• Chatbot Engine: ChatterBot
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (with AJAX for asynchronous requests)
• Database: SQLite (default, easily configurable)

🚀 Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your system:

• Python (3.8 or higher)
• pip (Python package installer)
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Praveen23-kk/ChatBot_Django_Web.git
   cd ChatBot_Django_Web

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   • On Windows:

     python -m venv venv
     .\venv\Scripts\activate

   • On macOS/Linux:

     python3 -m venv venv
     source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Train the ChatterBot corpus: This is a crucial step to make your bot knowledgeable. This command trains the bot on an English corpus.

   python manage.py train

5. Apply database migrations:

   python manage.py migrate

6. Run the development server:

   python manage.py runserver

7. Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/. You should now be able to chat with your bot!

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is distributed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

📧 Contact

Praveen Kumar - praveennaaz23@gmail.com

Project Link: https://github.com/Praveen23-kk/ChatBot_Django_Web