Build your first Chatbot

Objectives

Build a simple Chatbot using the Rasa Library in Python
Setup Python3 ,Pycharm , Pip and Rasa on your Computer.
Installing the necessary dependencies for your Chatbot.

Things

Python3 IDE (Pycharm) on your computer
Visual studio on your computer
Pip Package Manager on your computer
Rasa Library on your computer

Let’s begin!

Rasa Open Source is a conversational AI framework for building contextual assistants.

Rasa Open Source includes

NLU: determines what the user wants and captures key contextual information
Core: selects the next best response or action based on conversation history
Channels and Integration: connect assistant to users and backend systems

Installing Phyton3 IDE

The installation of Phyton IDE is based on the operating system you use. Shown below is the installation for Windows 10.

Step 1: Download the Python 3 Installer

Open a browser window and navigate to the Download page for Windows at python.org
Underneath the heading at the top that says Python Releases for Windows, click on the link for the Latest Python 3 Release – Python 3.x.x.

Python Releases for Windows

Scroll to the bottom and select either Windows x86-64 executable installer for 64-bit or Windows x86 executable installer for 32-bit.

Select the necessary files

Step 2: Run the Installer

Once you have chosen and downloaded an installer, run it by double clicking on the downloaded file.
A dialog will appear that looks like the image below. Then just click Install Now.
A few minutes later you will have a working Python 3 installation on your system.

Dialog box

Note:

Make sure to check the box that says Add Python 3.x to PATH as shown to ensure that the interpreter will be placed in your execution path.

Installing Pip

Once you’ve confirmed that Python is correctly installed, proceed with installing Pip.

Step 1: Download get-pip.py to a folder on your computer.

Step 2: Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder containing get-pip.py.

Step 3: Run the following command:

Pip is now installed!

Step 4: Verify that Pip was installed correctly by opening a command prompt and entering the following command:

You will see output similar to the following.

Now that Pip is installed and configured, you can begin using it to manage your Python packages. For a brief overview of the available commands and syntax for Pip, open a command prompt and enter the following.