A FLOW-BASED MESSENGER CHATBOT PROJECT STRUCTURE USING PYTHON AND FLASK

This is a simple project structure of a flow-based messenger chatbot using python and flask as a framework. If you want to use this project structure , you need to have better understanding how facebook's graph api works.

REQUIREMENTS

• Python 3.5 installed in your computer of course.

• Your Facebook page linked to your Facebook App.

• Already set up your webhooks and granted all necessary permissions , if not read the documentation.

• Better understanding how to use messenger's Send API and others API.

HOW TO USE ?

1 - Clone the repository

git clone [email protected]:krishna2206/messenger-chatbot-skeleton.git 

2 - Navigate to the cloned repo

cd messenger-chatbot-skeleton

3 - Install the requirements :

pip install -r requirements.txt

5 - To start the local server , use this command :

gunicorn --workers 4 --bind localhost:5566 chatbot.wsgi:flask_app

You can expose it publicly by using a tool like (ngrok)[https://ngrok.com/] or similar tool.