303COM-Individual-Project-Rasa

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Guide

!! Make sure you install Microsoft C++ Build Tools (Just click "next" for all steps) https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

Try and see the installation videos on YT made by Rasa

To get started with this project.

Step 1 - Clone this repo inside a folder of your choosing on your machine. Create a folder on your computer.

Type this command "git clone https://github.coventry.ac.uk/302CEM-2122/Team-jellyfish.git"

Step 2 - Creating a virtual enviroment & installing dependencies.

Download & install Miniconda : https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html

Open Powershell which is the most "user-friendly" in my opinion terminal for windows users. **Just search in the search bar for "Powershell"

Inside Powershell type the following comands:

- "conda init"   #should change the begining of the prompt line with (base)

- "conda create -n rasa30 python==3.8"   #creates the env with python 3.8

- "conda activate rasa30"   #activates the new enviroment

#installing packages

- "conda install ujson"

- "conda install tensorflow"

- "pip install rasa==3.0.8"  #after installing check if rasa is 3.0.8 with the command "rasa --version"

#installing packages for webscrapping

- "pip install selenium"
- download chromedriver from here:
https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
*Match the chromedriver with your Google Chrome version

- add the chromedriver in C: (maybe inside a folder) , after that replace the 
path in actions.py at line 31, with your path to the chromedriver.

Step 3 - Running the project in the terminal.

Open 2 powershell teminals inside the folder containing this project Type the folling two commands:

• "rasa run actions" #will run the actions server on one terminal
• "rasa shell" #you will interact with the bot in the other terminal