README.md

# 303COM-Individual-Project-Rasa
# RasaChatbot

## 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