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Rasa

• RASA is an opensource framework for building AI-powered chatbots. You can use RASA to create awesome bots for various channels such as Facebook, Telegram, Slack, etc.Here i have created a Automated chatBot for covid-19 cases using whatsappApi ,Rasa and Twilio.

Installation

• How to install Rasa Installation

Start App

• Clone/Download the repo.https://github.com/Tharun-Mamillapalli/Rasa-Bot.git
• cd into folder.
• Run rasa init.
• Change the values in data/nlu.md your NLU training data,
• data/stories.mdyour stories,
• domain.ymlyour assistant’s domain,
• actions.pycode for your custom actions,
• credentials.ymldetails for connecting to other services,
• endpoints.ymldetails for connecting to channels like fb messenger,to suit your use-case.

API used

• "https://api.covid19india.org/data.json"

Run App

• Run conda activate rasa to activate rasa environment .
• Run rasa train to train the updated data.
• Run rasa run actions in the another terminal simultaneously .
• Run rasa shell to start a chat session with your assistant .

Rasa X

• How to install Rasax Installation.

• Install Rasax and run rasaxto deploy your assistant on local host.

Twilio

• Twilio provides a telephony infrastructure web service in the cloud, allowing web developers to integrate phone calls, text messages and IP voice communications
• Signup for a Twilio account Here
• Create a Project

Integrating Twilio with rasa

• Enable Whatsapp sandbox under Programmable SMS.Here.
• Add Twilio channel to your RASA credentials.yml.More info here.
• twilio: account_sid: "<TWILIO ACCOUNT ID>" auth_token: "<TWILIO AUTH TOKEN>" twilio_number: "whatsapp:<TWILIO NUMBER>".
• Launch your rasa instance. You can use ngrok to get a public https URL for your bot instance. More info Here.
• ./ngrok http 5005; rasa run.
• https://<your id>.ngrok.io/webhooks/facebook/webhook
• Add your Rasa Twilio Webhook to Sandbox configuration .
• And also add webhook in the message callback Here
• Finally follow the instruction to join the WhatsApp sandbox from your mobile number Here.
• Now you have your RASA bot integrated with Whatsapp.