https://github.com/brannondorsey/twilio-cleverbot
Talk to Cleverbot from your phone
https://github.com/brannondorsey/twilio-cleverbot
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Talk to Cleverbot from your phone
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/brannondorsey/twilio-cleverbot
- Owner: brannondorsey
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-03-25T01:59:07.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2014-03-29T18:57:36.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-01T14:28:27.718Z (7 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 404 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: license.txt
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README
# Twilio-cleverbot
Text [Cleverbot](http://cleverbot.com) from your phone. Cleverbot responds at a rate that is modeled after a real person. Uses Node.js [Twilio](https://www.npmjs.org/package/twilio) and [Cleverbot-node](https://www.npmjs.org/package/cleverbot-node) on a server created with [Express](https://www.npmjs.org/package/express). If the Cleverbot API is down (see [this issue](https://github.com/brannondorsey/twilio-cleverbot/issues/1)), Twilio-cleverbot defaults to using the [Eliza chat bot](http://nlp-addiction.com/eliza/).
## Install
SSH into your server and run:
git clone git@github.com:brannondorsey/twilio-cleverbot.git
cd twilio-cleverbot
npm install
Open `twilio-cleverbot/config.sample.js` and populate it with your configuration:
```javascript
module.exports = {
accountSid:'your_twilio_account_Sid',
authToken:'your_twilio_auth_token',
twilioNumber:'your_twilio_number', // e.g. '+15692878254'
port: 3000
}
```
Rename `config.sample.js` to `config.js`.
## Run
Start the server from outside of the cloned directory:
node twilio-cleverbot
Text your Twilio number :)
## Upkeep
To keep your server running you need to start the process in the background. To do this start Twilio-cleverbot like this:
nohup node twilio-cleverbot &
__Note__: You may need a [screen](http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_screen) so that you can log off without exiting the server process.
Unfortunately, if the server crashes for some reason you won't be able to text Cleverbot. To automatically restart Twilio-cleverbot when it quits unexpectedly use [Forever](https://blog.nodejitsu.com/keep-a-nodejs-server-up-with-forever/):
npm install forever -g
forever start twilio-cleverbot
You can check if your server is up and running by pointing your browser to:
http://yourdomain:yourport
If it is running correctly you should get the following response:
"Twilio-cleverbot is running! Text +15692878254 to chat with Cleverbot."