https://github.com/cdimascio/nationalparks_conversation
Chatbots and Watson: Let’s talk about national parks: course source code
https://github.com/cdimascio/nationalparks_conversation
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Chatbots and Watson: Let’s talk about national parks: course source code
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cdimascio/nationalparks_conversation
- Owner: cdimascio
- Created: 2016-08-21T15:11:50.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-12-07T03:31:29.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-28T10:24:53.610Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: bluemix, tutorial, watson, watson-conversation, watson-conversation-service
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://developer.ibm.com/courses/all-courses/chatbots-and-watson-lets-talk-about-national-parks/
- Size: 1.86 MB
- Stars: 46
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 71
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# nationalparks-conversation
**Chatbots and Watson**: Let’s talk about national parks: course source code
The chatbot uses [Watson Conversation](https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/conversation?env_id=ibm:yp:us-south&taxonomyNavigation=services), [Weather Company Data](https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/weather-company-data?env_id=ibm:yp:us-south&taxonomyNavigation=services), [React](https://facebook.github.io/react/), [Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/), and [IBM Cloud](https://www.bluemix.net) to create a chatbot about National Parks.
The complete course content and videos lives [here](https://developer.ibm.com/courses/all-courses/chatbots-and-watson-lets-talk-about-national-parks/)
Try the live demo [here](https://nationalparks.mybluemix.net/)
Ask:
- which parks can you talk about
- Tell me about zion
- What animals live there
- What's the weather like
- What animals live at Denali National Park
- What's the weather like there
## A glimpse
## Prequisities
1. Clone this repo
2. Create an IBM Cloud account
## Setup
### Conversation
- Provision an instance of [Watson Conversation](https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/conversation?env_id=ibm:yp:us-south&taxonomyNavigation=services) on IBM Cloud
- Create a new conversation workspace by importing `./resources/conversation_workspace.json` into your Watson Conversation workspaces,
- Install client and server dependencies
- Create `.env` files in the project root with the following contents
```
APP_ID=parks-conversation
PORT=3004
LOG_LEVEL=debug
SESSION_SECRET=test
WATSON_CONVERSATION_API_ROOT=https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/conversation/api
WATSON_CONVERSATION_VERSION=v1
WATSON_CONVERSATION_VERSION_DATE=2016-07-11
WATSON_CONVERSATION_USERNAME=
WATSON_CONVERSATION_PASSWORD=
WATSON_CONVERSATION_WORKSPACE_ID=
```
### Server
Install server dependencies
```shell
npm install
```
### Client
Install client dependencies
```shell
cd client
npm install
```
## Build / Run (Development)
- Start the server `npm start`
- Start the client `cd client && npm start`
- Navigate to http://localhost:3000
## Build / Run (Production)
```shell
cd client
npm run build
cd ..
npm start
```
Navigate to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
## Deploy to IBM Cloud
#### Prequisites:
- Install CloudFoundry Tools
#### Deploy
Follow the first 3 steps in the "Build / Run (Production)" section above, then run.
```shell
cf push USER_ID-nationalparks
```
Navigate to [https://USER_ID-nationalparks.mybluemix.net](https://USER_ID-nationalparks.mybluemix.net)
## FAQ
**Q:** In Lab 5: "[Programmatically interact with Watson Conversation](https://developer.ibm.com/courses/all/chatbots-watson-lets-talk-national-parks/?course=begin#3990)", I get an authentication error. What do I do?
**A:**
This occurs on Windows. Windows sets the `USERNAME` variable to the logged in OS user. Ultimately, it ends up overriding the value for `USERNAME` specified in `.env`. The problem can be solved in two ways:
- on step 3., hard code the `USERNAME` and `PASSWORD`
e.g.
```javascript
const conversation = new ConversationV1({
username: 'your-username',
password: 'your-password',
version_date: ConversationV1.VERSION_DATE_2016_09_20
});
```
**or**
- Rename the `USERNAME` env
- Edit `.env`, change `USERNAME` to `NP_USERNAME`
- in step 3., change `USERNAME` to `NP_USERNAME`