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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sarthak-0-sach/nlp_chatbot_application
- Owner: SartHak-0-Sach
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-10-31T18:08:49.000Z (11 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-11T12:44:40.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-24T17:38:43.564Z (9 months ago)
- Size: 4.88 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# NLP-Chatbot_Application 🤖💬
## Welcome! 👋
## Table of contents
- [Overview](#overview)
- [The challenge](#the-challenge)
- [Key Features](#features)
- [File Structure](#file-structure)
- [Technologies Used](#technologies-used)
- [Setup Instructions](#setup-instructions)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Future Improvements](#future-improvements)
- [Useful Resources](#useful-resources)
- [Author](#author)
- [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
## Overview
The **NLP Chatbot Application** is an intelligent chatbot designed to interact with users using natural language processing (NLP) techniques. Built with Python, the chatbot understands and processes user input to generate meaningful responses. The application is capable of answering basic queries, providing recommendations, and even assisting in various domains like customer service, FAQs, or general conversation.
### The challenge
The goal of this project was to develop a chatbot that:
- **Uses NLP** to process and understand user queries.
- **Responds intelligently** to a wide range of questions.
- **Improves over time** by learning from interactions and user feedback.
- **Handles diverse topics** ranging from general conversation to specific queries based on the training data.
### Features
- **Natural Language Understanding (NLU):** The chatbot uses advanced NLP techniques to understand and interpret user queries.
- **Dynamic Responses:** The chatbot generates real-time responses based on user input.
- **Contextual Conversation:** The bot can maintain the context of a conversation to provide more relevant answers.
- **Customizable Responses:** You can train the chatbot with new data or modify the existing response patterns.
- **Simple Interface:** Easy-to-use interface to interact with the bot either through command-line or GUI (depending on implementation).
- **External API Integration:** Can fetch information from APIs like weather, news, etc., to provide dynamic responses.
### File Structure
```
/root-directory
|-- models/ # Trained NLP models (e.g., intent recognition models)
|-- data/ # Training data (user intents and responses)
|-- chatbot/ # Core chatbot logic (NLP processing, response generation)
|-- api/ # Optional: External APIs for dynamic data (e.g., weather)
|-- main.py # Entry point for running the chatbot
|-- requirements.txt # Python dependencies required for the project
|-- README.md # Project description and instructions
```
### Technologies Used
- **Python** for chatbot development.
- **NLTK/Spacy** for natural language processing and understanding.
- **TensorFlow/Keras** for training custom NLP models (e.g., intent detection).
- **Flask/Django** (Optional) for building a web interface for the chatbot.
- **SQLite/MySQL** for storing user data, conversation logs, and chatbot history (Optional).
- **APIs** for integrating dynamic data like weather, news, or other third-party services.
## Setup Instructions
### Prerequisites
- Python
- Basic knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning.
- Libraries such as NLTK, Spacy, or TensorFlow for NLP tasks.
### Installation
1. Clone the repository:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/nlp-chatbot-application.git
```
2. Navigate to the project directory:
```bash
cd nlp-chatbot-application
```
3. Install the required Python dependencies:
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
4. (Optional) If using a web interface, install Flask or Django:
```bash
pip install flask
```
5. Run the chatbot:
```bash
python main.py
```
6. If a web interface is implemented, run the Flask/Django server:
```bash
python app.py
```
### Usage
1. **Command-line Interface:** The bot will interact with the user through the terminal, accepting text input and generating responses.
2. **Web Interface (if implemented):** Open a browser and navigate to `http://127.0.0.1:5000/` to interact with the chatbot.
3. **Training Data:** To modify or add new responses, edit the `data/` folder to include new intents or modify existing ones. Retrain the model as needed.
### Future Improvements
- Integrate **voice interaction** to make the chatbot more interactive (using speech-to-text).
- Improve the bot’s **contextual understanding** by implementing deeper conversation tracking.
- Add **more APIs** to fetch real-time data for the chatbot to provide dynamic responses (e.g., weather, news, etc.).
- Develop **advanced machine learning models** for intent recognition and response generation using deep learning techniques.
- Create a **graphical user interface (GUI)** for better user interaction.
### Useful resources
- [NLTK Documentation](https://www.nltk.org/) - Comprehensive guide for natural language processing in Python.
- [spaCy Documentation](https://spacy.io/) - Powerful NLP library for Python that can be used for text processing tasks.
- [TensorFlow for NLP](https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/text) - A helpful resource for training NLP models with TensorFlow.
- [Flask Documentation](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/) - Web framework for building the chatbot web interface.
- [DialogFlow by Google](https://dialogflow.cloud.google.com/) - An advanced NLP platform for building chatbots (optional integration).
## Author
Sarthak Sachdev
- Website - [Sarthak Sachdev](https://itsmesarthak.netlify.app/)
- LinkedIn - [Sarthak Sachdev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarthak2004/)
- Twitter - [@sarthak_sach69](https://www.twitter.com/sarthak_sach69)
## Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to the teams behind **NLTK**, **spaCy**, and **TensorFlow** for their amazing NLP tools and resources. Special gratitude to the open-source community for providing valuable insights and solutions that helped in building this chatbot.
## Got feedback for me?
Feel free to reach out via email at saarsaach30[at]gmail[dot]com with any feedback or suggestions!
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request.
## License📃
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2024, Sarthak Sachdev
**Happy coding!** 😊🚀