Get rid of use_django_models prameter

Instead of setting a boolean value, these changes will allow any
model to be used.

chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/settings.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     'storage_adapter': 'chatterbot.storage.DjangoStorageAdapter',
     'input_adapter': 'chatterbot.input.VariableInputTypeAdapter',
     'output_adapter': 'chatterbot.output.OutputAdapter',
-    'use_django_models': True,
     'django_app_name': 'django_chatterbot'
 }
 

chatterbot/storage/django_storage.py

@@ -13,14 +13,24 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.adapter_supports_queries = False
         self.django_app_name = kwargs.get('django_app_name', 'django_chatterbot')
 
-    def count(self):
+    def get_statement_model(self):
+        from django.apps import apps
+        return apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
+
+    def get_response_model(self):
+        from django.apps import apps
+        return apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+
+    def get_conversation_model(self):
         from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
+        return apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Conversation')
+
+    def count(self):
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
         return Statement.objects.count()
 
     def find(self, statement_text):
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
         try:
             return Statement.objects.get(text=statement_text)
         except Statement.DoesNotExist as e:
@@ -32,9 +42,8 @@ def filter(self, **kwargs):
         Returns a list of statements in the database
         that match the parameters specified.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
         from django.db.models import Q
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
 
         order = kwargs.pop('order_by', None)
 
@@ -80,9 +89,8 @@ def update(self, statement):
         """
         Update the provided statement.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
 
         response_statement_cache = statement.response_statement_cache
 
@@ -109,8 +117,7 @@ def get_random(self):
         """
         Returns a random statement from the database
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
         return Statement.objects.order_by('?').first()
 
     def remove(self, statement_text):
@@ -119,11 +126,10 @@ def remove(self, statement_text):
         Removes any responses from statements if the response text matches the
         input text.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
         from django.db.models import Q
 
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
 
         statements = Statement.objects.filter(text=statement_text)
 
@@ -139,9 +145,7 @@ def get_latest_response(self, conversation_id):
         Returns the latest response in a conversation if it exists.
         Returns None if a matching conversation cannot be found.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
 
         response = Response.objects.filter(
             conversations__id=conversation_id
@@ -158,19 +162,16 @@ def create_conversation(self):
         """
         Create a new conversation.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Conversation = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Conversation')
+        Conversation = self.get_model('conversation')
         conversation = Conversation.objects.create()
         return conversation.id
 
     def add_to_conversation(self, conversation_id, statement, response):
         """
         Add the statement and response to the conversation.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
 
         first_statement = Statement.objects.get(text=statement.text)
         first_response = Statement.objects.get(text=response.text)
@@ -186,11 +187,9 @@ def drop(self):
         """
         Remove all data from the database.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
-        Conversation = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Conversation')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
+        Conversation = self.get_model('conversation')
 
         Statement.objects.all().delete()
         Response.objects.all().delete()
@@ -203,9 +202,8 @@ def get_response_statements(self):
         in_response_to field. Otherwise, the logic adapter may find a closest
         matching statement that does not have a known response.
         """
-        from django.apps import apps
-        Statement = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Statement')
-        Response = apps.get_model(self.django_app_name, 'Response')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        Response = self.get_model('response')
 
         responses = Response.objects.all()
 

chatterbot/storage/jsonfile.py

@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ def deserialize_responses(self, response_list):
         Takes the list of response items and returns
         the list converted to Response objects.
         """
-        proxy_statement = self.Statement('')
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
+        proxy_statement = Statement('')
 
         for response in response_list:
             data = response.copy()
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ def json_to_object(self, statement_data):
         """
         Converts a dictionary-like object to a Statement object.
         """
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
 
         # Don't modify the referenced object
         statement_data = statement_data.copy()
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ def json_to_object(self, statement_data):
         # Remove the text attribute from the values
         text = statement_data.pop('text')
 
-        return self.Statement(text, **statement_data)
+        return Statement(text, **statement_data)
 
     def _all_kwargs_match_values(self, kwarguments, values):
         for kwarg in kwarguments:
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ def update(self, statement):
         """
         Update a statement in the database.
         """
+        Statement = self.get_model('statement')
         data = statement.serialize()
 
         # Remove the text key from the data
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ def update(self, statement):
         for response_statement in statement.in_response_to:
             response = self.find(response_statement.text)
             if not response:
-                response = self.Statement(response_statement.text)
+                response = Statement(response_statement.text)
                 self.update(response)
 
         return statement

chatterbot/storage/storage_adapter.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-import os
 
 
 class StorageAdapter(object):
@@ -17,23 +16,28 @@ def __init__(self, base_query=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.adapter_supports_queries = True
         self.base_query = None
 
-    @property
-    def Statement(self):
+    def get_model(self, model_name):
         """
-        Create a storage-aware statement.
+        Return the model class for a given model name.
         """
 
-        if 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' in os.environ:
-            django_project = __import__(os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'])
-            if 'use_django_models' in django_project.settings.CHATTERBOT:
-                if django_project.settings.CHATTERBOT['use_django_models'] is True:
-                    from django.apps import apps
-                    Statement = apps.get_model(django_project.settings.CHATTERBOT['django_app_name'], 'Statement')
-                    return Statement
+        # The string must be lowercase
+        model_name = model_name.lower()
 
+        get_model_method = getattr(self, 'get_%s_model' % (model_name, ))
+
+        return get_model_method()
+
+    def get_statement_model(self):
+        """
+        Return the class for the statement model.
+        """
         from chatterbot.conversation.statement import Statement
+
+        # Create a storage-aware statement
         statement = Statement
         statement.storage = self
+
         return statement
 
     def generate_base_query(self, chatterbot, session_id):

docs/django/settings.rst

@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ Any setting that gets set in the CHATTERBOT dictionary will be passed to the cha
 Additional Django settings
 ==========================
 
-- :code:`use_django_models` [default: True] Use the Django models for storing learned conversation data.
-  If set to False, ChatterBot's non-Django objects will be used.
-- :code:`django_app_name` [default: 'django_chatterbot'] The Django app name to look up the models from.
+- ``django_app_name`` [default: 'django_chatterbot'] The Django app name to look up the models from.