README.md

SAHEB

(Somaiya Admission Help and Enquiry Bot)

Installation steps:

Note: Currently we support Linux and Windows platforms and Python 3.6.

Note: Windows platform requires Git for Windows (for example, git), Visual Studio 2015/2017 with C++ build tools installed.

Warning: Python 3.5 is not supported!.

Installation:

1. Install Git Large File Storage from https://git-lfs.github.com/ (this is required bcs the ML models are stored on Git-lfs cloud)

2. Clone this repo git clone -b dev https://github.com/padfoot18/Chatbot.git

3. Change directory cd SAHEB/

4. Create a virtual environment with Python 3.6: python3 -m virtualenv venv

5. Activate the environment:

   • Linux: source venv/bin/activate
   • Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

6. Install the required packages from requirements.txt inside this virtual environment: pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage Instructions:

1. Activate the environment:

   • Linux: source venv/bin/activate
   • Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

2. Run app2.py script: python app2.py

3. For chat bot, open frontend/popup.html in any browser

4. For admin site, open http://localhost:5000/ in any browser