Covid Tracker Chatbot

Messenger Chatbot powered by wit.ai and Facebook Messenger for Covid Tracker API. Submission for Facebook Wit AI Hackathon 2020.

Facebook Messenger Chatbot (InDev): m.me/CovidTrackerChatbot

Wit.AI ID: 271193027527308

Deployed bot: https://covid-tracker-chatbot.herokuapp.com/ | https://github.com/tanwinn/covid-tracker-bot

Tracking API: https://covid-tracker-us.herokuapp.com/ | https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronavirus-tracker-api

Demo video: https://youtu.be/GWIwydrHSQw

Dev setup

Requirement

Python 3.8 or higher & PyPI pipenv for venv management

Getting started

git clone git@github.com:tanwinn/covid_tracker_bot.git
cd covid-tracker-bot
pipenv shell  # activate venv
pipenv sync --dev # sync the dependencies packages
# Do dev stuff
exit # exit out of the venv

Env configuration

Create a .env file in project root to store the following info .env file

TRACKER_API=https://covid-tracker-api-chatbot.herokuapp.com/v2
WIT_TOKEN=your_wit_token  # Wit.ai parameters
FB_PAGE_TOKEN=your_page_token  # Messenger API parameters
FB_VERIFY_TOKEN=your_verify_token  # A user secret to verify webhook get request

Make sure to reset the pipenv shell to apply the change

Dev workflow

pytest
bc fmt # formatting
prospector

Run the App

uvicorn api.main:APP --reload  # Run the APP

Additional Resources

Pip, Virtual environment & Pipenv:

• https://realpython.com/what-is-pip/
• https://realpython.com/effective-python-environment/#pipenv
• https://realpython.com/pipenv-guide/

FastApi: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/

Facebook Messenger Devhub:

• https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform
• https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webhook

Wit:

• https://wit.ai/docs/quickstart
• https://wit.ai/docs/recipes#integrate-with-facebook-messenger

Stackoverflow:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37220796/how-does-facebook-messenger-connect-with-wit-ai-bot-engine