AI powered FAQ Chatbot

Build your own ChatGPT powered faq / knowledge base chatbot that can infer and answer queries based on the information provided via an external data source

Requirements for running it locally on laptop

• Windows / Mac / Linux with Git installed
• Python 3.8+
• MessengerX.io API Token - FREE for Indie Developers
• Open AI Key
• Ngrok for Tunneling

Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a new .env file in the root directory

• For Linux / Mac

nano -w .env

• For Windows

type nul > .env 

Add the following values to your .env file

OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPEN_AI_KEY> # your open ai key
MESSENGERX_BASE_URL=https://ganglia.machaao.com
OVERRIDE_INDEX_CHECK=False 

• Set OVERRIDE_INDEX_CHECK to True if you want the bot to automatically retrain your index when you update your data source

Add your data sources in the data directory

• It can be of any type (.txt, .pdf etc.) and may contain multiple files. Its totally flexible

Run your chatbot app on your local server

python app.py

Start ngrok.io tunnel in a new terminal (local development)

ngrok http 5000

Update your webhook to receive messages

Update your bot Webhook URL at MessengerX.io Portal with the url provided by ngrok

https://<Your NGROK URL>/machaao/hook

• If your NGROK URL is https://e9fe-115-187-40-104.in.ngrok.io then your bot settings page should look like this 👇🏻

Your chatbot is now ready to start receiving incoming messages from users

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