app.py

from flask import Flask, render_template, request
from retrieve_bot import ChatBot
import nltk

app = Flask(__name__)
nltk.download("punkt")
chatSheldon = ChatBot()
chatSheldon.load()

# this script is running flask application


@app.route("/")
def index():
    return render_template("chat.html")


@app.route("/get", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def chat():
    msg = request.form["msg"]
    input = msg
    return get_Chat_response(input)


def get_Chat_response(text):
    answer = chatSheldon.generate_response(text)
    return answer


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True, port=7860)