RiveScript::HTTPd is a simple Python HTTP daemon intended for quickly being able
to test and develop web-based RiveScript chatbots. Simply running the
rivescript-httpd.py application and navigating to the URL it points out
should be enough to get up and running immediately.
From the home page of the web site the daemon runs, there (will be) links to launch a chat session with either a CGI based RiveScript bot (powered by either Perl or Python), or a client side JavaScript-powered bot.
NOTE: This project is still in early development and not everything mentioned in this README document is true yet. ;)
The daemon supports the execution of CGI scripts, with support for Perl and Python built in.
If you have a Perl or Python interpreter installed on your system, the daemon should be able to make use of them to execute CGI scripts that call for the respective programming language. Otherwise, the scripts won't be able to run, and will present a friendly error page instead that explains what you can do to correct the problem.
If you don't have a Python interpreter installed (for example, if you're running
the daemon from a pre-compiled .exe binary), the daemon itself will attempt to
execute the Python CGI scripts. This should work fine for the scripts that ship
with the daemon, because they don't include any third-party modules that the
daemon itself doesn't also include. Running other CGI scripts from the daemon's
document root may cause problems though.
You'll want to pip install rivescript to get the Python CGI script to work,
and install the Perl RiveScript module to get the Perl script to work.
RiveScript::HTTPd
Copyright (C) 2013 Noah Petherbridge
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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The official RiveScript website, http://www.rivescript.com/