A complete guide to build a better Chatbots
Key Features Concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
How AI is involved in creating chatbots
What are chatbots
Chatbot development
Live chatting
Create chatbot with technologies such as Amazon Lex, Google Dialogflow, AWS Lambda, Microsoft Bot Framework, and Azure
Deploy and talk to your bot
Description
This book makes you familiar with the concept of the chatbot. It explains what chatbot is, how does a chatbot work, and what exactly is the need for a chatbot in today’s era? It focuses on creating a bot using Amazon’s Lex service and getting the bot deployed on Facebook messenger for live chatting. This book will train you on how to create a chatbot using Google’s Dialogflow and test the bot in Dialogflow console. It also demonstrates how to create a custom chatbot using Microsoft’s bot framework and enable the webhooks in Dialogflow and return the response from the custom bot to Dialogflow intents as a fulfilment response.
What Will You Learn
Learn the concept of chatbot
Learn how chatbots and AI work hand in hand
Learn the concept of machine learning in chatbots
Get familiar with chatbot services such as Amazon’s Lex and Google’s Dialogflow
Learn how to write an AWS Lambda function
Learn what webhooks are
Learn about Microsoft’s Bot Framework
Write your own custom chatbot
Deploy the chatbot on Facebook Messenger, Google Assistant, and Slack
Live chatting with your own chatbot
Who This Book Is For
The developers, architects, and software/technology enthusiasts who are keen to learn the cutting-edge technologies and want to get a hands-on experience on AI by creating their own custom chatbots.
Organizations, small companies, service-based/product-based setups which want to learn how to create a basic chatbot on their website and on social media to get more leads and reach to the end user for their business. Students, if they are seeking something where they can create and integrate the real-time chatbots in their projects.
Table of Contents Section 1: The Concept
What are Chatbots?
How Chatbot Works
What is the Need for a Chatbot?
Conversational Flow?
Section 2: Creating a Chatbot Using Amazon Lex
Amazon Lex and AWS Account
Create Bot Using Amazon Lex
AWS Lambda Function
Slots
Error Handling
Deploy the Bot on Facebook Messenger
Live Chatbot on Facebook
Section 3: Creating a Chatbot Using Dialogflow API and Microsoft’s Bot FrameworkTechnical Requirements
Dialogflow Account
Creating a Bot in Dialogflow
Dialogflow Console
Integrating the Bot with Slack
Chatbot Using Microsoft Bot Framework
Publishing the Bot from Visual Studio to Azure
Register the Bot
Dialogflow.v2 SDK
Webhooks in Dialogflow
Testing the Bot
Deploy the Chatbot in Facebook Messenger
Live Chatbot on Facebook
Deploy the Chatbot in Slack
