Middleware for handling chatbot response? about chatbot HOT 5 CLOSED

def speak(msg):
  # I run a command here to trigger a script for text to speech

from chatbot import Chat

class MyChat(Chat):
    def converse(self, first_question=None, quit="quit", session_id="general"):
        """
        Conversation initiator
        :type first_question: str
        :param first_question: Start up message
        :type quit: str
        :param quit: Conversation termination command
        :type session_id: str
        :param session_id: Current User session when used for multi user scenario
        :rtype: str
        """
        if first_question:
            self.conversation[session_id].append(first_question)
            speak(first_question)
        input_sentence = ""
        while input_sentence != quit:
            # Read Input source
            input_sentence = input("> ")
            if input_sentence:
                self.conversation[session_id].append(input_sentence)
                input_sentence = input_sentence.rstrip("!.")
                message = self.respond(input_sentence, session_id=session_id)
                self.conversation[session_id].append(message)
                # call output function
                speak(message)

first_question = "Hi, how are you?"
chat = MyChat(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "Example.template"))
chat.converse(first_question)