Company
Date Published
Author
Mridu Bhatnagar
Word count
3062
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

Here is a neutral and interesting 1-paragraph summary of the text: A WhatsApp chatbot was built using Python, Flask, and the Twilio API to help improve English vocabulary. The bot responds to user queries with word definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and examples, utilizing data from Merriam-Webster's Thesaurus API. The chatbot is integrated with the Twilio API for WhatsApp, allowing users to send messages to the bot via the messaging app. With a virtual environment created using Python 3.6 or newer, Flask, ngrok, and a smartphone with an active phone number, users can test and deploy the chatbot service, which is accessible over the web through a temporary public URL provided by ngrok.