IChatbot: MSN chatbot written in Python

Python libraries used:

1. Alberto Bertogli's msnlib
2. Cort Stratton's PyAIML

These libs are already included in the package, no separate download is needed.

Prerequisite:

1. Python version >= 2.2.2
2. fortunes and fortune-zh, both are optional by removing the line

clist=[fortune, fortunezh]

3. Windows Live ID (for robot)

Install and run

1. Check out latest repository

svn checkout http://ichatbot.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ichatbot-read-only

1. Open chatbot.py, change chatbot MSN email, password, botname and admin_email
2. Change your bot profile in chatbot.ini such as chatbot's name, master, birthplace etc
3. run ./chatbot.py and your robot is ready for chat on MSN
4. say 'help' to your bot on MSN to list available commands

Notice: It may take minutes to load aiml databases for the first time run, be patient

Sample robot:

add albert@huichen.org to your friend list

Note:

MSN protocal may change a lot in future, please keep an eye on msnlib's webpage if newer version is released. For updating msnlib, you only need to replace msnlib.py and msncb.py files.