ELIZA chatbot Docker image

Docker image to run the Python NLTK ELIZA chatbot in a web form from within a container. This image is also available at https://hub.docker.com/r/cherdt/nltk-chatbot/

How to build

git clone https://github.com/cherdt/docker-nltk-chatbot.git
cd docker-nltk-chatbot
docker build --tag nltk-chatbot .

How to run

Once built:

docker run -d -p 9500:9500 nltk-chatbot

How to interact

Visit http://localhost:9500/chat/

Alternative build intructions

Run sh build.sh to create the image using buildah

This requires that the host where you are building the image has some of the necessary dependencies, but it creates a smaller container image.