Happy Thoughts Bot

The positive affirmation chat-bot to brighten your mood!

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Inspiration

I am a firm believer and practice in positive affirmations and positive energy. I think most people are doubtful of the effect positive words can have on your body and mind, so for my chatbot I wanted to spread the positive affirmations in a more digital-friendly way. You don't have to pick up a book or read some long article to hear what you need to hear, Happy Thoughts Bot delivers that to you! Positive thinking has changed my outlook on myself and the world and I hope to share my love for positive thinking with other people!

What it does

Happy Thoughts Bot simply prompts your mood and then replies with a positive affirmation quote to brighten your thinking depending on how you feel.

How I built it

I decided to build Happy Thoughts Bot using the tools from Twilio. I did a lot of exploring with the different chatbot tutorials but found the flow from using studio flow worked best to map out and execute my intentions. Since I am not using the chatbot in a traditional way, I thought flow allowed from the unique branches Happy Thoughts Bot required.

Challenges I ran into

One challenge I ran into was translating the diagram in studio flow to text. Even if my diagram would work in studio flow sometimes the text messaging did not. It was a lot of back and worth to see what worked and what didn't. I also had to change the phone number a few times.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am especially proud that I stuck to my original goal and created something that I would even use. I am proud that I stayed true to myself and stuck to my goals even when my team fell apart. I am proud that I did not give up on the Twilio tutorials and figured out how to make a chatbot.

What I learned

I learned that there are lots of tools on the internet to help do the apps, websites, chatbots, what-be-it. This was my first time creating something on a digital platform like Twilio and I am definitely going to check out some of the other bot options and other sites mentioned.

What's next for Happy Thoughts Bot

There is so much in store for Happy Thoughts Bot! I am very ambitious with the goals I have for getting positive affirmations out there! I think the next step for Happy Thoughts Bot is creating an additionally complex flow with more emotions and translating the flow to code using the Twilio tutorials. I then would like to make an app for Happy Thoughts Bot- a girl can dream...

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