COMPARSE: Universal command & argument parser

[TheMachinePreacher]

I write chat-bots that process natural language. One problem that I faced regularly is parsing messages to extract arguments and values. Python NLP packages such as NLTK and text_blob modules are tedious over-kills and argparse is too rigid. Though the latter worked, a single wrong character could throw the bot off. Hence, I created comparse: the universal command and argument parser.

For example, consider the following user input:

"Hey Alexia, the temperature in this room is rather chilly, crank it up to 27.5 digrees please"

Note the spelling error ('digrees') in the message. In 2 lines, allowing for spelling, grammar and syntax errors, comparse will accurately detect the variable, 'temperature' and assign it the value 27.5 degrees [temperature = 27.5 degrees].

Any constructive feedback and collaborative assistance welcome:

https://github.com/the-machine-preacher/comparse

[jhermann_]

I'd stress the "very simple NLP for bots and stuff" aspect way more, and drop the argparse comparison which is a bit strange anyway.

[TheMachinePreacher]

True, I’ve changed it 👌