pyaiml21.utils.load_files.aiml_map_fromstring

pyaiml21.utils.load_files.aiml_map_fromstring(s: str) → Mapping[str, str][source][source]

Guess the format and parse AIML map from the given string.

The loaded keys are normalized – letters are uppercased and extra spaces removed.

Records with empty keys are discarded.

Supported formats include:

  1. ALICE format: key:value per each line,

  2. Pandorabots format [json]: list of lists with 2 strings each

To Alice format: the first (:) is the separator between words, that is
>>> text = "a:b:c"
>>> aiml_map_fromstring(text) == dict(A="b:c")
True
Parameters

s – string representing AIML map

Returns

parsed map

Raises

ValueError if s does not represent an AIML map

Examples:
>>> s = "a:1\nb:c\nd:e"
>>> aiml_map_fromstring(s) == dict(A="1", B="c", D="e")
True

>>> s = '[["key1", "val1"], ["key2    extra", "val2"]]'
>>> aiml_map_fromstring(s) == { "KEY1": "val1", "KEY2 EXTRA": "val2"}
True