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Part 1: What Is Botium?

Botium is a bot optimization platform that supports chatbot makers in training and quality assurance. The first part gives an overview of the Botium ecosystem, all the libraries and tools that are involved in the Botium ecosystem.



What does the name “Botium” mean?

Selenium is the de-facto-standard for testing web applications. Appium is the de-facto-standard for testing smartphone applications. Botium is for testing chatbot applications.

What is Botium good for?

Botium is a bot optimization platform based on open source software components that support chatbot makers in training and quality assurance:

  • Chatbot makers define what the chatbot is supposed to do
  • Botium ensures that the chatbot does what it is supposed to do
Here is the “Hello, World!” of Botium:
#me
hello bot!#bot
Hello, Humanoid! How can I help you?
The chatbot simply is supposed to respond to a user greeting (Part 2 goes into more depth on this).

Botium has two main elements

When we talk about Botium we are usually talking about the Botium platform but its good to know that Botium is made up of 2 parts:
  1. Botium Core, the heart and brain of Botium
  2. Botium Platform, the management and reporting platform of Botium
Botium Core

All of the components in the Botium ecosystem build on top of Botium Core, the heart and brain of Botium. Just as the heart and brain in your body are vital parts with very low chances to ever see or touch them, you most likely won’t ever get in touch with Botium Core directly: it’s the fuel, the nuts and bolts, the core technology, the heart and brain of Botium.

Botium Platform

A modern, responsive, easy-as-hell web-based graphical user interface to configure, control and monitor every aspect of your chatbot with Botium.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need developer skills to work with Botium ?

No. As soon as Botium is configured all you need is to have some generic skills: writing text or Excel files.

Does Botium help me in developing chatbots ?

Botium is not a chatbot authoring tool. It helps in the training phase of a chatbot as well as in quality assurance. So yes, indeed Botium helps you in developing your chatbot.

How much does it cost ?

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How do I get help ?
  • Try the search bar in the knowledge center first, search your question and see if there is an article on the topic
  • If you cannot find what you are looking for please submit a request to Botium Support

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