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import os
import json
import re
def load_small_talks():
"""Loads small talk responses from a JSON file located in the same directory as app.py."""
json_path = "small_talks.json" # Direct relative path
if not os.path.exists(json_path):
raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {os.path.abspath(json_path)}")
with open(json_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
return json.load(file)
small_talks = load_small_talks()
def clean_input(user_input):
"""Removes punctuation and converts input to lowercase."""
return re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', user_input).strip().lower()
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