Filters [https://github.com//pull/230]

Filters are a new feature designed to complement ChatterBot's storage adapters by enabling more efficient control over the what data is returned. Check out the documentation on filters for more information: http://chatterbot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/filters.html

Other changes

Bug fixes

• Avoid problems using format strings with unicode characters (via @davizucon) [https://github.com//pull/269]
• All Django settings are now passed to the ChatBot constructor [https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/adc1ed8b4cfa55591dd3c05ca3f8fee6964f3c15]

Features

• Raise an exception if an invalid tie breaking method is used [https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/1c437dcce148f8eb5b6d3456f3228120f582f44e]
• The training class can now be set as a string passed to the ChatBot constructor [https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/be6c22ad1e4fd56aa1acdc30ecf92c3babb2a9c4]

Tests

• The base test case is now set to return object type responses instead of strings [https://github.com//pull/279]

Documentation

• Improved Django documentation [https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/dedca51105f020f8f8fb84d37ede476400f63901]
• Added documentation on setting logging levels
• Added documentation on ChatBot parameters