ChatterBox generates spacy error - can't find model 'en'

Question

Trying to build a sample chatbot using Python's chatterbot. I am using conda for virtual environment and Jupyter to run the code.

I have installed and tried to run the chatterbot according to this post:

Can not install chatterbot in Anaconda

However, after running the following command:

from chatterbot import ChatBot
from chatterbot.trainers import ChatterBotCorpusTrainer

chatbot = ChatBot('Ron Obvious')

I get this error:

OSError: [E050] Can't find model 'en'. It doesn't seem to be a shortcut link, a Python package or a valid path to a data directory.

I have looked at these solutions: https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/issues/1736 OSError: [E050] Can't find model 'en'. It doesn't seem to be a shortcut link, a Python package or a valid path to a data directory

... and per instructions, installed the following:

python -m spacy download en_core_web_md
python -m spacy link en_core_web_md en

after which I got the message:

You can now load the model via spacy.load('en_core_web_md')

and

You can now load the model via spacy.load('en')

However, the code still generates the same error. I have checked the conda environment, and it does have the following (from Jupyter):

!conda list -n py37_chatterbot

...
chatterbot                1.0.8                    pypi_0    pypi
chatterbot-corpus         1.2.0                    pypi_0    pypi
spacy                     3.0.5            py37h3b38789_0    conda-forge
spacy-legacy              3.0.1              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
...

Where should I go from here troubleshooting this issue?

@WiktorStribiżew no, getting the same error. I have spacy 3.0.5, but running the code after installing installing en_core_web_sm produces the same message — Feyzi Bagirov, Mar 28 '21 at 16:56
You do not only have to install the model, you need to modify the `tagging.py` file. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 28 '21 at 17:36
@WiktorStribiżew I have python3.7 in my virtual env, system runs on 3.9. Where would I find tagging.py? — Feyzi Bagirov, Mar 28 '21 at 17:37
"*"C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\chatterbot\tagging.py", line 13*" - you will find it in your venv folder. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 28 '21 at 17:43
@WiktorStribiżew worked like a charm! If you post it as an answer, I'll accept. Thanks! — Feyzi Bagirov, Mar 28 '21 at 17:53

ChatterBox generates spacy error - can't find model 'en'

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