Hey @sashaank.
Seems like you’re trying to run the bot from inside the script. Rasa provides “Agents” that you can use to achieve this.
You can use methods like handle_text
in case of CollectingOutputChannel. For example:
>>> from rasa.core.agent import Agent
>>> from rasa.core.interpreter import RasaNLUInterpreter
>>> agent = Agent.load("examples/restaurantbot/models/current")
>>> await agent.handle_text("hello")
[u'how can I help you?']
More information is available at the Agent docs