suggested fix

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+.DS_Store
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+crawlers/__pycache__/
+core/__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.env*
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# secrets file in TOML format
+secrets.toml
+
+# Any GDrive credentials file
+credentials.json
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# project file 
+project.yaml
+
+.idea/

app.py

@@ -70,12 +70,7 @@ def App():
                 {"user": "bot", "message": response},
             ]
         )
-        # set_messages(lambda prev_messages: prev_messages[:-1] + [
-        #     {"user": "human", "message": sent_message},
-        #     {"user": "bot", "message": response},
-        # ])
-        # set_show_logs_button(True)
-
+   
     def send_message(event=None):
         if message.strip():
             sent_message = message
@@ -97,15 +92,6 @@ def App():
 
             asyncio.create_task(send_message_async(sent_message))
 
-    # async def handle_key_down(event):
-    # def handle_key_down(event, user_message=""):
-    #     if event['key'] == 'Enter' and message.strip():
-    #         set_message(user_message)
-    #         send_message()
-
-    def handle_input_change(event):
-        set_message(event['target']['value'])
-
     return html.div(
         {
             "style": {
@@ -147,13 +133,10 @@ def App():
             show_logs_button=show_logs_button,
             collapsed=collapsed
         ),
-        # ChatBox(message, set_message, handle_input_change, handle_key_down, send_message, collapsed),
         ChatBox(message, set_message, send_message, collapsed),
         Footer(collapsed, set_collapsed),
     )
 
-# app = Starlette()
-# configure(app, App)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run(App)

chatbox.py

@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ from reactpy.core.hooks import use_ref
 # def ChatBox(message, set_message, handle_input_change, handle_key_down, send_message, collapsed):
 def ChatBox(message, set_message, send_message, collapsed):
     
-    user_message=message
+    def handle_input_change(event):
+        set_message(event['target']['value'])
 
     def handle_key_down(event):
-        print(f"DEBUG: EVENT CALLED WITH MESSAGE {user_message}")
-        if event['key'] == 'Enter' and user_message.strip():
-            set_message(user_message)
+        if event['key'] == 'Enter' and message.strip():
             send_message()
 
     return html.div(
@@ -31,10 +30,9 @@ def ChatBox(message, set_message, send_message, collapsed):
         html.input(
             {
                 "type": "text",
-                "value": user_message,
+                "value": message,
                 "placeholder": "Your Message",
-                # "onChange": handle_input_change,
-                # "onKeyDown": handle_key_down,
+                "onChange": handle_input_change,
                 "onKeyDown": handle_key_down,
                 "style": {
                     "width": "100%",