This sample shows how to integrate and consume Facebook specific payloads, such as postbacks, quick replies and optin events. Since Bot Framework supports multiple Facebook pages for a single bot, we also show how to know the page to which the message was sent, so developers can have custom behavior per page.
This bot example uses restify and dotenv.
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git
- In a terminal, navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/23.facebook-events
cd samples/javascript_nodejs/23.facebook-events - Install modules and start the bot
Alternatively you can also use nodemon via
npm i && npm startnpm i && npm run watch
Microsoft Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.
Install the Bot Framework Emulator from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot Configuration and navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/23.facebook-events folder
- Select facebook-events.bot file
You can use the MSBot Bot Builder CLI tool to clone and configure any services this sample depends on.
To install all Bot Builder tools -
Ensure you have Node.js version 8.5 or higher
npm i -g msbot chatdown ludown qnamaker luis-apis botdispatch luisgenTo clone this bot, run
msbot clone services -f deploymentScripts/msbotClone -n <BOT-NAME> -l <Azure-location> --subscriptionId <Azure-subscription-id> --appId <YOUR APP ID> --appSecret <YOUR APP SECRET PASSWORD>
NOTE: You can obtain your appId and appSecret at the Microsoft's Application Registration Portal
The final step to test Facebook-specific features is to publish your bot for the Facebook channel. The Bot Framework makes this very easy, and the detailed steps are explained in the Bot Framework Channel Documentation.