Bot Framework v4 facebook events bot sample.
This bot has been created using Bot Framework, is shows how to integrate and consume Facebook specific payloads, such as postbacks, quick replies and opt-in 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.
More information about configuring a bot for Facebook Messenger can be found here: Connect a bot to Facebook
This sample is a Spring Boot app and uses the Azure CLI and azure-webapp Maven plugin to deploy to Azure.
- Java 1.8+
- Install Maven
- An account on Azure if you want to deploy to Azure.
- Enable Facebook Channel 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.
- From the root of this project folder:
- Build the sample using
mvn package - Run it by using
java -jar .\target\facebook-events-sample.jar
- Build the sample using
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 latest Bot Framework Emulator from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot
- Enter a Bot URL of
http://localhost:3978/api/messages
To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.