teammy-bot

Q&A bot for Team International Latam

This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts input from the user and echoes it back.

Prerequisites

• Node.js version 10.14.1 or higher

  # determine node version
  node --version

To run the bot

• Install modules

  npm install

• Start the bot

  npm start

Create an acount in DialogFlow and configure the environment

• Go to DialogFlow and create an acount

• Enable the Dialogflow API

• Set up authentication with a service account so you can access the API from your local workstation.

  //You will get a json like:
      {
      "type": "service_account",
      "project_id": "your-project-id",
      "private_key_id": "5oMe4lPhaNumeR1cCharaCterS",
      "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n5oMe4lPhaNumeR1cCharaCterS\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
      "client_email": "client-email@client-email.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
      "client_id": "00000000000000000000",
      "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
      "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
      "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
      "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/dialogflow-saovqb%40BOT-NAME-scnpuq.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
      }
  

• Export environment variables:

      DECRYPT_PASSWORD=think_password_to_keep_in_safe_private_key_from_the_last_step
  
      GOOGLE_KEY_ID=your_private_key_id_from_the_last_step
  

• Copy constants in ./config/development.yml from google json

      google: 
          project_id: your-project-id
          client_email: client-email@client-email.iam.gserviceaccount.com
          client_id: "00000000000000000000"
          client_x509_cert_url: https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/dialogflow-saovqb%40BOT-NAME-scnpuq.iam.gserviceaccount.com
  
  

  • Encrypt the private_key from the google json:

    • copy the entire private_key from the google json: copy from "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n" to "\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"

    • run key.generator script and paste the entire private_key

      node ./scripts/key.generator.js

    • search in root project securekey.txt and copy the content

    • paste the entire new private_key in ./config/development.yml

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

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 version 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Deploy the bot to Azure

Publishing Changes to Azure Bot Service

```bash
# build the TypeScript bot before you publish
npm run build
```

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.