sparkbotstarter

Starter kit template for a simple Cisco Spark bot

(For a more detailed explanation, see the companion blog post here: https://medium.com/@valgaze/from-zero-to-cisco-spark-bot-nodejs-69224cb9ebb5#.bq5vrzi17)

Checklist (absolute bare minimum to get a helloworld bot working)

Prerequisites:

• node.js (minimum supported v4.2.6 with use-strict runtime flag & npm 2.14.12 and up)

• Sign up for Cisco Spark (logged in with your web browser)

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• Create a Cisco Spark Bot (save the API key): https://developer.ciscospark.com/add-bot.html

• Sign up for nGrok (save API key) and start it on your machine (save the port number and public web address): https://ngrok.com/download

• Join a room in Cisco Spark

• Add the bot to the room in Spark

• Obtain the roomId from an authenticated GET using the Cisco Spark API: https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-rooms-get.html

• Create a webhook with the roomId and using your nGrok address, roomId, by POSTing to Cisco Spark API: https://developer.ciscospark.com/endpoint-webhooks-post.html

• Add the port/nGrok address and API bot key to your bot server config.json

• Turn on your bot server with npm start