ddrdushy / fbchatbotboilerplate

Messenger Platform Sample -- node.js

This project is an example server for Messenger Platform built in Node.js. With this app, you can send it messages and it will echo them back to you. You can also see examples of the different types of Structured Messages.

It contains the following functionality:

• Webhook (specifically for Messenger Platform events)
• Send API
• Web Plugins
• Messenger Platform v1.1 features

Follow the walk-through to learn about this project in more detail.

Setup

Step 1:

go to Glitch.com

Step 2:

Login with facebook or github.

Step 3:

Create new express project

Step 4:

Go to Advance options

Step 5:

Select import from github

Step 6:

Enter the github repo as ddrdushy/fbChatBotBoilerplate

Step 7:

Need to change the values in config/default.json values

Step 8:

Create new app in Facebook developer page

Step 9:

Create new app ID

Step 10:

Select messenger in dashboard.

Step 11:

Select the page which you need to intergrate this bot.

Face book will generate an access token for the particular page. copy that token and replace it in config file.

Step 12:

Go to setting section in dashboard. get the App Secret and place it in the config file.

make sure that bot is in live Status.

Step 13:

Copy the Glitch project URL. go to messenger settings under products menu and click on Setup Webhooks.

Paste the callback URL as Glitch project URL and add webhook at the end of the URL as shown in the below picture. and tick on messages and messaging_postbacks.

Step 14:

Go to Facebook Messenger and search for the page name and start using the Chatbot.

Successfully deployed the chatbot.