Offline Controller. about chatbot-framework

[Hossiphi]

Hi,

we're sorry we didn't get back to you sooner.

As you already have mentioned, we're emulating a directline connection. You could also do this by using Postman:

1. Sending a message to the bot:
   Take a look at the function SendMessageToBot. There you can find the necessary payload for the post request to "/api/messages". As directline needs a service url as endpoint for message sending of the bot, you'll need some back end for that. This back end is provided by the OfflineController, where we've implemented a simple queuing/ polling mechanism.

2. Receiving a message:
   As the directline protocol does not support returning the actual answer of the bot directly, you have to implement some back end or use some queuing/ polling mechanisms. We've decided to put all the stuff in our framework. You can simply use Postman for this purpose. Just send a post request to "/v3/conversations/{conversationId}/poll" after you've sent a message. You can find the back end implementation of this in the OfflineController.

Feel free to contact us again, if anything is unclear.

Best regards!

[Hossiphi]

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