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Bot Builder v4 proactive messaging sample

This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts API requests and sends them to the user:

proactive messages demo

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

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

Send notifaction to the user

Use a tool like Postman or CURL to send notifcations to your bot using a Post request to the endpoint http://localhost:3978/api/notify with the following json body:

{ 
  "Notification1": "this should be the first notification", 
  "Notification2": "this should be the second notification",
  "Notification3": "this should be the LAST notification 😀" 
}

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.

Further reading