csharp

page_type	description	products	languages	extensions	contentType	createdDate
sample	Demonstrating feature where user can checkin with current location and view all previous checkins.	office-teams office office-365	csharp		samples	11-11-2021 23:30:17

Get Checkin info of user

This sample shows feature where user can checkin with current location and view all previous checkins.

Currently, Microsoft Teams support for get geolocation capability is only available for mobile clients

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK version 3.1

  determine dotnet version

  dotnet --version

• Ngrok (For local environment testing) Latest (any other tunneling software can also be used)

  run ngrok locally

  ngrok http -host-header=localhost 3978

• Teams Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account

To try this sample

1. Create a Bot Registration In Azure portal, create a Bot Framework registration resource.
   • Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel
   • While registering the bot, use https://<your_ngrok_url>/api/messages as the messaging endpoint.

NOTE: When you create your bot you will create an App ID and App password - make sure you keep these for later.

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git

3. In a terminal, navigate to samples/app-checkin-location/csharp

   change into project folder

   cd # AppCheckinLocation

4. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

   # ngrok http -host-header=rewrite 3978

5. Modify the manifest.json in the /AppPackage folder and replace the following details:

• {{Microsoft-App-Id}} with Application id generated from Step 1
• {{domain-name}} with base Url domain. E.g. if you are using ngrok it would be 1234.ngrok.io

6. Zip the contents of AppPackage folder into a manifest.zip, and use the manifest.zip to deploy in app store or add to Teams using step 9.

7. Modify the /appsettings.json and fill in the following details:

• {{Microsoft-App-Id}} - Generated from Step 1 is the application app id
• {{ Microsoft-App-Password}} - Generated from Step 1, also referred to as Client secret
• {{ Application Base Url }} - Your application's base url. E.g. https://12345.ngrok.io if you are using ngrok.

8. Run the bot from a terminal or from Visual Studio, choose option A or B.

   A) From a terminal

   # run the bot
   dotnet run

   B) Or from Visual Studio

   • Launch Visual Studio
   • File -> Open -> Project/Solution
   • Navigate to AppCheckinLocation folder
   • Select AppCheckinLocation.csproj file
   • Press F5 to run the project

9. Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (in the Apps view click "Upload a custom app")

   • Go to Microsoft Teams. From the lower left corner, select Apps
   • From the lower left corner, choose Upload a custom App
   • Go to your project directory, the ./AppPackage folder, select the zip folder, and choose Open.
   • Select Add in the pop-up dialog box. Your app is uploaded to Teams.

Features of this sample

• Card with actions check in.

• Geo Location of user.

• User details.

• viewcheckindetails of user.

Deploy the bot to Azure

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

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• .NET Core CLI tools
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service