messenger-bot-sails

boilerplate for facebook messenger bots on sails js

What it offer

Upon deploying you will have an empty website with a deactivated API and a ready to implement Messenger chat bot 🚀

The app is configured to be ready to deployed on RedHat openShift, but you can tweak it and deployed on the hosting provider of your choice

How to :

Fork & Clone this repository and run npm install

git clone https://github.com/Freeways/messenger-bot-sails
cd messenger-bot-sails
npm install

Create your page and bot on developers.facebook.com

Edit your config/messenger.js with the values you've generated from facebook

Start implementing your bot logic at api/controllers/BotController.js

Sending messages

First you would like to take a look at Facebook Send API.

To respond within the api/controllers/BotController.js you can use function sendAPI.send(yourResponse, aCallback) where your response is a valid message (see the link above) and aCallback is function to be executed after sending.

Alternatively, a better practice would be to add methods to the api/utils/sendAPI.js

Activating the API

First keep on mind that the API does not come with an authentication system so it is open to public (unsecure).

To activate the API on the file config/blueprints.js please change the values of actions, rest and shortcuts to true.