Demonstrate the core capabilities of the Microsoft Bot Framework
This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts input from the user and echoes it back.
- Node.js version 8.5 or higher
# determine node version node --version
- Install modules
npm install
- Start the bot
npm start
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 4.2.0 or greater from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot Configuration
- Navigate to
tony-botfolder - Select
tony-bot.botfile
After creating the bot and testing it locally, you can deploy it to Azure to make it accessible from anywhere. To deploy your bot to Azure:
# login to Azure
az login# provision Azure Bot Services resources to host your bot
msbot clone services --name "tony-bot" --code-dir "." --location <azure region like eastus, westus, westus2 etc.> --sdkLanguage "Node" --folder deploymentScripts/msbotClone --verboseAs you make changes to your bot running locally, and want to deploy those change to Azure Bot Service, you can publish those change using either publish.cmd if you are on Windows or ./publish if you are on a non-Windows platform. The following is an example of publishing
# run the publish helper (non-Windows) to update Azure Bot Service. Use publish.cmd if running on Windows
./publishTo learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.