ReqBot

ReqBot is a simple ChatBot built which can provide information regarding your Requests and help you to create a new one. It requires a CSV file with the Request data.

Its written in Node.js, uses the Microsoft Bot Framework and Recast.ai (for Language understanding).

Contributors

I used the following tutorial 'https://chatbotsmagazine.com/a-nodejs-chatbot-tutorial-part-1-a2abd1b1c715#.xkoxkhin4' as a starting point, credits also to the stackoverflow community for their.

Installation

• Requires an account for Microsoft Bot Framework and Recast account plus the required config for a new bot.

• Clone this Repository

git clone https://github.com/deanmarti/reqbot.git

• Fill the config.js with your Tokens

var tokens =
{
	recast: 'Recast Token',
	AppId: 'Application Id',
	Secret: 'Your Microsoft Secret',
}

• Edit the download url for your CSV in ./intents/reqstatus.js

  var url = 'yoururl/netreqs.csv';       

• install the dependencies

npm install

• run ReqBot

npm run build
npm run start

• use ngrok or similar to run the endpoint (this deployment runs fine on a Azure Web App, see how to here )

./ngrok http 8080

ToDo / Please note

• Has quite a lot of hardcoded things
• Error handling to be improved
• Very specific for our usecase
• Waterfall/dialogs not implemented
• Text only, no cards/buttons