abdelyaz / Messenger-Bot

ChatBOT for Facebook Messenger created with Node.js

Messenger-Bot

Messenger-Bot is a chatbot for facebook messenger created with Node.js

Getting Started

Clone the project and install the dependencies with :

npm install

Prerequisites

• Node.js - Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code server-side
• npm - Package manager for the JavaScript programming language
• Heroku - Cloud platform to deploy your project

Deployment

Deploy your app using terminal:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Fisrt commit"
heroku create
git push heroku master

Installing

1 - Install all dependencies :

npm install

2 - Go to Facebook for Developers and Add New App

3 - Set up Messenger

4 - Token Generation : select your facebook page and copy token generated and paste it in index.js

let token = "<YOUR_FACEBOOK_PAGE_TOKEN>"

5 - Setup Webhooks :

• Callback URL : your heroku app link where you deployed your ChatBot app
• Verify Token : enter your custom token and make sure is the same in index.js

<YOUR_VERIFY_TOKEN>

• Subscription Fields, select :

messages
messaging_postbacks
messaging_optins
message_deliveries

Then Verify and Save

6 - Change the app Status from 'In Development' to 'Live'

Running the tests

Send any message to your facebook page where you set your chatbot and enjoy talking to your robot.

Go further

In this app I used only Postback Button and Generic Template, you can customize the Bot's answears using Facebook Send API

Authors

• Abdelkader EL YAZIDI - Front-End developer - Abdelyaz