dgethers / shipfer-bot

shipfer-bot

Bot to get shipping information from Pitney Bowes System

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.

Requirements

The project was created with Python version 3.12. It should be compatible with version 3.8.

Creating a local virtualenv (optional)

python3.8 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate

Running the app

• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all dependencies
• Run python app.py

Makefile

make run Run app make setup Install dependencies make clean Delete cache files make compress Zip the contents to be deployed to Azure

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

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 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Dialogs
• Gathering Input Using Prompts
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service