dialoganalytics / messenger-node-example

An example Facebook Messenger Node.js chatbot integrated with Dialog Analytics

Facebook Messenger Node.js Chatbot

An example Facebook Messenger node.js chatbot integrated with Dialog Analytics. Built with expressjs/express.

• Dialog Documention
• Dialog API reference

Getting started

Clone this repository and run npm install

Create an account on https://app.dialoganalytics.com, grab your Dialog API token and bot ID.

Set environment variables in .env:

FACEBOOK_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN=...
FACEBOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN=...
DIALOG_API_TOKEN=...
DIALOG_BOT_ID=...

Get your Facebook Messenger tokens at https://developers.facebook.com. Configure your application's webhook settings in the Facebook developer dashboard to the endpoint on which this server will be listening.

Local development: When developping locally, use a service like https://ngrok.com to expose a server running on your machine. This should be something like https://f562681e.ngrok.io/webhook

$ ngrok http 3000

Start the bot:

$ npm start

Open the Messenger application, find your bot and exchange a few messages. Messages will be sent to Dialog's API.

Go further

Read more on how to make the most out of the possibilities offered by Dialog here: https://dialoganalytics.com