gnuwilliam / fb-msg-bot

Simple Facebook Messenger Bot built with Node.js

Facebook Messenger Bot

Simple bootstrap to allow integration between Node.js and Facebook Messenger's API

Usage

Simply define your VERIFY_TOKEN and PROFILE_TOKEN keys in conf.js and run with npm install; npm start

Send your page a message and the bot should respond "Hey! Welcome!"

Messenger Platform documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform

Message methods

sendMessage: Allow you to manually send a message to the end user. Expect receiver (string) and msg (string) as params.

Example

var messages = require('./lib/messages');

messages.sendMessage(sender, 'Hey! Welcome!');

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quickReply: Send a custom message to the user with buttons containing possible replies. Expect receiver (string), msg (string) and options (array) as params.

Example

var messages = require('./lib/messages'),
    options = [
        {
            content_type: "text",
            title: "Red",
            payload: "You chose Red!"
        },
        {
            content_type: "text",
            title: "Blue",
            payload: "You chose Blue!"
        }
    ];

messages.quickReply(sender, 'Favorite color?', options);

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isTyping: Send 'chat bubbles' to the end user, simulating typing. Expect receiver as param

Example

var messages = require('./lib/messages'),

messages.isTyping(sender);

Improvements

• refactor API requests repetition