stojanovic / space-explorer-bot

A small FB Messenger chat bot using NASA API and Claudia Bot Builder.

Space Explorer Bot

Space Explorer is simple Messenger chat bot that uses NASA's API to get the data and images about the space.

It's created for fun and also as a showcase for Claudia Bot Builder, node.js library for creating chat bots for various platform and deploying them on AWS Lambda.

Watch the video

Short video is available on Vimeo.

Try it live

Scan the code:

Or go to https://m.me/space.explorer.bot.

How to run and deploy it

Prerequests:

• Create a new bot page in Facebook and a messenger app, as explained in the Facebook Messenger Getting Started Guide.

Steps:

1. Clone the repository and run:

   npm init
   

2. Install claudia as a global utility, if you do not have it already:

   npm install claudia -g
   

3. Create a new bot in AWS. If you changed the name of bot.js file, change the --api-module argument below accordingly.

   claudia create --region us-east-1 --api-module bot
   

4. Configure Facebook Bot with a following command and follow the instructions:

   claudia update --configure-fb-bot --configure-app
   

   • --configure-fb-bot will prompt you for FB page access token and FB app secret (for message validation) and it'll print out your webhook URL;
   • --configure-app will prompt you for the Nasa API key (Check https://github.com/stojanovic/space-explorer-bot/blob/master/bot.js#L181);

And that's it :)

Full instructions for Claudia Bot Builder are available in Getting started with Claudia Bot Builder guide.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Slobodan Stojanović

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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