# Stealth Facebook This integration adds support for Facebook bots within Stealth. ## Configure Your Facebook Page To create your Facebook bot, visit the [Facebook Developers](https://developers.facebook.com) page. Full instructions are provided on the [Facebook Messenger Docs](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/) page. When configuring your webhooks, you'll want to enable the `messages`, `messaging_referrals`, and `messaging_postbacks` web hooks like so: Facebook Config Screenshot Make sure you don't enable `message_reads` as that is not yet supported by this gem. ## Configure The Integration ```yaml default: &default facebook: verify_token: <%= ENV['FACEBOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN'] %> page_access_token: <%= ENV['FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN'] %> setup: greeting: # Greetings are broken up by locale - locale: default text: "Welcome to my Facebook Bot." get_started: payload: new_user persistent_menu: - locale: default composer_input_disabled: false call_to_actions: - type: payload text: Some Button payload: some_button production: <<: *default development: facebook: verify_token: <%= ENV['FACEBOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN'] %> page_access_token: <%= ENV['FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN'] %> setup: greeting: # Greetings are broken up by locale - locale: default text: "Welcome to my Facebook Bot." get_started: payload: new_user persistent_menu: - locale: default composer_input_disabled: false call_to_actions: - type: payload text: Some Button payload: some_button - type: nested text: Developer buttons: - type: payload text: Restart payload: developer_restart test: <<: *default ``` As with all Stealth integrations, integrations can be specified by environment. You'll want to replace `FACEBOOK_VERIFY_TOKEN` and `FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN` with your respective keys from your Facebook page. These are the supported setup options: ### greeting This is the message a user will see via Messenger before they have ever sent your bot a message. ### get_started When the user presses the `Get Started` button in Messenger, the `payload` specified here is the payload that will be sent to your bot. ### persistent_menu These are the items that appear in the Facebook Messenger drawer. You can specify menu items for each locale individually or use `default` to make the menu apply to all locales. The `composer_input_disabled` disables the keyboard input. This is helpful if you anticipate all user replies will come from suggested replies. It defaults to `false` which means the keyboard input is enabled. The `call_to_actions` list defines the buttons. In the above example, the production environment has a single button defined with the label `Some Button`. It's type is set to `payload`. The `payload` value specifies the payload that will be sent to the bot when the button is pressed. In the `development` environment, there is a `Developer` sub-menu that contains a single button labeled `Restart`. This just showcases the ability to have sub-menus within the drawer. It's a common practice to introduce a `developer_restart` payload button in development so you can easily restart the bot. In addition to the `payload` type, the persistent menu supports `url` and `call` type buttons. ### Uploading the Persistent Menu Each time you make a change to the persistent menu, you will have to upload the change to Facebook. This integration provides a command line task to automate this: ``` stealth setup facebook ``` ## Replies Here are the supported replies for the Facebook integration: ### text These are standard text replies. It can sent like: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: Hello World! ``` Text replies can also include suggestions, which will be rendered as quick replies: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: What is your favorite color? suggestions: - text: Blue - text: Red ``` Although not as common, text replies can also include buttons: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: Would you like to give us a call? buttons: - type: call phone_number: "+15552991212" text: 'Yes' - type: payload text: 'No' payload: 'No' ``` ### suggestions Though suggestions are not a reply type on their own, they are frequently used to optimize the accuracy and speed of your bot. In the `text` reply type above, we used simple labels for our suggestions. Facebook supports a few special types of quick replies, however. #### Location You can ask a user for their location: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: "Where are you located?" suggestions: - type: location ``` If the user chooses to share their location, the `lat` and `lng` will be available via `current_message.location`: ```ruby current_message.location[:lat] current_message.location[:lng] ``` #### Email As of Facebook Messenger Platform 2.3, Facebook now supports a standard way to ask for a user's email: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: "What is your email address?" suggestions: - type: email ``` The email address the user sends back will be available as the string in `current_message.payload` #### Phone As of Facebook Messenger Platform 2.3, Facebook now supports a standard way to ask for a user's phone number: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: "What is your phone number?" suggestions: - type: phone ``` The phone number the user sends back will be available as the string in `current_message.payload` #### Images While images are not a special quick reply type, you can include and `image_url` for a quick reply as way of adding an icon to a quick reply button: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: "What is your favorite color?" suggestions: - text: Red image_url: "http://example.com/img/red.png" - text: Blue image_url: "http://example.com/img/blue.png" ``` More info [here](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/quick-replies). ### buttons As with `suggestions`, `buttons` are not a reply type of their own but are used to make your bot more efficient. Facebook supports a few button types and these are the ones currently supported by this integration: #### payload This is the most common button type. When a user presses a button that is `payload` type, that payload string will be sent to your bot. For example: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: Please press the button below buttons: - type: payload text: 'Press me!' payload: 'button pressed' ``` When a user presses the button labeled "Press me!", the payload `button pressed` will be accessible in bot via `current_message.payload`. #### url The `url` button is useful when sharing a link to a website. By default, it will open up within Facebook Messenger. ```yaml - reply_type: text text: Find out more via our website buttons: - type: url text: 'Visit website' url: 'https://example.org' ``` You can also specify the height of the webview window that opens up in Messenger via: `webview_height`. You can choose between `compact`, `tall`, and `full`. More info [here](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/webview). #### call The `call` button type will prompt the user to dial the specified number. The number will be pre-filled in, but the user will still have to confirm by confirming via the modal that is shown. To create a `call` button: ```yaml - reply_type: text text: Give us a ring! buttons: - type: call text: 'Call' phone_number: "+15552991212" ``` ### Delay Delays are a very important part of bot design. They introduce a pause between text replies to give the user a chance to read each reply. With this integration, in addition to introducing a delay, we will also send a typing indicator to the user to indicate another reply is forthcoming. To insert a delay in your bot: ```yaml - reply_type: delay duration: 2 ``` This will add a `2` second delay (with typing indicator). The `duration` can be specified as any floating point value, in seconds. ### Cards Facebook distinguishes between a single card and a carousel of cards. This integration does not, however. You can send a single card the same way you would send 10 cards (the current maximum). ```yaml - reply_type: cards sharable: true aspect_ratio: horizontal elements: - title: My App subtitle: Download our app below or visit our website for more info. image_url: "https://my-app.com/app-image.png" buttons: - type: url url: "https://my-app.com" text: 'View' webview_height: 'tall' - type: url url: "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-app" text: 'Download iOS App' ``` The above is a single card with two buttons. If you want to include more cards, though, you would just need to specify another listing under the `elements` heading. The `sharable` and `aspect_ratio` attributes are optional. When `sharable` is set to `true`, a native share button is shown in Messenger for the message. The `aspect_ratio` attribute specifies the aspect ratio of the main card image (specified by `image_url`). It can be set to `horizontal` or `square` with the default being `horizontal`. More info about Facebook cards [here](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/template/generic). ### List A Facebook list is useful for displaying things like a news feed. You can find more info about Facebook lists [here](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-messages/template/list). To generate a list via Stealth Facebook: ```yaml - reply_type: list top_element_style: large buttons: - type: payload title: View More payload: view_more elements: - title: Your Daily News Update subtitle: The following stories have been curated just for you. image_url: "https://news-articles.com/logo.png" buttons: - type: url url: "https://news-articles.com/199" text: 'View' webview_height: 'tall' - title: Breakthrough in AI subtitle: Major breakthrough in the AI space. image_url: "https://news-articles.com/ai.png" default_action: - url: "https://news-articles.com/232" webview_height: 'tall' ``` The list itself supports having a single button that will be rendered on the bottom of the list. Each individual list item supports having one button as well. List items should have between 2-4 elements. In addition to the button, a list item can specify a default action. The default action is what will fired when a user taps the list item. A default action can be specified by setting the `default_action` attribute. The `default_action` should be configured as you would a `url` type button. The image of the first item in the list is displayed as a cover photo by default. To disable the cover image, set `top_element_style` to `compact`. ### Images To send an image: ```yaml - reply_type: image image_url: 'https://example.org/image.png' ``` The `image_url` should be set to URL where the image has been uploaded. Image replies support buttons and suggestions like text replies. ### Files To send a file: ```yaml - reply_type: file file_url: 'https://example.org/some.pdf' ``` The `file_url` should be set to URL where the file has been uploaded. File replies support buttons and suggestions like text replies. ### Video To send a video: ```yaml - reply_type: video video_url: 'https://example.org/cool_video.mp4' ``` The `video_url` should be set to URL where the video has been uploaded. Video replies support buttons and suggestions like text replies. ### Audio To send an audio clip: ```yaml - reply_type: audio audio_url: 'https://example.org/podcast.mp3' ``` The `audio_url` should be set to URL where the video has been uploaded. Audio replies support buttons and suggestions like text replies.