Run the command to install basic files: rails g bobot:install Then, add `bobot` section into `secrets.yml`: development: bobot: app_id: "123" app_secret: "456" verify_token: "your token" skip_code: "" domains: "whitelisted-domain.com,second-whitelisted-domain.com" async: false commander_queue_name: "default" pages: - slug: "facebook_1" language: "fr" page_id: "789" page_access_token: "abc" get_started_payload: "get_started" home_url_for_chat_extension: "https://whitelisted-domain.com/messenger_extension" size_for_chat_extension: "tall" share_button_for_chat_extension: "show" in_test_for_chat_extension: "true" Now to can edit the workflow of your bot with the file: - app/bobot/workflow.rb
Facebook wants an url where he can send me information to communicate with my server. When you installed Bobot, a line has been added to your config/routes.rb mount Bobot::Engine => "/XXXXXX", as: "bobot" You have to setup as url on the webhook facebook interface: - https://domain.ltd/XXXXXX/facebook And as :verify_token, the one you set on your config/secrets.yml
After having define into your `config/application.rb` your I18n.available_locales. Then, persistent menu and the greeting text will catch the content of them from `locales/bobot.{locale}.yml` - config/locales/bobot.{locale}.yml The whitelist domains and get_started button settings have to be set in: - config/secrets.yml
You can access to page settings: - `page = Bobot::Page.find(facebook_page_id)` - `page = Bobot::Page.find_by_slug(facebook_page_slug)` - `page = Bobot::Page[facebook_page_id]` - `page = Bobot::Page[facebook_page_slug]` After fetching the page with command above, you have access to: - `page.update_facebook_setup!` Or one by one in a Rails console: - `page.unset_greeting_text!` - `page.set_greeting_text!` - `page.unset_whitelist_domains!` - `page.set_whitelist_domains!` - `page.unset_get_started_button!` - `page.set_get_started_button!` - `page.unset_persistent_menu!` - `page.set_persistent_menu!` - `page.unset_home_url!` - `page.set_home_url!`
The parameter :to is the facebook uid of the target. - page.sender_action(sender_action:, to: nil) - page.show_typing(state:, to: nil) - page.mark_as_seen(to: nil) - page.send(payload_message:, to: nil) - page.send_text(text:, to: nil) - page.send_attachment(url:, type:, to: nil) - page.send_image(url:, to: nil) - page.send_audio(url:, to: nil) - page.send_video(url:, to: nil) - page.send_file(url:, to: nil) - page.send_quick_replies(text:, quick_replies:, to: nil) - page.send_buttons(text:, buttons:, to: nil) - page.send_generic(elements:, image_aspect_ratio: 'square', to: nil) - page.send_carousel(elements:, image_aspect_ratio: 'square', to: nil)
The event is the parameter that you receive in your block when you are hooking an event on your workflow.rb - event.sender_action(sender_action:) - event.show_typing(state:) - event.mark_as_seen - event.reply(payload_message:) - event.reply_with_text(text:) - event.reply_with_attachment(url:, type:) - event.reply_with_image(url:) - event.reply_with_audio(url:) - event.reply_with_video(url:) - event.reply_with_file(url:) - event.reply_with_quick_replies(text:, quick_replies:) - event.reply_with_buttons(text:, buttons:) - event.reply_with_generic(elements:, image_aspect_ratio: 'square') - event.reply_with_carousel(elements:, image_aspect_ratio: 'square')