I have been playing around with the Kik bot framework using Node and have a bot to chat with. I am using the onTextMessage event successfully, but have yet to get the onStartChattingMessage to fire. The docs are not very detailed, any idea when this gets invoked? I thought it would be when I start a new chat with the bot but that doesn't seem to be it. Or I am just holding it wrong. Code is on GitHub at https://github.com/jcapka/otherword/blob/master/server.js
Per https://dev.kik.com/#/docs/messaging#start-chatting this only happen
Under normal circumstances, you will receive this message once
when user that starts chatting with you for the first time.
If you are trying to get it to work but using the original username you have already chatted.
You'd have to make a new account to be able to get the first-time experience and have that StartChattingmessage
As an example I went and messaged your bot and I got this response `
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I'm building a teams app that contains some tabs and a bot.
Is it possible to, when an action is performed on a tab (i.e. clicking a button), initialize automatically a chat with the bot, or send a specific message?
Tks
Based on the comments above, what you're looking to do is implement "pro-active" messaging, where the bot itself initiates the conversation. It's definitely possible, and you can read more to get started here and here. The most important thing to know is that your user has to have installed the bot already, to get a "conversation context", but if they've installed the app, which includes the bot, to get the tab, then you're fine. You need to get some variables when they do install the app, which you hook into the conversationUpdate event to get access to. Give it a go and let me know if you have specific questions, here on SOverflow.
I have developed a bot in Bot framework. Once user responds to the bot and bot is processing it, i need to show the typing indicator to the user in the meanwhile for every 2 seconds . It should be working across all conversations of the chat.
Easy as pie. Node.js bots send a typing indicator to the user by executing session.SendTyping();
If you want to see what this looks like in the framework, you can find the code here
Also, Microsoft has a documentation page that talks specifically about this.
Hi I am working on bots and It’s working fine in local bot emulator as well as bot channel’s.
Here my problem is when I am using bot application in skype, the response coming from bot twice in every time and rest of the channels its working fine.
Can anyone please tell me how to resolve the issue in bots ?
I have created a test bot named pepememe.bot using the python library provided by kik. The bot works fine when I am chatting to it using private message.
But fails with the below error when I use it in my group.
kik.error.KikError: {"message":"You are not allowed to send a message to this conversation","error":"Forbidden"}
A point to note is that it did work for sometime in my group, but suddenly started throwing that error. I have emailed Kik Bots Support about this, but they haven't replied back. What should I do to solve this issue?
I see that your bot is not approved.
There is a 50 subscribers limit for unapproved bots, check if you are over the limit.
Also it is possible that Kik blocked access to group chats for unapproved bots.
I am following this Echo Bot Tutorial, and have gone through all of the basic steps regarding setup and registration. I am following the steps (near the bottom) regarding local testing, and have been using ngrok successfully.
I was able to add my Skype Bot as a contact, and I also have the latest version of the Skype app (Mac). When I send a message to the bot via the Skype app, I see the message appear in the debug notes in my terminal window. So I know that the messages I type are coming through.
I also see this:
skype-sdk.MessagingServiceClientV2 Sending message to 8:username with content Hey 8:username. Thank you for your message: "test".
However, I do not see any kind of reply in my Skype application. My expectation is that the bot would echo back my message to me.
My questions are:
1) When testing locally using the ngrok method described in the tutorial, should I be able to see activity from the Skype bot (in terms of messages to me)?
2) I am guessing this may be some an authentication issue? How can I best troubleshoot things, and get the Skype bot to actually respond in the Skype app?
I feel like I am incredibly close to getting this working, in that the messages I send are coming through... but the messages I expect from the Skype bot are not coming through. Any help or ideas greatly appreciated!
Found the fix, and posting it here should anyone else run into the same issue.
During the setup process, when I was using the Application Registration Portal, I selected the wrong string as my Application Secret.
Originally, I clicked on Generate New Key Pair, which resulted in a new entry appearing in the admin labeled Private Key. I used this string as my App Secret.
However, it appears that what I should have done was click on Generate New Password and used *that string instead**. Just gave it a try, and my bot is now responding back to me locally (in the Skype app), when testing with ngrok.
I think this particular distinction could have been made clearer in the documentation, as I lost a great deal of time due to this one oversight. Oh well, at least I can start developing now...