Questions tagged [botkit-4]

It provides a semantic interface to sending and receiving messages so that developers can focus on creating novel applications and experiences instead of dealing with API endpoints.

Botkit features a comprehensive set of tools to deal with popular messaging platforms, including:

  • Slack
  • Facebook Messenger
  • Twilio IP Messaging

GitHub project: https://github.com/howdyai/

Documentation: https://botkit.ai/docs/v4/

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Is the MS Teams bot framework / botkit able to disable typing indicator?

Is the MS Teams Bot Framework or botkit support a function to disable a typing indicator? What I know that if want to start typing indicator then can use below format with value type is typing but how can I disabled the typing indicator once it…
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unable to connect botkit-based bot to BotFramework's webchat (401 errors)

After successfully connecting my locally hosted (botkit-based) bot to Microsoft's Bot Framework Emulator (using a localhost address for the messaging endpoint), I'm now trying to connect it to the framework's webchat (using an ngrok's hostname for…
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JS async function keeps running even after I returned result. What am I doing wrong here?

I'm trying to customize a Slack Bot with Botkit for exercise but I ran into a problem and I can't seem to figure it out. I want to retrieve a random post from Reddit, check if it's an image and then return it if it is, otherwise get another post.…
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Calling External API in botkit

As I am new to botkit, I have created the bot locally as per the docs. But when it is trying to call an external API using axios, below error shows - UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined Here is the…
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How to add typing delay in botkit conversations with facebook adapter

We are building a facebook messenger bot with Botkit version 4. We have tried different ways to add typing delay with the messages but none of them is working properly. As we are using the conversations we are unable to use this format in…
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How to clear state in botkit 4 conversation

We have built a bot using botkit v4 and we are using it with Facebook messenger. We want to clear the state on a specific facebook_postback. I tried the following but nothing is working. bot.controller.storage.delete(message.user) I did not find…
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Using LUIS with botkit conversations

I am working on a bot and I am trying to use intents instead of patterns here convo.ask('Do you want to eat a taco?', [ { pattern: 'yes', type: 'string', handler: async(response, convo, bot) => { return await…