All questions related to chatbot development on the Facebook Messenger platform.
Questions tagged [facebook-messenger-bot]
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Messenger API: User is of mobile or desktop?
Is it possible to get the information from Messenger API that if the Messenger bot user is from a desktop device or a mobile device?

Burak Karakuş
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How to enable triggers from other users aside from page owner
I created a facebook Page, & a Facebook App that is subscribed to webhooks.
So I my external server was successfully able to receive messages sent from my account->my page(webhook triggers), but when other other accounts send message to my page,…

Theo
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Messenger Platform SQL Database access
I'm having trouble in this, i want to return the value of item_name.
$productnum = "1001";
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "ewconline_db_user", "steve030405", "ewconline_db");
$result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM `shop_products` WHERE…

Steve I
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Retrieve Messenger get_started payload
I have a bot setup in messenger and I did set up the get_started button. As per messenger document I executed the cURL to display the get_started button. I did this long back and I don't remember what was the payload I added in the request.
Is there…

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What is the best place for hosting Facebook Messenger Bot code?
I have a question that might be simple for you to decide, but I am quite new to this.
What do you think is the best way to host Node.js code for Messenger Bot?
I am considering to use AWS Lambda, but it seems quite robust to me. Isn't there any…

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Add Check Boxes in Facebook Messenger Chat Room
I want to add check boxes in chat room of facebook messenger. I have been searching but could not find any helpful material! Any suggestions?

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Lex bot returns parameters to client instead of lambda fulfilment function output
I've integrated Amazon Lex bot with Facebook workplace messenger, which responds to utterances (questions) and fills up all slots. But when user answers all questions, it just returns the parameters to messenger (intent name and all slots and their…

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Facebook messenger live bot unable to receive public messages
My bot is live however still only users whom are added as tester/developer role are only able to access the bot. Why is general public unable to access the bot?
I cannot see a problem in the messaging pipeline - since people with tester/developer…

Zameer Ansari
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FB Messenger Bot: Webhook updates not being delivered
i am working with Facebook Checkbox Plugin everything is working fine except facebook is not sending request to my webhook url when Confirming Opt-in.
in facebook docs it is mentioned that
After the opt-in event, we will post a webhook event to…

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Node.js Facebook Messenger bot curl not recognized as an internal or external command
I'm trying to create a facebook bot but can not connect to facebook because my node.js command prompt is telling me that "curl" is not recognized as an internal or external command. I have tried to download cURL and have followed the steps in this…

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Getting Same Message Again And Again From FB-Messanger Webhook
Making a bot for messenger platform in php. Everything is working fine. But after a certain amount of time the I start receiving same message again and again on fb webhook.
Note: Everything is same in request except the time. And then fb blocks my…

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Send message as user to Facebook Chatbot
We develop a chatbot based on the Facebook Messenger Platform.
In the middle of the conversation, we do want to show a complex UI as a WebView. When the user clicks on a button in the WebView, it should close the webview and invoke a user-question…

Stefan
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First message sent to my chatbot hangs on loading screen
I've created a Facebook messenger bot that works great. The problem is in a new conversation the first time a user selects the bot to open a chat, they are stuck on an endless loading screen. I've tried adding and removing greeting messages via the…

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Get location from user and perform an external request in api.ai
Can someone show me using the code
used in the course to get a location from the user(current or any other)
and then use it to show Google map with banks or schools api.ai?

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Do Facebook Messenger Extensions work in the desktop browser?
I have not been able to determine this from Facebook Messenger documentation.
Do messenger extensions, as described here, work on desktop browsers? Or only on the mobile apps?

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