Bot Builder v4 echo bot sample
This bot has been created using Microsoft Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts input from the user and echoes it back.
- Node.js version 10.14 or higher
# determine node version node --version
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git
- In a console, navigate to
samples/javascript_typescript/02.a.echobot
cd samples/javascript_typescript/02.a.echobot
- Install modules
npm install
- Start the bot
npm start
Microsoft Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.
- Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.1.0 or greater from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot Configuration
- Navigate to
echobot
folder - Select
echobot.bot
file
After creating the bot and testing it locally, you can deploy it to Azure to make it accessible from anywhere. To deploy your bot to Azure:
# login to Azure
az login
# set you Azure subscription
az account set --subscription "<azure-subscription>"
# provision Azure Bot Services resources to host your bot
msbot clone services --name "<your_bot_name>" --code-dir "." --location westus --sdkLanguage "Node" --folder deploymentScripts/msbotClone --verbose
As you make changes to your bot running locally, and want to deploy those change to Azure Bot Service, you can publish those change using either publish.cmd
if you are on Windows or ./publish
if you are on a non-Windows platform. The following is an example of publishing
# build the TypeScript bot before you publish
npm run build
# run the publish helper (non-Windows) to update Azure Bot Service. Use publish.cmd if running on Windows
./publish
To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.