Botframework-sdk: [Node.js] retrive contact information from telegram sourceEvent

Created on 2 Sep 2016 · 5Comments · Source: microsoft/botframework-sdk

I need to ask the user for his/her phone number. I couldn't find an API to do it, so I'm using sourceEvent, like this:

builder.Prompts.text(session, new builder.Message(session).sourceEvent({
            telegram: {
                method: "sendMessage",
                parameters:
                {
                    text: "Text Ciao",
                    reply_markup: {
                        keyboard: [[{ text: "Send me your info", request_contact: true, }]]
                    }
                }
            }
        }))

But where should I look to find what the user sent me?
results.response is always empty.

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ziggy42

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It looks like we weren't supporting Telegram's contact field. I've corrected this problem and the fix will go live in the next production deployment. We update production every week or so. I will drop a note here when we make the next update. If you're still experiencing this issue after that time please reply here and we'll continue to troubleshoot.

eanders-MS on 13 Sep 2016

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Hi ziggy42. I believe the reply will come in on message.sourceEvent, but I will verify this and get back to you. Let me also ask: is your keyboard displaying in Telegram? I ask because the reply_markup field must be serialized JSON, e.g.

reply_markup: JSON.serialize({
                        keyboard: [[{ text: "Send me your info", request_contact: true, }]]
                    });

eanders-MS on 2 Sep 2016

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Hi, yeah I see the keyboard and works just fine.
I've also already tried to look in session.message.sourceEvent but I don't see the phone number, only the name of the user

ziggy42 on 2 Sep 2016

I'm doing the same in C#, and it seems that not only request_contact is having this issue, but sending any contact results in a blank message.