Botkit: Problem using Bot.startconversation

Created on 5 Feb 2019 · 6Comments · Source: howdyai/botkit

convo.ask('What is your favorite team?', function(response, convo1) {
if(response.type=="slash_command"){

convo1.context.bot.replyAcknowledge()

convo1.context.bot.reply(response,"Slash command")

convo1.next();

}else{

convo1.next();
convo1.say('Cool, I like team' + response.text)

}

})

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Vishvadeep93

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hey @Vishvadeep93 you could try to apply middleware to exclude slash commands from conversations at all.

controller.middleware.receive.use(function (bot, message, next) {
    if (message.type === 'slash_command') {
        return bot.botkit.trigger(message.type, [bot, message]);
    }
    next();
});

ihorrusinko on 6 Feb 2019

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Vishvadeep93 on 5 Feb 2019

The Botkit conversation system doesn't work with Slash commands. Slash commands should be "top level" commands rather than answers to prompts within a conversation.

benbrown on 5 Feb 2019

The isuue is if there is a ongoing conversation between bot and a user and user tries slash command instead of replying to question.Slash command message comes as response in conversation instead of going to slash command listener.That is why i am trying to handle it inside conversation.

Vishvadeep93 on 6 Feb 2019

hey @Vishvadeep93 you could try to apply middleware to exclude slash commands from conversations at all.

controller.middleware.receive.use(function (bot, message, next) {
    if (message.type === 'slash_command') {
        return bot.botkit.trigger(message.type, [bot, message]);
    }
    next();
});

ihorrusinko on 6 Feb 2019

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Good suggestion, @ihorrusinko! This is exactly what I'd recommend.

benbrown on 6 Feb 2019

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