Botkit: Multi-platform?

Created on 23 Jun 2019 · 8Comments · Source: howdyai/botkit

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Botkit version: 0.6.21 (attempting to upgrade to 4.0.2, see #1696)
Messaging Platform: Messenger & web (I hope)
Node version: 12.4.0
Os: Mac OS 10.14.5

I have a botkit bot that’s been working well in production for about 6 months (code here, live bot here). It uses Dialogflow and Facebook Messenger. Now I want to add webchat too. Can botkit do multi-platform in one app?

I could have two different apps running, but there's a bunch of logic I've written to deal with Dialogflow's responses, and to talk to my db, that would feel ugly to duplicate.

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The code would be something just like this:

const secondadapter = new SomeOtherAdapter();

            controller.webserver.post('/YOUR-CUSTOM-ENDPOINT, (req, res) => {
                // Allow the Botbuilder middleware to fire.
                // this middleware is responsible for turning the incoming payload into a BotBuilder Activity
                // which we can then use to turn into a BotkitMessage
                secondadapter.processActivity(req, res, controller.handleTurn.bind(controller)).catch((err) => {
                    console.error('Experienced an error inside the turn handler', err);
                    throw err;
                });
            });

benbrown on 3 Jul 2019

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@benbrown any thoughts on this?

mhjb on 2 Jul 2019

You can bind the same handlers to a different controller in the same app, yes. However you will likely need to adjust some platform specific things.

benbrown on 2 Jul 2019

Would you do that by passing an array of adapters to the controller?

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You can bind the same handlers to a different controller in the same app,
yes. However you will likely need to adjust some platform specific things.

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mhjb on 2 Jul 2019

Oh sorry I missed the note about using 4.x.

No, what you'd do is set up a second webhook endpoint for the new adapter, and pass in the main Botkit turnhandler function -- something like the code here:

https://github.com/howdyai/botkit/blob/master/packages/botkit/src/core.ts#L677

benbrown on 2 Jul 2019

Thanks @benbrown. Sounds a bit beyond my skills.

mhjb on 3 Jul 2019

Is there a place where we can get a good documentation about different terms such context, processActivity ... to properly understand what they are cause it is the key to any customization one would like to bring in.

aidonsnous on 3 Jul 2019

The code would be something just like this:

const secondadapter = new SomeOtherAdapter();

            controller.webserver.post('/YOUR-CUSTOM-ENDPOINT, (req, res) => {
                // Allow the Botbuilder middleware to fire.
                // this middleware is responsible for turning the incoming payload into a BotBuilder Activity
                // which we can then use to turn into a BotkitMessage
                secondadapter.processActivity(req, res, controller.handleTurn.bind(controller)).catch((err) => {
                    console.error('Experienced an error inside the turn handler', err);
                    throw err;
                });
            });

benbrown on 3 Jul 2019

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