Botpress: Document using built-in content types

[azizkhani]

Botpress

I'm going to write a bot for several platforms. From my point of view, I have to write a bot and run on different platforms but in general I have a few basic problems.

• Each of the shipping platforms has a particular way to send messages
• In the boot press, each module is generated based on the platform, and finally it should be written in code based on the platform code.

For example, when sending a message in a telegram, the following code should be written

const pickCategory = {
 reply_markup: {
        keyboard: [
          ['🍱 k2', '🛠 k1'],
          ['🛒 k3', '🚛 k4'],
        ]
      }
}
bp.telegram.sendText (event.chat.id, 'Hi' ,pickCategory);

And in Messenger Messenger, the following code is const pickCategory = {

const pickCategory = {
  quick_replies: [
    {
      content_type: 'text',
      title: '🔥 Work 🔥',
      payload: 'GET_VIDEO_WORK'
    },
    {
      content_type: 'text',
      title: '😌 Life Goals 🔥',
      payload: 'GET_VIDEO_LIFE'
    },
    {
      content_type: 'text',
      title: '💪 Gym 🔥',
      payload: 'GET_VIDEO_GYM'
    }
  ],
  typing: true
}

bp.messenger.sendText (event.user.id, 'hi', pickCategory);

Well, what's the solution? Should not it be a standard for all platforms, so that when it's written and executed, it's just a setting that will be based on which bot is on?
 Therefore, the code is written only once and it is called only once. What is the plan to do?

[slvnperron]

@azizkhani The solution is Content Renderer. This is explained here: https://botpress.io/docs/beta/getting_started/trivia_content/

Content Renderer
A Content Renderer defines how a Content Type gets rendered on the different channels.

Note: This is critical because every channel is different and has a different set of functionalities. You want to be able to customize and leverage the features of the different platforms to offer the best user experience as possible.

[azizkhani]

@slvnperron
I suggest that botpress create a dsl for sending different message types. As we know, the messaging features on all platforms should not exceed 30. So just after creating this dsl, for each module written, a translator is written to convert the language created into the format of the platform.
Why this does not work with botpress. I think this can solve a lot of problems and transfer many of the complexities into modules.

[slvnperron]

@azizkhani Thanks for the siggestion, already in progress here: https://github.com/botpress/botpress/tree/sp-content/packages/core/botpress-builtins/src

[azizkhani]

@slvnperron is any documentation about this feature and other roadmap?
I will be happy to know what is your plan and can help your team in solve issues

[slvnperron]

@azizkhani No documentation yet but working on it. Our plan is to release this with the initial public Botpress X release in the next couple days!

[epaminond]

Done within https://github.com/botpress/botpress/pull/636