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Demonstrating the feature where user can send suggested actions using bot.
office-teams
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office-365
csharp
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27-04-2022 23:30:17

Get Suggested Actions

This sample shows the feature where user can send suggested actions using bot.

Initial message

Prerequisites

  • .NET Core SDK version 3.1

    determine dotnet version

    dotnet --version
  • Ngrok (For local environment testing) Latest (any other tunneling software can also be used)

    run ngrok locally

    ngrok http -host-header=localhost 3978
  • Teams Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account

To try this sample

  1. Create a Bot Registration In Azure portal, create a Bot Framework registration resource.

  2. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git
  3. In a terminal, navigate to samples/bot-suggested-actions/csharp

    change into project folder

    cd # SuggestedActions
  4. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

    # ngrok http -host-header=rewrite 3978
  5. Modify the manifest.json in the /AppPackage folder and replace the following details:

  • {{Microsoft-App-Id}} with Application id generated from Step 1
  • {{domain-name}} with base Url domain. E.g. if you are using ngrok it would be 1234.ngrok.io
  1. Zip the contents of AppPackage folder into a manifest.zip, and use the manifest.zip to deploy in app store or add to Teams using step 9.

  2. Modify the /appsettings.json and fill in the following details:

  • {{MicrosoftAppId}} - Generated from Step 1 is the application app id
  • {{MicrosoftAppPassword}} - Generated from Step 1, also referred to as Client secret
  1. Run the bot from a terminal or from Visual Studio, choose option A or B.

    A) From a terminal

    # run the bot
    dotnet run

    B) Or from Visual Studio

    • Launch Visual Studio
    • File -> Open -> Project/Solution
    • Navigate to SuggestedActions folder
    • Select SuggestedActionsBot.csproj file
    • Press F5 to run the project
  2. Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (in the Apps view click "Upload a custom app")

    • Go to Microsoft Teams. From the lower left corner, select Apps
    • From the lower left corner, choose Upload a custom App
    • Go to your project directory, the ./AppPackage folder, select the zip folder, and choose Open.
    • Select Add in the pop-up dialog box. Your app is uploaded to Teams.

Features of this sample

Initial Message

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading