Panviva Reboot Bot Demo

This project is essentially a fork of the echobot sample provided by Microsoft. The chatbot is powered by Bot Framework.

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK version 2.x

  # determine dotnet version
  dotnet --version

To try this sample

• In a terminal, navigate to Panviva.RebootDemoBot.App

  # change into project folder
  cd # Panviva.RebootDemoBot.App

• 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 Panviva.RebootDemoBot.App folder
  • Select Panviva.RebootDemoBot.App.csproj file
  • Press F5 to run the project

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

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

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• .NET Core CLI tools
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service