fbot

fbot

Bots for Facebook Messenger.

Description

A simple library for making bots for the Messenger Platform.

Installation

$ go get github.com/frodsan/fbot

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"

	"github.com/frodsan/fbot"
)

func main() {
	bot := fbot.NewBot(fbot.Config{
		AccessToken: os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN"),
		AppSecret:   os.Getenv("APP_SECRET"),
		VerifyToken: os.Getenv("VERIFY_TOKEN"),
	})

	bot.On(fbot.EventMessage, func(event *fbot.Event) {
		fmt.Println(event.Message.Text)

		bot.Deliver(fbot.DeliverParams{
			Recipient: event.Sender,
			Message: &fbot.Message{
				Text: event.Message.Text,
			},
		})
	})

	http.Handle("/bot", fbot.Handler(bot))

	http.ListenAndServe(":4567", nil)
}

API

fbot.NewBot(c Config)

NewBot creates a new instance of a bot with the application's access token, app secret, and verify token.

bot := fbot.NewBot(fbot.Config{
	AccessToken: os.Getenv("ACCESS_TOKEN"),
	AppSecret:   os.Getenv("APP_SECRET"),
	VerifyToken: os.Getenv("VERIFY_TOKEN"),
})

fbot.Handler(bot *fb.Bot)

Returns the http.Handler that receives the request sent by the Messenger platform.

http.Handle("/bot", fbot.Handler(bot))

(*fbot.Bot) On(eventName string, callback func(*Event))

Registers a callback for the given eventName.

bot.On(fbot.EventMessage, func(event *fbot.Event) {
	event.Sender.ID    // => 1234567890
	event.Recipient.ID // => 0987654321
	event.Timestamp    // => 1462966178037

	event.Message.Mid  // => "mid.1234567890:41d102a3e1ae206a38"
	event.Message.Seq  // => 41
	event.Message.Text // => "Hello World!"

	event.Message.Attachments[0].Type        // => "image"
	event.Message.Attachments[0].Payload.URL // => https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/...
})

bot.On(fbot.EventDelivery, func(event *fbot.Event) {
	event.Delivery.Mids[0]   // => "mid.1458668856218:ed81099e15d3f4f233"
	event.Delivery.Watermark // => 1458668856253
	event.Delivery.Seq       // => 37
})

bot.On(fbot.EventPostback, func(event *fbot.Event) {
	event.Postback.Payload // => "{foo:'foo',bar:'bar'}"
})

(fbot.Bot) Deliver(params fbot.DeliverParams) error

Sent messages through the Messenger Platform.

bot.Deliver(fbot.DeliverParams{
	Recipient: &fbot.User{
		ID: 1234567890
	},
	Message: &fbot.Message{
		Text: "Hey!",
	},
})

Configuration

Follow the Messenger Platform quickstart guide for set up the needed Facebook page and development app.

Development

To test the bot locally, use ngrok.

Design

The API is heavily inspired by hyperoslo/facebook-messenger.

License

fbot is released under the MIT License.