Getting started with the Bot Connector

Each time a message is posted on one of the channels your bot is connected to, it receives a POST request on the endpoint you’ve set on the platform. To reply, you need to make a post request with your bot’s Request Token available in your bot settings. In this example, we use SDKs to make it simpler. :)

Receive messages and send “Hello world”

1. Copy-paste this snippet in a file.

2. Replace the REQUEST_TOKEN by your bot request token.

3. Install the dependencies by running the following command:

JS: npm install sapcai express body-parser

Python: pip install sapcai flask

Ruby: gem install Sapcai sinatra

PHP: composer require sapcai/sdk-php

var express = require('express')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var sapcai = require('sapcai').default

var connect = new sapcai.connect('YOUR_REQUEST_TOKEN')

var app = express()

/* Server setup */
app.set('port', 5000)
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.post('/', function(req, res) {
  connect.handleMessage(req, res, onMessage)
})

function onMessage (message) {
  // Get the content of the message
  var content = message.content

  // Get the type of the message (text, picture,...)
  var type = message.type

  // Add a reply, and send it
  message.addReply([{ type: 'text', content: 'Hello, world' }])
  message.reply()
}

app.listen(app.get('port'), function () { console.log('App is listening on port ' + app.get('port')) })

require 'sinatra'
require 'sapcai'

connect = Sapcai::Connect.new('YOUR_REQUEST_TOKEN')

set :port, 5000

post '/' do
  connect.handle_message(request) do |message|
    # Get the content of the message
    content = message.content

    # Get the type of the message (text, picture,...)
    type = message.type

    # Add a reply, and send it
    replies = [{type: 'text', content: 'Hello, world'}]

    connect.send_message(replies, message.conversation_id)
  end
end

from sapcai import Connect
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify

connect = Connect('YOUR_REQUEST_TOKEN')

def bot(request):
  message = connect.parse_message(request)

  # Get the content of the message
  content = message.content

  # Get the type of the message (text, picture,...)
  type = message.type

  # Add a reply, and send it
  replies = [{type: 'text', content: 'Hello, world'}]

  connect.send_message(replies, message.conversation_id)

  return jsonify(status=200)

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def root():
  return bot(request)

app.run(port='5000')

<?php
use Sapcai\Client;

// Start Slim server
$app = new \Slim\App();

// Instantiate the Connect Client
$connect = Client::Connect($_ENV["YOUR_REQUEST_TOKEN"]);

//Handle / route
$app->post('/', function ($request, $response) {
  $connect->handleMessage($body, 'replyMessage');
});

function replyMessage ($message) {
  // Get the content of the message
  $text = $message->content;

  // Get the type of the message (text, picture,...)
  $type = $message->type;

  $message->addReply([(object)['type' => 'text', 'content' => 'Hello, world']]);

  $message->reply();
}

// Run Slim server
$app->run();