https://github.com/codemillmatt/bots
Repo for talk on Microsoft's bot framework
https://github.com/codemillmatt/bots
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Repo for talk on Microsoft's bot framework
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/codemillmatt/bots
- Owner: codemillmatt
- Created: 2016-10-08T12:46:25.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-03-02T19:12:50.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-21T07:27:46.765Z (12 months ago)
- Language: C#
- Size: 49.8 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# I, For One, Welcome Our New Bot Overloads
Repo for talk on Microsoft's Bot Framework as given at [Prairie.Code() on Oct 28, 2016](http://prairiecode.amegala.com/sessions/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-bot-overlords---an-intro-to-microsofts-bot-framework) and [CenWI Dev UG on Dec 1, 2016](https://www.meetup.com/Central-WI-Developers-Group/events/235137188/).
A blog post on the [Bot Framework can be found here](https://codemilltech.com/bots-they-talk-amongst-us-microsoft-bot-framework-explained/)
## Demo 1 - Simple Weather Bot
* Simple example of having a bot get the weather for a particular city.
* The bot needs to be mentioned in order for it to "do its work"
* It is possible that many results could be returned by the geo service
* At first the bot takes the first result to get the weather
* Then to prompt the user as to which city to get the weather for, a hero card is created and sent back as an attachment. However, it becomes difficult to handle all the requests (hero card and "first time" requests).
## Demo 2 - IDialogs and IDialogContexts
* Extend the first example, but this time using IDialogs to show how a conversation and be suspended and then resumed.
* More intelligent conversations can now occur because dialogs encapsulate smaller portions of an overall flow of a larger bot.
## Geo and Weather Service Setup
For both services, some additional steps are necessary in order to contact the Google geocoding and DarkSky APIs.
1. Go here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/get-api-key to get a Google Maps API key. Enter that key on line 18 of GeoService.cs
1. Go to https://darksky.net/dev/ and register for an account and get an API key from them as well. Enter that on line 59 of WeatherService.cs