Conversation History Bot

Bot Framework v4 core bot sample.

This bot has been created using Bot Framework

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK version 2.1

   # determine dotnet version
   dotnet --version

Deploy the bot to Azure

Create Azure Web App Bot

• Go to Azure portal
• Create Azure's Web App Bot
• In section Channels add DirectLine
• Save DirectLine secret

Publish from Visual Studio

• Download.PublishSettings file you find in the Azure's Web App pannel
• Copy the userPWD value
• Right click on the Project and click on "Publish..."
• Paste the password you just copied and publish

Configuration of Bot

• Go to appsettings.json
• Change MicrosoftAppId and MicrosoftAppPassword using values from Azure settings
• Change DirectLineSecret with previously saved

Conversation History

• Go to wwwroot. Here you need:
  • default.html
  • js.js

Initialization Without History

Request to a HomeController for token generation

const res = await fetch('/api/token/generate', { method: 'POST' });
const { token, conversationId } = await res.json();

Initialize DirectLine object and save conversationId

 dl = new DirectLine.DirectLine({ 
	token: token
});
createCookie("conversationId", conversationId, 365);

Initialization With History

Request to a HomeController for token refreshing

const response = await fetch('/api/token/refresh?conversationId=' + readCookie("conversationId"), { method: 'GET' });
const refreshData = await response.json();

Initialize chat with refreshing data

dl = new DirectLine.DirectLine({
    token: refreshData.token,
    streamUrl: refreshData.streamUrl,
    webSocket: false,
    conversationId: readCookie("conversationId")
});

Webchat Object

Then create WebChat object with static userID

window.WebChat.renderWebChat({
	directLine: dl,
	userID: "default-user"
}, document.getElementById('webchat'));