abhilashr1/simpleqnabot

Azure Cognitive Service's QnaMaker is pretty expensive. Here is a SimpleQna Bot, which relies on questions and answers from a json file to answer your questions and answers.

SimpleQna Bot

Azure QnaMaker is a little expensive if you want a simple qna bot with exact-matching questions (if not, use qnamaker or something similar).

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK version 2.1

  # determine dotnet version
  dotnet --version

To try this sample

• Clone the repository

• In a terminal, navigate to samples/csharp_dotnetcore/02.echo-bot

• 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
  • 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

Pull requests gladly accepted.