This sample demonstrates how to sub-class the Dialog class to create different bot control mechanism like simple slot filling.
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git
- In a terminal, navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/19.custom-dialogs
cd samples/javascript_nodejs/19.custom-dialogs
- Install modules and start the bot
npm i && npm start
Microsoft 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 from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot Configuration and navigate to javascript_nodejs/21.custom-dialogs
- Select custom-dialogs.bot file
You can use the MSBot Bot Builder CLI tool to clone and configure any services this sample depends on.
To install all Bot Builder tools -
Ensure you have Node.js version 8.5 or higher
npm i -g msbot chatdown ludown qnamaker luis-apis botdispatch luisgen
To clone this bot, run
msbot clone services -f deploymentScripts/msbotClone -n <BOT-NAME> -l <Azure-location> --subscriptionId <Azure-subscription-id>
Botbuilder provides a built-in base class called Dialog
. By subclassing Dialog, developers
can create new ways to define and control dialog flows used by the bot. By adhering to the
features of this class, developers will create custom dialogs that can be used side-by-side
with other dialog types, as well as built-in or custom prompts.
This example demonstrates a custom Dialog class called SlotFillingDialog
, which takes a
series of "slots" which define a value the bot needs to collect from the user, as well
as the prompt it should use. The bot will iterate through all of the slots until they are
all full, at which point the dialog completes.