prakharshukla48/facebook-messenger-bot

This is a open source framework for the facebook messenger bot using python and wit.ai API.

Project Title

This is a open source framework for the facebook messenger bot using python and wit.ai API.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Creating Facebook page ID

Create a Project

Installing python3.0

https://www.python.org/

Installing

A step by step series of examples that tell you how to get a development env running

Installing virtual environment

pip install virtualenv

Running the Virtual Environment

virtualenv myvenv

myvenv\Scripts\activate

Installing Flask

pip install flask

Installing Requests

pip install requests

Installing Pymessenger

pip install pymessenger

Create the tunnel

Install ngrok

https://ngrok.com/

Type in ngrok

ngrok.exe http 80

Activating the python file

In command prompt

python app.py

Connecting facebook app with python file

Copy https forwarding url in ngrok

Paste in callback url under facebook developers webhook topic

type hello in verify token

Using Wit.ai

Wit.ai can be used to make your bot smarter and automate more replies. For using wit.ai read the following documentation

https://wit.ai/docs

Authors

• Ayush Sahu - Initial work - ayushsahu1999

License

This project is licensed under the GNU License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Hat tip to anyone whose code was used
• Inspiration
• etc