a .Net Developer. I am developing chat bot for skype for business using Azure Bot Framework. I have observed some difference in Look and Feel of chat bot in Local Bot Emulator and Skype for Business. Can we have any custom UI feasibility for skype for business?
I have used ThumbnailCard Attachement in Locally and it look good. but in skype for business it showing raw text.
Can any one help or answer this query and it will be great to us?
Local Bot UI Screenshot
Skype for Business UI Screenshot
Skype for Business is in Preview State for this.
At present Skype for Business does not support UI feasibilities.
Recommend you to deploy on Microsoft Team UI works fine there.
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I need to create an Azure Bot connected to Instagram Messenger for being able to connect to Microsoft Dynamics OmniChannel.
The Facebook Messenger is already a native channel in Azure Bot and the Instagram Messenger API seems more or less identical to its Facebook counterpart.
Therefore I was asking myself whether you could use the Facebook Messenger channel for connecting to Instagram Messenger as well?
If not, which would be the best way to connecting to Instagram Messenger?
The BotFramework service only supports specific channels. Anything outside of those channels requires a custom adapter to be constructed to facilitate communication between the bot and the unsupported service. This is typically done by building a custom adapter. There are examples in the botbuilder-community repos that you can use to help design yours. Both the dotnet and JS libraries contains several adapters that you can reference.
Is there at this moment a reliable way to build a chatbot for Whatsapp? There are some Whatsapp frameworks like this one but looking at the comments it looks like most of Whatsapp numbers got banned when using these. Also, Twilio for example has an API for Whatsapp but it is only for testing.
Thanks in advance!
Currently the WhatsApp API is still in beta and you need to wait for the API to be officially open to everyone. Still you can make a request to get access to their API in advance https://www.facebook.com/business/m/whatsapp/business-api
Twilio now directly supports WhatsApp integration; simply fill out Twilio's Request Access form with accurate and up-to-date information, including the Facebook Business Manager ID, and securely send WhatsApp messages using Twilio APIs.
And, in general, there are numerous approaches to developing a WhatsApp chatbot. However, there are some fundamental considerations to bear in mind when creating a WhatsApp chatbot.
Whatsapp business API
Chatbot builder platform
To build a chatbot I suggest Kommunicate for creating a simple and seamless chatbot. Kommunicate includes a bot builder tool called Kompose, which allows you to create bots without writing a single line of code. You can build AI-powered chatbots, deploy them on your website and apps, and even incorporate automated human takeovers if they fail. For detailed instructions on how to build a chatbot, please see this article. Kommunicate also lets you integrate with other third-party bot builder platforms such as Dialogflow, Amazon lex, IBM Watson, and custom bots.
Once the Twilio account has been configured with the WhatsApp Business API, connect it to the Kommunicate account to deploy the chatbot and manage customer conversations. Refer to this link for detailed instructions
PS: I work for Kommunicate
I refer to a messenger bot (ChatPay) that we created and were seeking approval for. We noticed that the facebook team could not have a full experience on how the bot works as it is useful for registered users (as per the screen shot). The bot works with an application (ChatPay) from where registration is invoked and bank transaction interfaces are displayed from (for security purposes).
How do I go about getting the bot approved? We could provide test credentials to the facebook team. The app is at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.craft.chatpayenter image description here
Follow the regular review process, the Facebook users will test the bot and ask questions if need be. They tested my bot and asked a few questions.
I have the Pages application on my phone so I saw all the interaction with the bot immediately. You can type a personal message with Pages as well as have the bot respond. I spoke with the Facebook test team this way.
Another idea is to put some boilerplate text on the bot that tells the testers the requirements. You can make updates to the bot after the approval process to remove the instructions. Until approval the general public cannot access the bot so your clients will not see the instructions.
Here is my bot if you would like to play around. I'd be happy to help with your testing.
Had a question about Google's support for XMPP. I want to build a mobile chat client on top of google chat that can interoperate with google chat run from within Gmail or any other service. Would this application be possible to build since has announced that it will drop support for XMPP for their new Hangouts product? Are there any alternative techniques to allow interoperable chat with Google accounts?
Actually, they removed server to server (s2s) federation.
Third-party software works as client to server (c2s) is still enabled, even if we don't know for how long.
As Google says
Note: We announced a new communications product, Hangouts, in May 2013. Hangouts will > replace Google Talk and does not support XMPP. The information in this Developer's > Guide pertains only to Google Talk.
More info:
http://windowspbx.blogspot.de/2013/05/hangouts-wont-hangout-with-other.html
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4318830/inside-hangouts-googles-big-fix-for-its-messaging-mess
What's annoying is that users who have switched to Hangouts still show up as online if you have added them as a contact; your messages to them just go into a black hole.
From what I can tell, non-hangouts-enabled users can still connect and chat with non-Google users just fine using XMPP.
Hangouts does not support XMPP as of today's release. This was a difficult decision taken by Google :(
via The Verge
I haven't tried anything on this, but is it possible? If it is, is there a way of making a plugin for firefox or chrome? or making a software that enables you to hook ai chatbot to Facebook chat. I really want to use cleverbot or iGod.
You can connect to the facebook chat via the XMPP API, though I believe using it to connect a bot or anything that is not user-to-user chat is a violation of the rules.
There are many services such as Kommunicate and ManyChat, that provides a way to automate facebook conversations using AI Chatbot.
Signup at Kommunicate, visit Integrations section. Select Facebook, then select the Facebook page and connect. After that, go to Bot Integration section and connect it with the bot.
Here is a detailed instructions on th same: https://www.kommunicate.io/blog/facebook-chatbot/