How can I take advantage of the navigation templates from the facebook messenger with wit.ai?
At wit ai I created a fully functional bot with the Structured Messages.
The issue that I'm experiencing is that when I connected the wit ai bot to facebook the structured messages don't disappear.
Is there any way that I can fix that?
you will have to send the elements of structured message to facebook when you send message.
Wit.ai will set the structured elements in response objects, its your responsibility to pass it on to facebook send api.
for example for quick replies wit.ai send it as response['quickreplies'] you have to access it and send to facebook as an array with key quick_replies and extra elements
def send_text_fb_message_with_quickreplies(recipientId, msg, quickreplies)
qr = []
quickreplies.each do |i|
reply_hash = {}
reply_hash['content_type'] = 'text'
reply_hash['title'] = i
reply_hash['payload'] = i
qr.push(reply_hash)
end
Bot.deliver(
recipient: {
id: recipientId
},
message: {
text: msg,
quick_replies: qr
}
)
end
send_text_fb_message_with_quickreplies(request['sender_id'], response['text'], response['quickreplies'])
with something similar code you can convert quickreplies from wit.ai to facebook compatible quickreplies
I am adding a little customized answer based on library you are using:
In the library you are using change https://github.com/hunkim/Wit-Facebook/blob/master/facebook.js file and is function fbMessage
Check if msg.quickreplies is present, if it is present do processing and make it facebook compatible format like i did in ruby code above.
post that change
message: {
text: msg,
},
to
message: {
text: msg,
quick_replies: object_you_created
}
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I am creating a chatbot using DialogFlow. Here, I am trying to get response from the API, which has been created by my development team (using python). They provided the API URL and requested to fetch data from it according to the users query. I have created a function in the inline editor and pasted the given API URL.
Below is the API format they have created,
{
“data”: [{
“pincode”: “”,
“location_formatted_address”: “”,
“user_id”: “”,
“department_name”: “Education”,
“locality”: “”,
“status”: “Select_Status”
}]
}
Here, when a user gives a department name, it must respond the user with locality of that specific department.
In the Inline editor, I have applied the following logic to fetch the locality,
function getDatafromApI(agent){
const name = agent.parameters.name;
return getAPIData().then(res => {
res.data.map(issues => {
if(issues.department_name === name)
agent.add(`${name}. ${issues.locality}`);
intentMap.set('Fetch API', APIData);
In the above code, "name" is the parameter given in the intent section.
But, I am not getting any response. Any help?
The inline editor uses Firebase. You will have to upgrade to Firebase "Blaze" OR "Flame" plan as the "Spark"(free) plan does not allow external api calls.
However if you have already upgraded Firebase plan and still seeing this error, you can see the execution logs by clicking "view execution logs" link at bottom of Dialogflow fulfillment window.
I'm sending emails using: https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-nodejs/tree/master/packages/mail
I have not been able to find out HOW I can add the Unsubscribe equivalent. This is documented in here: https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Basics/Marketing_Campaigns/unsubscribe_groups.html#-Using-a-Custom-Unsubscribe-Link
On the website, you just use a shortcode [Unsubscribe], this does not work when sending emails via the sendgrid/mail package.
One tip that would have saved me an hour or two is that:
It's possible to send the following in the api json along with other stuff:
"asm":{
"group_id":123,
"groups_to_display": [123],
}
then the following variables become available to use within the template:
<%asm_group_unsubscribe_raw_url%>
<%asm_preferences_raw_url%>
If you want to keep things simple don't include the following variable as it fiddles with too many things (this wasn't obvious from the documentation so obviously I did so and wasted time :( ):
"tracking_settings": {
"subscription_tracking": {
"enable": true,
"substitution_tag": "[unsubscribe_url]"
}
}
Just use them in their raw format and you shall be fine.
Since you're sending using code, it's a "transactional" type of message. You'll want to either turn on the Subscription Tracking filter at the account level (via [UI](subscription tracking setting) or API), or turn it on as you send the message, as part of the mail/send API call, under tracking_settings.
It's important to note that you can't mix those. If you define anything in the mail/send API call, you'll need to define everything for Subscription Tracking in that call. SendGrid won't look at some settings at the mail level, and some at the account level.
Most users will just set it at the account level. There, you can customize the HTML & Text of the Unsubscribe footer, customize the HTML of the landing page, or redirect landing to a URL of your choosing, which will send the recipient there with ?email=test#domain.com in the URL string for your system to catch. You can also define the "replacement tag" like [%unsubscribe%], so that you can place the URL wherever you want within your HTML.
https://app.sendgrid.com/ > Suppressions > Unsubscribe Groups > Create New Group
Note down group_id/ids. e.g 123 (Only number !Not string)
Send email using node.js
const sgMail = require('#sendgrid/mail');
sgMail.setApiKey(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
const tags = { invitedBy : Alex }
const msg = {
to: email,
from: { "email": SENDER_EMAIL,
"name": SENDER_NAME
},
templateId: TEMPLATE_ID,
dynamic_template_data: {
Sender_Name: name,
...tags
},
asm: {
group_id: 123,
groups_to_display: [
123
],
},
};
await sgMail.send(msg);
The best approach is to use Group Unsubscribes.
First create a group in Sendgrid:
Groups > Unsubscribe Groups > Create a group
Next, insert a module into the Sendgrid template that creates specific tags in your email, which are populated when you make an API request
Go to your template
Insert an unsubscribe module in an HTML block
Save
Finally make an API request and specify the group created in step 1:
"asm":{
"group_id":544,
"groups_to_display": [544, 788],
}
These will be inserted into the module mentioned in step 2 when the email is sent.
Unfortunately Sendgrid unsubscribe links are not as straightforward as they could be. They are explained in more detail here
The easiest way is to do this via the SendGrid GUI.
Go to Settings -> Tracking -> Subscription Tracking
I have successfully setup a facebook-messenger webhook. Until yesterday I was able to send and receive messages as well. But today, when I am sending one message from user, I am getting multiple calls at server webhook POST API. They never seem to stop.
Do all of those calls have the same content or are they different? You could log the exact message string that facebook sends to you and see what they include.
For example there's a message delivery callback that informs you that the user received the message. The JSON looks like this:
{'delivery': {'mids': ['mid.146174459xxx:30a42600a95exxxxx'], 'seq': 429, 'watermark': 146174459xxx}, 'recipient': {'id': xxxxxxxx}, 'sender': {'id': xxxxxx}}
Edit: It could also be the case that your are not confirming incoming calls with a http status 200. If facebook receives an error from your webhook the message will be sent multiple times.
Figured it out. I was sending response to every communication that came from facebook. So I ended up responding to ACK messages as well. In turn one more ACK came. Thats why it led to infinite loop.
In this page we can find different object structures for messages recieved:
text
{
"object":"page",
"entry":[
{
"id":PAGE_ID,
"time":1457764198246,
"messaging":[
{
"sender":{
"id":USER_ID
},
"recipient":{
"id":PAGE_ID
},
"timestamp":1457764197627,
"message":{
"mid":"mid.1457764197618:41d102a3e1ae206a38",
"seq":73,
"text":"hello, world!"
}
}
]
}
]
}
Message-Delivered callback
{
"object":"page",
"entry":[
{
"id":PAGE_ID,
"time":1458668856451,
"messaging":[
{
"sender":{
"id":USER_ID
},
"recipient":{
"id":PAGE_ID
},
"delivery":{
"mids":[
"mid.1458668856218:ed81099e15d3f4f233"
],
"watermark":1458668856253,
"seq":37
}
}
]
}
]
}
So, for differentiating we can refer to entry[0].messaging[0].message this exist only in user sent message. Callback or postbacks do not contain this part.
Check for this, before responding. If it exists, respond, otherwise dont.
My problem was similar but I was getting Multiple Message delivery posts. After a few hours of frustration, I realized that Message Delivered callback is called every time the message is delivered to EVERY DEVICE. So, if you are logged into both web and mobile app, the callback would be called twice.
When working with messenger of facebook you need to take in account two things after you send the message :
A) Message Delivery
B) Message Read
Since you are working with webhooks this will be trigger everytime one of the events happen (receive a message , deliver the message you sent , the user read the message). So if you activate for example message_deliveries in your webhook and you send a message as action , you will end up in a loop.
The proper way to handle this is in the base code. PHP example :
// Skipping delivery messages
if (!empty($message['delivery'])) {
#Do something here if you want
continue;
}
// Skipping read messages
if (!empty($message['read'])) {
#Do something here if you want
continue;
}
Hope it helps !
I need to send to user's friends in facebook some link from my site or predefined message.
I got the list friends by this:
FB.api(
"/me/taggable_friends",
function (response) {
if (response && !response.error) {
console.log(response.data);
}
}
);
which is OK, I'm getting some friends.
At this question Send private messages to friends
author says I need so call method sendof API:
function facebook_send_message(to) {
FB.ui({
app_id:'xxxxxxxx',
method: 'send',
name: "sdfds jj jjjsdj j j ",
link: 'https://apps.facebook.com/xxxxxxxaxsa',
to:to,
description:'sasa d d dssd ds sd s s s '
});
}
It looks simple. Having friends as array of objects:
Object
id: "AaI7nqazWWHMkCjMrKNlvyFHWBRw......HFyppVJqjg4RBZurBg"
name: "Andre ...."
picture: Object
I hoped that I could to create array with id and use array in send-method of api in to:. But trying to start dialog I'm getting error "Bad param". The same if I use the name-property of object.
What do I do wrong ?
You can't pre-populate the list of recipients, Facebook messages are meant for user-to-user communication and not to invite people to an app or spam friends. It is not a good user-experience as well. The user should always choose the audience themselves.
I'd recommend you read the documentation for the Send dialog which contains all the information you need to make a point when communicating this to the project manager.
i am using this example to send messages to my friends.
the problem i get into is how do i use the data property to add some tracking info.
I would like to pass a var $test and then be able to read it in a json format, or even an array.
In other words, I would like to pass a var when i send the message and when they accept it and it redirect them to the canvas, i would like to be able to grab it from somewhere:
ex:
"data":[
{
"id":"167548189960088",
"application":{
"name":"Cat's Test Site",
"id":"314268391344"
},
"to":{
"name":"Cissy Lim",
"id":"100001147247007"
},
"data":"'here is my var'",
"message":"'INSERT_UT8_STRING_MSG'",
"created_time":"2011-02-16T08:37:02+0000"
},
Thanks
The "data" parameter currently only supports a string. Very annoying since Facebook seems to support json objects everywhere else. You could put a "json string" there and then eval that to a json object when you want to read it.