BotFramework

Ruby client to make stateful bots using the Microsoft Bot Framework.

Currently under development; don't try this in production until v1.0

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'bot_framework'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install bot_framework

Usage

Simple echo bot:

BotFramework.configure do |connector|
  connector.app_id = ENV['MICROSOFT_APP_ID']
  connector.app_secret = ENV['MICROSOFT_APP_SECRET']
end

BotFramework::Bot.on :activity do |activity|
  # Activity.id , identifier of the activity
  # activity.timestamp
  # activity.channel_id
  # activity.from, sender 
  # activity.conversation
  # activity.topic_name
  # activity.locale
  # activity.text
  # and so on

  reply(activity,activity.text)
end

Emulator

You can use Bot Framework Emulator for testing your bot in local system.

• Download https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator
• run rackup in the bot directory
• Give url(default url for rackup is localhost:9292) and Bot Framework credentials in the emulator

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/tachyons/botframework-ruby. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.