mybot

This is a test messenger bot app build with Python - Flask library. It connects to a facebook page via a token and respose to messages sent by clients to the facebook page.

Setup Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Flask
• pymessanger
• ptyhon-dotenv
• ngrok

Environment Setup

Install Libraries

• Install python libraries to run project

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Download ngrok
• Login to ngrok from your browser.
• Follow instructions here to connect to your account from your local machine.

Facebook App Setup

• Login/Register to Facebook Developers site
• Create a new app
• Select Business app type then Click Continue
• Enter app name and Contact email Then click Create APP
• Select the Product Messenger and Click SetUp
• Create new facebook page or Add an Existing Page where you will use the bot.
• Generate an Access Token for the page. Copy and keep this token secrete and do not share with any one.

Running the App

• We would clone this repo

• Navigate to the project root folder

• create a .env file with fields

  • -> VERIFIER_JETON="add any verificatio message here"
  • -> PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN="add the token generated from facebook here"

• Now run the flask app

FLASK_APP=mybot.py flask run

• Navigate to where you downloaded the ngrok application and run ngrok.

./ngrock http 5000

• Copy the Fowarding url with https

https://230696fa7855.ngrok.io

• Go back to your facebook app settings and Edit the Webhook
• Insert the url you coppied adding /webhook to hit the webhook endpoint served by the app

https://230696fa7855.ngrok.io/webhook

• Save the configurations. The webhook config page should close without errors.
• You should see a message from your flask app terminal showing your conncetion was successfull.
• Now send a message to your faceboog page and it should respond to you directly.