Original README

echo_bot

A bot that echoes back user response

This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a simple bot that accepts input from the user and echoes it back.

Prerequisites

This sample requires prerequisites in order to run.

Install Python 3.6

Running the sample

• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all dependencies
• Run python app.py

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Dialogs
• Gathering Input Using Prompts
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service

Further notes

starting the Virtual Environment and launching the app

See this page for how to set up the virtual environment but you have it configured at /Documents/azurebot/

1. cd into the azurebot repo on a cmd line.
2. Run venv\Scripts\activate.bat.
3. cd into the echo_bot dir.
4. Run set OPENAI_API_KEY=YourKeyHere.
5. Start the app with python app.py.
6. Connect to the Bot using the Bot Framework Emulator

To do

1. Test web-scraper functionality - need to add a test site and make sure it picks the right elements.

2. Need to also update requirements and dependencies