emploji-bot @ Focus days 2017

emploji bot as Employee self service assitant / focus days 2017 - internal hackathon AXA Winterthur

Additional readme: checkout our hackzurich AXA 2016 GitHub for other ressources how to setup nodejs, Visual Studio Code, Mongodb if needed, Debugging, Nodemon

Preconditions

• download and install nodejs environment
• download and install keypass (to read our passwords)
• download ngrok
• download Microsoft Bot Emulator
• login to Microsoft Bot framework: registering Bot
• login to Microsoft LUIS.ai: learning sentences (intents)
• login to Botsociety.io: designing the bot

install nodejs environment

• https://nodejs.org/
• Download V6.10.* version and install
• Alternative Linux+Mac using https://github.com/creationix/nvm to support multiple version
• nvm please use version 6.10.3 as "node" version not 7.x

install node monitor

to be able to automatically restart nodejs after a change in a file See our hackzurich documentation

install keypass

• Download and install http://keepass.info/ to have access to our secured environments
• See file emploji-pass.kdbx

ngrok - secure tunnels to localhost

• download from https://ngrok.com/

Microsoft Bot Emulator

• download the emulator to test locally or remote bots
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/debug-bots-emulator
• Latest Windows Installer: https://emulator.botframework.com/
• Mac, Linux Installer: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/releases
• install ngrok as described in article

Microsoft botframework

• https://dev.botframework.com

• Login with microsoft Live ID (emploji@gmail.com)

• Principles of bot design https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/bot-design-principles

• Quickstart Guide documentation NodeJS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/nodejs/bot-builder-nodejs-quickstart

• Examples on gitHub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/nodejs/bot-builder-nodejs-samples

Microsoft LUIS / Language Understanding Intelligent Service

• https://www.luis.ai
• Login with microsoft Live ID (employji@gmail.com)

Install & run Bot

Download emploji-bot template

git clone https://github.com/lolo8304/emploji-bot.git

configure .env

cp _env .env

edit .env file and configure the 3 settings

use entry in keypass "MICROSOFT_APP_ID emploji bot"

• MICROSOFT_APP_ID= use "user-id" from entry
• MICROSOFT_APP_PASSWORD= use "password" from entry

use entry in keypass "MICROSOFT_LUIS_MODEL"

• MICROSOFT_LUIS_MODEL= use "MICROSOFT_LUIS_MODEL" entry

verify the BOT_DOMAIN pointing to localhost or server

• BOT_DOMAIN_URL=http://localhost:3800
• BOT_DOMAIN_URL=https://emploji-bot.herokuapp.com

verify the DB_URL pointing to localhost (no user and password needed)

• DB_APP_URL=localhost:27018/emploji-bot

verify the DB_URL pointing to remote DB if needed (user and password needed)

• DB_APP_URL=domain:port/name
• DB_APP_USER=user
• DB_APP_PWD=pwd

Run

using npm install at 1st start or while adding new modules ins packages.json

cd emploji-bot
npm install

using npm

cd emploji-bot
npm start

using npm-monitor

every change of a file will restart

cd emploji-bot
./start-npm.sh

or windows

cd emploji-bot
start-npm.bat

Test with emulator

• start emulator
• enter URL: http://localhost:3800/api/messages
• fill in the credentials from keypass
• type 'start' or 'hello'
• if all is fine you should see this

Test with browser

• start npm
• open URL: http://localhost:3800
• stype "start"
• and you should see the "emploji"
• type "testen" and try "5 Tage Ferien am 23.4.2016"
• type "hilfe" and try "was ist focus days"
• buttons does not work !!!!! will fix it

start new conversation

• use "new conversation" or "refresh" in emulator

Design and test Bot

Design with botsociety.io

we are using https://botsociety.io to design bot conversations.

Edit and test bot

• use Chrome Browser
• use https://botsociety.io
• Login with our account emploji@gmail.com
• edit / create new bot
• ...

Update Bot to simulate

• open new Browser Tab
• https://emploji-simulator.herokuapp.com/
• click on "Chrome snippet" to get javascript to execute
• Ctrl+a / Cmd+a to select all
• Ctrl+c / Cmd+c to copy
• Menu - "more tools" - "Developer tools"
• Tab "Source"
• 
• "Run" the snippet
• The script creates a JSON file and is uploading it to the central server (based on the script)
• output

bot posting to your.domain.com ... Capture BotSociety:100 ... successfully done