01-hello-world-bot

Hello World Bot

Prerequisites

Please install the following prerequisites.

• NodeJS 8
• VSCode - IDE. VSCode can do anything. :-)
• Azure Functions for Visual Studio Code - VSCode extension to run the Azure functions host locally and lot of other cool features
• Azure Functions Pack - Package azure functions for optimization.
• Bot Emulator - Emulator to test the bot.

To install NodeJS(8.x) - At this time, NodeJS 10 is not supported by Azure Functions

brew install node@8

To install Azure Functions for Visual Studio, run the below command.

brew tap azure/functions
brew install azure-functions-core-tools

To install Azure functions pack, run the below command

npm install -g azure-functions-pack

Start and test your bot

In visual studio code, go to debug window and launch "Attach to Javascript functions" configuration.

Start the emulator and connect your bot

After you start your bot, connect to your bot in the emulator:

1. Type http://localhost:7071/api/messages into the address bar. (This is the default endpoint that your bot listens to when hosted locally.)
2. Click Connect. You won't need to specify Microsoft App ID and Microsoft App Password. You can leave these fields blank for now. You'll get this information later when you register your bot.

Try out your bot

Now that your bot is running locally and is connected to the emulator, try out your bot by typing a few messages in the emulator. You should see that the bot responds to each message you send by echoing back

You sent <message> which was <message length> characters

For eg: If you send hello, you might see You sent hello which was 5 characters

You've successfully created your first bot using the Bot Builder SDK for Node.js!