FBBotTemplate: A simple Golang Facebook Bot Template

Installation and Usage

1. Just Deploy the same on Heroku

Remember your heroku ID and app address. ex: https://APP_ADDRESS.herokuapp.com/

2. Create a Facebook Page

Make sure you already have Facebook account, if you need use FB Bot.

3. Go to Facebook Developer to create App

Create App, need select as follow:

• New App type [Web App], create app
• Add new product [Messenger]

4. Configuration Messenger Bot

Get token from Faccebook page.

• Select a "Page" you own.
• Go to "Meseenger" product.
• It will generate token
• copy it and store it.

5. Paste Token to Heroku

Go to heroku dashboard, go to "Setting" -> "Config Variables".

• Add "Config Vars"
• Name -> "TOKEN"
• Value use token facebook app.

6. Back Facebook App configuration

• Go to "Messenger" product
• Go to "Setup Webhooks"
• Fill https://APP_ADDRESS.herokuapp.com/webhook in callback URL.
• Fill your token in "token".
• Checked the checkbox "message_deliveres", "messages".

If your configuration is correct, it will show "completed".

Also remember to choose correct page in this setting.

7. Request basic permissions

In Messenger application review, press "Request Premission".

• Checked the "pages_messaging".

How to testing it.

• Go to your spcific "page" in Facebook.
• Press "Send Message"

Video Tutorial to deploy this Bot

• How to deploy FBBot using Golang and Heroku in 5 mins

How to modification your Bot Code

• Fork code here
• Add remote repo https://git.heroku.com/APP_ADDRESS.git
• Modify code on main.go first. especially in MessageReceived().
• Commit and push it back to heroku git push heroku master.

Inspired By

• Provides a GO SDK for Facebook's messenger-platform
• FB: Messenger Platform/Getting Started
• [教學] Facebook Messenger API
• 用Python開發Facebook Bot

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.