botbuilder-adapter-twilio-sms
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Connect Botkit or BotBuilder to Twilio SMS
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botbuilder-adapter-twilio-sms
Connect Botkit or BotBuilder to Twilio SMS.
This package contains an adapter that communicates directly with the Twilio API, and translates messages to and from a standard format used by your bot. This package can be used alongside your favorite bot development framework to build bots that work with Twilio SMS.
Install Package
Add this package to your project using npm:
npm install --save botbuilder-adapter-twilio-sms
Import the adapter class into your code:
const { TwilioAdapter } = require('botbuilder-adapter-twilio-sms');
Get Started
If you are starting a brand new project, follow these instructions to create a customized application template.
Use TwilioAdapter in your App
TwilioAdapter provides a translation layer for Botkit and BotBuilder so that bot developers can connect to Twilio SMS and have access to the Twilio API.
Botkit Basics
When used in concert with Botkit, developers need only pass the configured adapter to the Botkit constructor, as seen below. Botkit will automatically create and configure the webhook endpoints and other options necessary for communicating with Twilio.
Developers can then bind to Botkit's event emitting system using controller.on
and controller.hears
to filter and handle incoming events from the messaging platform. Learn more about Botkit's core feature →.
const adapter = new TwilioAdapter({
twilio_number: process.env.TWILIO_NUMBER,
account_sid: process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
auth_token: process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN,
});
const controller = new Botkit({
adapter,
// ...other options
});
controller.on('message', async(bot, message) => {
await bot.reply(message, 'I heard a message!');
});
BotBuilder Basics
Alternately, developers may choose to use TwilioAdapter
with BotBuilder. With BotBuilder, the adapter is used more directly with a webserver, and all incoming events are handled as Activities.
const adapter = new TwilioAdapter({
twilio_number: process.env.TWILIO_NUMBER,
account_sid: process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
auth_token: process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN,
});
const server = restify.createServer();
server.use(restify.plugins.bodyParser());
server.post('/api/messages', (req, res) => {
adapter.processActivity(req, res, async(context) => {
await context.sendActivity('I heard a message!');
});
});
Class Reference
Event List
Botkit will emit the following events:
| Event | Description |--- |--- | message | a message from a user | picture_message | a message with a picture attached
Calling Twilio APIs
This package exposes a pre-configured Twilio API client for developers who want to use one of the many available API endpoints.
In Botkit handlers, the bot
worker object passed into all handlers will contain a bot.api
field that contains the client, preconfigured and ready to use.
controller.on('message', async(bot, message) {
// create a message using the API directly
let res = await bot.api.messages.create(my_message_object);
});
Botkit Extensions
In Botkit handlers, the bot
worker for Twilio contains all of the base methods as well as the following platform-specific extensions:
bot.startConversationWithUser()
Use this method to initiate a conversation with a user. After calling this method, any further actions carried out by the bot worker will happen with the specified user.
This can be used to create or resume conversations with users that are not in direct response to an incoming message, like those sent on a schedule or in response to external events.
Community & Support
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You can also find help from members of the Botkit team in our dedicated Cisco Spark room!
About Botkit
Botkit is a part of the Microsoft Bot Framework.
Want to contribute? Read the contributor guide
Botkit is released under the MIT Open Source license