botkit-fb-quick-reply

A Botkit middleware to handle Facebook Messenger's quick reply in an intuitive manner

Using this Botkit middleware allows your controller to "listen" on Facebook Messenger quick reply payloads instead of the quick reply label/text. In addition, it also supports backwards compatibility to prevent breaking any existing code.

The message object is updated to the following:

message.payload = message.quick_reply.payload;
message.text = message.quick_reply.payload;
message.label = message.quick_reply.text;
message.type = eventName || 'facebook_quick_reply';

Install

$ npm install --save botkit-fb-quick-reply

Usage

const quickReplyMiddleware = require('botkit-fb-quick-reply');

// Load middleware
quickReplyMiddleware(controller);
// Now controller can handle "facebook_quick_reply" events and set messages accordingly
// messages.label = quick reply text label
// message.payload = quick reply payload

// Listen to events by the payload
controller.hears('MY_QUICK_REPLY_PAYLOAD', 'facebook_quick_reply', doSomething);

// Listen to a payload that can be provided from a postback OR quick reply
controller.hears('MY_QUICK_REPLY_PAYLOAD', ['facebook_quick_reply', 'facebook_postback'], doSomethingElse);

API

botkitFbQuickReply(controller [, options])

controller

Type: object

A botkit configured controller

options

Configure the middleware

options.eventName

Type: string Default: facebook_quick_reply

Override the default quick reply event name. For example, you can use facebook_postback if you feel have overlapping functionalities from the menu or quick replies.

options.backwardsCompatibility

Type: boolean Default: false

This will trigger both a message_received in the default behavior, and in the new facebook_quick_reply event. Thus activate this if you want backwards compability, but want to use the newer means of handling quick reply events.

License

MIT © Mako AI