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Any plans on making this fix ?

"Breaking Change Notice - messaging_type Property Required (Effective May 7, 2018)

As of the release of Messenger Platform v2.2, we are requesting developers to include the messaging_type property in all message sends.

Beginning May 7, 2018, this property will be required for all message sends. After this date, message sends that do not include messaging_type will return an error and not be delivered.

For more information on the messaging_type property, see Sending Messages - Messaging Types below."

Please see here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/reference/send-api/

I get this error when im trying to message the bot

SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0
at JSON.parse ()
at _clone (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\botly\lib\Botly.js:575:17)
at Botly.handleMessage (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\botly\lib\Botly.js:494:18)
at router.post (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\botly\lib\Botly.js:99:18)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.
js:95:5)
at next (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:137:13)
at Route.dispatch (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:112:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.
js:95:5)
at somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:281:22
at Function.process_params (somepath\BotlyBot\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:335:12
)

I put PageID in a variable, then here is my code:

botly.setGreetingText({
    pageId: fb_page_id,
    "greeting":[
        {
        "locale":"default",
        "text":"Hello!"
        }, {
        "locale":"en_us",
        "text":"Timeless apparel for the masses."
        }
    ]}, (err, body) => {
    //log it
});

Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

Is there a sample of conversation with bot / chain message using Botly? Cant find it in examples folder

For example
it will ask my name, save the value i entered then trigger next question and so on.

I have made a plugin for Hapi.js to work with botly.
Is it OK for you that I publish it to NPM?

Stefan

my code is :

const express = require("express");
const Botly = require("botly");
//const startup = require('./staticstuff');

const pageAccessToken =  'page_access_token_from_facebook'
const verificationToken = 'some_text';
const botly = new Botly({
   accessToken: pageAccessToken, //page access token provided by facebook
    verifyToken: verificationToken, //needed when using express - the verification token you provided when defining the webhook in facebook
    webHookPath: '/', //defaults to "/",
    notificationType: Botly.CONST.REGULAR //already the default (optional),
});

botly.on("message", (senderId, message, data) => {
    let text = `echo: ${data.text}`;

    botly.sendText({
      id: senderId,
      text: text
    });
});


const app = express();
app.use("/webhook", botly.router());
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000);

Webhook is successfully verified ! but.....
WHEN I SEND A MESSAGE ON THE BOT... THIS HAPPENS
Error from heroku Logs :

2017-08-09T22:37:59.865092+00:00 app[web.1]: SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865108+00:00 app[web.1]: at Object.parse (native) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865109+00:00 app[web.1]: at _clone (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:600:17) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865123+00:00 app[web.1]: at Botly.handleMessage (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:511:18) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865123+00:00 app[web.1]: at router.post.ex (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:99:18) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865129+00:00 app[web.1]: at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865129+00:00 app[web.1]: at next (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865130+00:00 app[web.1]: at Route.dispatch (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865130+00:00 app[web.1]: at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5) 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865131+00:00 app[web.1]: at /app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22 2017-08-09T22:37:59.865131+00:00 app[web.1]: at Function.process_params (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)

Hi,

Is it possible to use the Request Thread Control API?

Kind regards,
Génesis

Can't validate callback URL (/webhook).

Hello, setGreetingText is exists on the botly.js, but not mentioned in the readme.

AND if I use it, like this:

botly.setGreetingText({pageId: process.env.PAGE_ID, text: 'Hi my name is ...!'}, function (err, body) {
        console.log("greeting cb:", err, body);
    });

... nothing happend.

Hey, came across this today when searching NPM, I'm going to give botly a try. Do you have plans of supporting TypeScript? I think the FB Messenger API is simple enough not to need it, but just asking in case there are some plans to.

With the launch of Graph API v3.1, Facebook has announced that the User Profile API will henceforth only return name, first_name, last_name, and profile_pic fields by default.

Access to additional profile fields (locale, timezone, gender) are denied by default unless apps request and get additional permissions.

In botly, the getUserProfile() function currently requests for first_name, last_name, profile_pic, locale, timezone, and gender fields explicitly. Due to the above changes by Facebook, this API request from botly now fails for all new apps (until they request additional permissions), and soon for existing apps too.

Can we have the getUserProfile() function accept the set of fields as an argument, so apps using botly can decide (based on their needs) what fields to request in the facebook API?

(We can make the function signature change non-breaking by also handling an undefined fields argument to simply request for default profile fields)

Any idea why I am getting this error on Heroku:

Error: Cannot find module '/app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/grpc_node.node'
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206460+00:00 app[web.1]: at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206461+00:00 app[web.1]: at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206461+00:00 app[web.1]: at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206462+00:00 app[web.1]: at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206463+00:00 app[web.1]: at Object. (/app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/src/grpc_extension.js:38:15)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206463+00:00 app[web.1]: at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206464+00:00 app[web.1]: at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206464+00:00 app[web.1]: at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206465+00:00 app[web.1]: at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
2017-03-16T22:45:46.206466+00:00 app[web.1]: at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
2017-03-16T22:45:56.884962+00:00 app[web.1]: module.js:471
2017-03-16T22:45:56.884973+00:00 app[web.1]: throw err;
2017-03-16T22:45:56.884974+00:00 app[web.1]: ^

For exemple for getUserProfile, it would be great to return a promise.

I am getting this connection error when I click on the postback call from the persistent menu, here is my menu code:

 setMenu(pageId) {
    this.setPersistentMenu({
      pageId: pageId,
      menu: [
            {
               "locale":"default",
               "composer_input_disabled":false,
               "call_to_actions":[
                  {
                    "title": "ℹ️  Menu",
                    "type": "postback",
                    "payload": "MENU",
                  },
                  {
                    "title": '💬  Contact Us',
                    "type": "web_url",
                    "url": "https://m.me/jsapp",
                  },
               ]
             },
           ]
    }, (err, body) => {
      console.log("MENU " + JSON.stringify(err))
      console.log("MENU " + JSON.stringify(body))
    })
  }

At first it works fine but after a while it keeps sending me this error. Anybody else had this issue?

No error log.

Hello botly users,

I have a question, how could i pass parameters through a postback button ?

I explain my issue : i have a carousel that is generated by a loop from a mongoDB search (i search from tags and my carousel is generated by the number of docs that contain this tag), on this carousel i have a button to view it on webview and one else that will be send to a payload.

This payload is called "Add to favorites" but i have a problem, i want to pass the element parameter (so it's something like docs[number] because it's an array of elements) from the carousel to this payload and others (like show my favorites etc) but i can't or at least i don't know how. Anyone has an answer ? 😞

My english is really bad and i'm sorry for that, if you need more explaination or maybe screens or something else, feel free to tell me !

When I first tried to add it, persistent menu was shown input text box disappeared. So I remove it but it's still there. Do you know why?

Here is the code I used:

botly.setPersistentMenu({
        pageId: fb_page_id, 
        menu: [
            {
            "locale":"default",
            "composer_input_disabled":true,
            "call_to_actions":[
                {
                "title":"My Account",
                "type":"nested",
                "call_to_actions":[
                    {
                    "title":"Pay Bill",
                    "type":"postback",
                    "payload":"PAYBILL_PAYLOAD"
                    },
                    {
                    "title":"History",
                    "type":"postback",
                    "payload":"HISTORY_PAYLOAD"
                    },
                    {
                    "title":"Contact Info",
                    "type":"postback",
                    "payload":"CONTACT_INFO_PAYLOAD"
                    }
                ]
                },
                {
                "type":"web_url",
                "title":"Latest News",
                "url":"http://petershats.parseapp.com/hat-news",
                "webview_height_ratio":"full"
                }
            ]
            },
            {
                "locale":"zh_CN",
                "composer_input_disabled":false
            }
    ]}, (err, body) => {
        //log it
    });

Hello , got this message error :

error: TypeError: Cannot read property 'forEach' of undefined at Botly.body.entry.forEach.entry (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:515:24) at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at Botly.handleMessage (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:514:16) at router.post (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:99:18) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5) at next (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13) at Route.dispatch (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5) at /data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22 at Function.process_params (/data/web/nodjs-botnik/web/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)

Don't really understand why... This error come anytime i interact with the Chatbot, but this one is working anyway. It don't shut down the server but it's quite annoying to see an error message like this.
Hope someone could have an answer ! 👍

Thank you for creating amazing package.

I want to create a bot which could listen to multiple Page and send message to user. But now Botly only support one access_token.

Best Regard.

I know there is a function to send attachments,images, etc but what shall I do if I want to store a attachment on my server?

hey - just found this here. very interesting and good to see you implement the full FB APIs.

do you plan to add anything for conversations etc? like botkit and msbot framework?

I get this error at every Payload.

TypeError: Cannot read property 'forEach' of undefined
    at Botly.body.entry.forEach.entry (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:515:24)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Botly.handleMessage (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:514:16)
    at router.post (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:99:18)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22
    at Function.process_params (/Users/sushantshekhar/Work/BOTUPON/bookingbotdemo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)

PROBLEM

In Botly.js, the URL to graph.facebook.com is hard-coded.

const FB_URL = 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/';
const FB_MESSENGER_URL = `${FB_URL}/me/messages`;

Apps (such as mine) using this module are not able to do functional automation testing using a facebook simulator because the hardcoded URLs always force all interactions towards graph.facebook.com.

PROPOSAL

Without breaking compatibility, can we optionally override this URL using process.env?
Something like this:

const FB_URL = process.env.FB_URL || 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/';

This way, apps that want to plug in a simulator for tests can do so without breaking other apps that are already using this module?

I have the change ready and working. I can raise a PR for this.

Hello, this is my first bot and I would like to provide a typing indicator to allow users to see whether the message they sent is being processed or not.

I took a look at the Facebook Send API reference and wrote the following code:

botly.send({recipient: {id: senderId}, sender_action: "typing_on"}, function(err, data) { console.log(data); });

I am getting the following console output:

{ error: { message: '(#100) Must send either message or state', type: 'OAuthException', code: 100, error_subcode: 2018015, fbtrace_id: 'H1BxIEyCbKk' } }

Any help with this will be immensely appreciated. Thank you!

Hi,
I miss the configuration for custom and pre-configurable headers like X-Hub-Signature.

The HTTP request will contain an X-Hub-Signature header which contains the SHA1 signature of the request payload, using the app secret as the key, and prefixed with sha1=. Your callback endpoint can verify this signature to validate the integrity and origin of the payload

In Short.. I am trying to save(in var) a message user sends me after a payload.

Longer Version..
Suppose a user clicks on the menu where he is supposed to tell me his/her phone number.
I get a payload "send_number"
Now i want to save the number to a variable.

How do i do this?
the message event takes in any message !```

botly.on("message", (sender, message, data) => {

});

in Botly.js @ line 474 within method Botly.prototype.createListTemplate
the code top_element_style: TOP_ELEMENT_STYLE.LARGE || options.top_element_style
should be changed to
top_element_style: options.top_element_style || TOP_ELEMENT_STYLE.LARGE

otherwise it is always the style is always set to large

After I use setGetStarted as it showed in the readme, I can't figure it out, why not working for me?

The Readme button is shown, but on action it won't disappear and change back to text input.

botly.setGetStarted({pageId: process.env.PAGE_ID, payload: 'GET_STARTED_CLICKED'}, function (err, body) {
        console.log("welcome cb:", err, body);
});

Do you have plan implementing file upload functions?
For now it only accept attachment from payload.
it would be great if botly can upload attachment from local files or streaming from other libs such as node-webshot.

curl  \
  -F recipient='{"id":"USER_ID"}' \
  -F message='{"attachment":{"type":"file", "payload":{}}}' \
  -F filedata=@/tmp/receipt.pdf \
  "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages?access_token=PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN" 

Botly currently uses Facebook Graph API v2.6 which is going to work only until July 13, 2018.

(See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/changelog)

We must qualify and upgrade the graph API version so all apps/bots using Botly can be ready by July 2018, else things will stop working as soon as graph API v2.6 expires.

If we bump this to v2.12, we're set until at least mid-2020.

Was thinking how to better organise my code and keep the menus in different files so I don't clutter the main app.js I can require but not sure how to go about it since they require lots of information from the main app.js ? Anyone got an example ?
Should I pass everything I need to return mainMenu(); ? like return mainMenu(botly,Botly,sender) ?

Steps to reproduce:

• Follow intro demo instructions

Actual behavior:

TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'message' of 1214502681935759
   at Botly.router.Botly.getPSID.Botly.getUserProfile.Botly.setGetStarted.Botly.setPersistentMenu.Botly.send.Botly.sendAction.Botly.sendText (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:245:21)
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/index.js:24:11)
   at Botly.emit (events.js:188:7)
   at Botly._handleUserMessage (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:386:14)
   at emitThree (events.js:110:13)
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:334:32)
   at Array.forEach (native)
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:329:25)
   at Botly.router.Botly.getPSID.Botly.getUserProfile.Botly.setGetStarted.Botly.setPersistentMenu.Botly.send.Botly.sendAction.Botly.handleMessage.body.entry.forEach [as handleMessage] (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:328:16)
   at Array.forEach (native)
   at=info method=POST path="/webhook/" host=lit-fjord-55925.herokuapp.com request_id=3450cd2d-9b2f-4485-9e1b-4210842b104a fwd="173.252.88.183" dyno=web.1 connect=1ms service=4ms status=200 bytes=196
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/index.js:24:11)
TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'message' of 1214502681935759
   at Botly.router.Botly.getPSID.Botly.getUserProfile.Botly.setGetStarted.Botly.setPersistentMenu.Botly.send.Botly.sendAction.Botly.sendText (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:245:21)
   at Botly.emit (events.js:188:7)
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:334:32)
   at emitThree (events.js:110:13)
   at Botly._handleUserMessage (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:386:14)
   at Botly.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:329:25)
   at Array.forEach (native)
   at Array.forEach (native)
   at Botly.router.Botly.getPSID.Botly.getUserProfile.Botly.setGetStarted.Botly.setPersistentMenu.Botly.send.Botly.sendAction.Botly.handleMessage.body.entry.forEach [as handleMessage] (/app/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:328:16)

• Expected behavior: acks Facebook callback without erro

Due to invalid argument (should be object)

Is possible reply with multiple messages using Bolty? some code example?

Hi, I just trying the sample code and keep getting the following error when I try to sent message to the bot. Could not figure out what caused it.

SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0
at Object.parse (native)
at _clone (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:569:17)
at Botly.handleMessage (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:488:18)
at router.post.ex (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/botly/lib/Botly.js:94:18)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at next (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:131:13)
at Route.dispatch (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at /opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:277:22
at Function.process_params (/opt/bitnami/apps/yeepee-messenger-bot/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:330:12)

I am trying to create a share button like this:

                let buttons = [];
    buttons.push(botly.create());
    botly.sendButtons({
        id: senderId,
        text: "some text",
        buttons: buttons
    }, ((err, resp) => {
        console.log("Err: ", JSON.stringify(err));
        console.log("resp: ", JSON.stringify(resp));
    }));

But nothing shows up and on console.log shows this:

Err:  null
resp:  {"error":{"message":"(#100) Invalid button type","type":"OAuthException","code":100,"error_subcode":2018037,"fbtrace_id":"FhJ0FhIk6C2"}}

Hi,

My use case involves one single bot taking care of multiple pages. I needed to get it done quickly so I made my own fork and added this function to it.This way I can change the access token based on the pageID that I get on every message.

I was wondering if a similar feature is already provided by botly and if so, what the proper way to switch tokens?

Thanks!