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Hi @dcsan - thanks!,
I don't think it is necessary to implement something that botkit already did.
I provide a more low level sdk that you can use to create your own higher level sdk or use as is.
That being said, if I'll see demand for it, I will consider it :)

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yea, could be right. well maybe some example integration with a api.ai or other "conversation system" or NLP tools could be helpful...

are you just coding your bots using raw regexes? managing conversation state is quite a pain...

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I integrate today with WIT.ai. But I use it for NLP only.
I do manage the conversation state myself - it is a small pain but it is consistent and I have full control over it.

I will add some integration examples soon, thanks.

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yes control is good ;)

I had some problems when in the middle of a bot kit conversation, and a menu event comes in from somewhere - ie not a conversation event. it's hard to exit the conversation. ms bot framework seems a bit more flexible for changing state to jump across trees, not just out of the loop.

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@miki2826 Hi Miki 2826 can you please post integration to wi.ai example. I am trying to integrate to wit.ai but kinda new to this.
Thank you.

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Hi @chiransudha ,

There are few ways to use WIT API.

• The message API (for entity extraction)

const botly = new Botly({
    accessToken: "FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN"
    verifyToken: 'VERIFICATION_TOKEN'
});
const client = new Wit({accessToken: 'MY_TOKEN'});
botly.on('message', (sender, message, data) => {
   client.message(data.text, {})
   .then((data) => {
      console.log('Yay, got Wit.ai response: ' + JSON.stringify(data));
   })
   .catch(console.error);
});

• The bot engine way
  Take a look at the WIT facebook messenger example: https://github.com/wit-ai/node-wit/blob/master/examples/messenger.js

With botly you can save the whole wiring with express and just call wit.runActions on message.
Also, replace the send action implementation with your own using botly.sendText for example

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