Following this link:
https://chatbotslife.com/custom-api-ai-chatbot-using-botui-58d673155c7d

Issues are:

1. There are many js files which are created in separate folders but where does that folders exist or does this folder need to be created manually?

2. why does express module after following the instruction not able recognize the command
   express --view=ejs my_cool_bot view is not executed getting this error
   C:\Users\shrinidhi_ha\Documents\chatbotui>express --view=ejs my_cool_bot view
   'express' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
   operable program or batch file.

3. why node bin/www throw this error
   module.js:545
   throw err;
   ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\shrinidhi_ha\Documents\chatbotui\bin\www'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:543:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:470:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:690:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:194:16)
at bootstrap_node.js:666:3
4. Go to public/javascripts and create a new file and name it convo.js what does this mean? where should we look out for public/javascripts folder?

directory structure in C Drive Documents of my system

please help me out in resolving the issue as i am a new comer to botui development. I am from a background java, javascript development but unable to trace out this issue.
enclosing the js files and package.json file created for chatbotui program.

chatbotui.zip

running on centOS 7

[root@ai bot-dialogflow-master]# node bin/www
module.js:549
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'serve-favicon'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (/home/primtek/bot-dialogflow-master/bot-dialogflow-master/app.js:3:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
[root@ai bot-dialogflow-master]#

i am not able to run the project due to the proxy.please help me how to put proxy in www

I follow the step as show in your blog.
seems like everything works but after the first message 'Hello'
input box goes away and nothing happens.
I'm not able to figure out this problem.
and in console gives error like:
GET http://localhost:8010/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=polling&t=LxgVYPO net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED at polling-xhr.js:264

Hi,
I want to use fr java script and html , for my cutomized bot and in javascript 'require' is not defined and showing Reference error. So is there any solution for it?

All installation is good and I can communicate successfully with Dialogflow. However, I notice that it is under 1 single dialog regardless of the browser that I would use. This can be quite a security issue since multiple users are speaking using a single session ID. What should be the modification so that the ID can be assigned to different users (e.g. different browser, ip address) or different session once browser is closed?

running bin/www is throwing an error even though I followed the exact steps mentioned

C:\Users........\bot-api.ai>node bin/www
module.js:549
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'serve-favicon'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (C:\Users......\bot-api.ai\app.js:3:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

Hi,

I've tried to deploy to heroku but it isn't working. I am getting this polling error below in the console and do not know how to change the 8010 to a port that works.

polling-xhr.js:264 GET http://localhost:8010/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=polling&t=MIEd4F3 0 ()

I tried replacing all the 8010 ports to be the same as the one heroku has assigned in the www file process.env.PORT but it gives a different error saying that the port is already in use. Please let me know what I need to change in both client and server code for it to be deployed to heroku.

I really appreciate your time and help!

Hi Shushant,

I believe a fix may be needed in sock.js: on line 20 we have:

api.getRes('hello').then(function(res){

I could only get the bot to show me correct responses from APIAI when I changed this line to:

api.getRes(data.client).then(function(res){

Also, I don't know why, but when I get the first correct response in the browser, I don't see a prompt/field to enter the next questions. I played with the code in convo.js but could not make it work.

Thanks again,
Andrei

Hi Sushant,

Thanks very much for your tutorial/article on Chatbotslife and the project. I have:

• cloned the repo
• run npm install
• modified the api.js file (and verified that I get results from my api.ai agent)

when I run node bin/www, nothing happens - nothing appears in the CMD screen or anywhere else

I think I am missing something both important and simple; please let me know what that might be.

Thanks,
Andrei Link