dashbot/examples/botcopy-example.js

Analytics for your bot

/* Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Dashbot Inc All rights reserved */
"use strict";

if (!process.env.DASHBOT_API_KEY_GENERIC) {
    throw new Error(
        '"DASHBOT_API_KEY_GENERIC" environment variable must be defined'
    );
}

const dashbot = require("../src/dashbot")(process.env.DASHBOT_API_KEY_GENERIC, {
    debug: true,
    urlRoot: process.env.DASHBOT_URL_ROOT
}).botcopy;

var readline = require("readline");
var rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout
});

function ask(question) {
    const messageForDashbot = {
        text: question,
        userId: "USERIDHERE123123",
        platformUserJson: {
            first_name: "Bob",
            last_name: "Loblaw",
            gender: "male",
            locale: "en_US"
        },
        platformJson: {
            whateverJson: "any JSON specific to your platform can be stored here"
        }
    };
    dashbot.logOutgoing(messageForDashbot);

    rl.question(question, function(answer) {
        const messageForDashbot = {
            text: answer,
            userId: "USERIDHERE123123",
            platformUserJson: {
                first_name: "Bob",
                last_name: "Loblaw",
                gender: "male",
                locale: "en_US"
            },
            platformJson: {
                whateverJson: "any JSON specific to your platform can be stored here"
            }
        };
        dashbot.logIncoming(messageForDashbot);
        if (answer === "quit") {
            rl.close();
            return;
        }
        ask("You are right when you say: " + answer + ". What else? ");
    });
}

ask("Tell me your thoughts: ");