The Kerala State Financial Enterprises Ltd (KSFE) is a leading public sector financial institution in Kerala. It is a Miscellaneous Non-Banking Company fully owned by Government of Kerala providing services like chit funds, deposits and loans.
KSFE is one of the most profit-making public sector undertaking in Kerala with a revenue of more than ₹73,000 crore (US$8.8 billion) having more than 8300 employees and more than 670 branches.
- Open developers.facebook.com and choose “Create New App”.
- Select usecase: ‘Other” → Select app type: “Business” → Add and app name, email and select a business account (KSFE’s Facebook Page) → Enter password to continue.
- Choose WhatsApp as a Product to finish the process.
- Setup test numbers.a
Or follow this tutorial.
- Fork the GitHub repository anuragpoolakkal/ksfebot OR download the code, create a new repository and upload the code into it.
- Create
.envfile and copy & paste the content of .env.example fileinto it. - Fill credentials of services used in the application.
- Facebook Developers: Get ACCESS_TOKEN and PHONE_NUMBER_ID. You can set a secret string as VERIFY_TOKEN. This token will be needed to set CallbackURL in step 5.
- OpenAI: Create an API Key by logging into your OpenAI account. Our finetuned model id (email me at [email protected] for it) can be used as model.
- Credentials for @googlecloud/translate is required for translation services used in the application. The setup can be done by following this video.
- MongoDB credentials are required to store user details when they use ‘Request a call’ feature. Create a MongoDB database and paste the URI in .env file.
- Host the application in a server. Eg: Railway.app
- Open developers.facebook.com → Setup Webhook CallbackURL in https://{SERVER_URL}/endpoint format. E.g., if server URL is ksfe.example.com, then set callback URL as https://ksfe.example.com/endpoint. Enter your verify token to finish.
The application is now in test mode, in a test phone number. It can only serve 5 verified users. To add our phone number as the number people can use to access the bot, you’ve to create a WhatsApp business profile in business.facebook.com. To make it available for users, business verification has to be done in business.facebook.com. I cannot explain this step as I’m unable to complete it with my Facebook account. Visit business.facebook.com.