45.state-management

Save user and conversation data

This sample demonstrates how to save user and conversation data in a Node.js bot. The bot maintains conversation state to track and direct the conversation and ask the user questions. The bot maintains user state to track the user's answers.

Prerequisites

• Node.js version 10.14.1 or higher.

  # determine node version
  node --version

To try this sample

• Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git

• In a terminal, navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/45.state-management

  cd samples/javascript_nodejs/45.state-management

• Install modules

  npm install

• Run the sample

  npm start

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading

• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Bot State
• Write directly to storage
• Managing conversation and user state
• Restify
• dotenv