15.handling-attachments

Handling Attachments

Bot Framework v4 handling attachments bot sample

This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to send outgoing attachments and how to save attachments to disk.

Running the sample

• Clone the repository

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

• Bring up a terminal, navigate to botbuilder-samples\samples\python\15.handling-attachments folder
• Activate your desired virtual environment
• In the terminal, type pip install -r requirements.txt
• Run your bot with python app.py

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Microsoft 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 from here

Connect to bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Paste this URL in the emulator window - http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Attachments

A message exchange between user and bot may contain cards and media attachments, such as images, video, audio, and files. The types of attachments that may be sent and received varies by channel. Additionally, a bot may also receive file attachments.

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

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Activity processing
• Attachments
• Channels and Bot Connector Service
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal