This sample shows how to use the prompts classes included in botbuilder-dialogs. This bot will ask for the user's name, then store the response. It demonstrates a 2-step dialog flow using a prompt, as well as using the state accessors to store and retrieve values.
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git
- In a terminal, navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/04.simple-prompt
cd samples/javascript_nodejs/04.simple-prompt - Install modules and start the bot
npm i & npm start
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
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot Configuration and navigate to samples/javascript_nodejs/04.simple-prompt-bot
- Select simple-prompt-bot.bot file
You can use the MSBot Bot Builder CLI tool to clone and configure any services this sample depends on.
To install all Bot Builder tools -
Ensure you have Node.js version 8.5 or higher
npm i -g msbot chatdown ludown qnamaker luis-apis botdispatch luisgenTo clone this bot, run
msbot clone services -f deploymentScripts/msbotClone -n <BOT-NAME> -l <Azure-location> --subscriptionId <Azure-subscription-id>
A conversation between a bot and a user often involves asking (prompting) the user for information, parsing the user's response, and then acting on that information. This sample demonstrates how to prompt users for information using the different prompt types included in the botbuilder-dialogs library and supported by the SDK.
The botbuilder-dialogs library includes a variety of pre-built prompt classes, including text, number, and datetime types. This sample demonstrates using a single text prompt to collect the user's name. For an example that uses multiple prompts of different types, see sample 5.