botguy (Skype handle: thebotguy) is a Skype bot I've built for a Skype group chat that my friends and I use daily.
He does a lot of odd jobs (in both senses of the word), like allow users to commend each other by saying "nice one" (niceone.js) or query and post to our - sigh - meme machine (yam.js), which I refuse to link to but you can find a link to in my code.
You probably are confused and maybe a little disgusted by botguy's existence. I don't blame you. However, what little capacity for shame I possessed was stripped from me when frugality took the reins (seeing as private repos would cost me).
botguy will continue to evolve until he either
- Reaches completion (likelihood: 0-1%)
- Is abandoned by me (likelihood: 10-20%)
- Is abandoned when our group disintigrates or finally migrates to a better group chat platform not supported by Microsoft's botframework (likelihood: 0-10%)
If this repo looks dead, one of these three things probably happened, even though I gave each a relativley low chance.
I'll try to keep this readme updated with botguy's most salient features, though the most up-to-date description of what botguy does will likely be in the help file (help.js).
This bot has been created using Bot Framework.
-
Node.js version 10.14.1 or higher
# determine node version node --version
-
Install modules
npm install
-
Start the bot
npm start
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 4.9.0 or greater from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot
- Enter a Bot URL of
http://localhost:3978/api/messages
```bash
# build the TypeScript bot before you publish
npm run build
```
To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.