prometheus-sample

A Facebook Messenger Bot Example using prometheus-ai/fb-messenger-clj.

Demo

Try this example Facebook Messenger Bot

https://m.me/1379818582139942

try typing:

"Hello" or any text
"image"
"quick reply" and tap a quick reply.
"buttons" and tap a button.

Heroku App:

https://prometheus-sample.herokuapp.com/

Functionality

The Bot replies with "Hello World!" on any text input and returns an image when the user types "image".

Facebook Messenger Authentication (api.clj)
Predefined fallback replies (messages.clj)
Predefined handlers (bot.clj) with standard fallback messages when receiving
- Text Message
- Quick Reply
- Attachment
- Postback
- Referral

Starting the Development Environment

To start a web server for the application, run:

lein ring server-headless

HTTPS for the Facebook Webhook Authentication via ngrok

Run ngrok http 3000 (read more about ngrok)

Set Environment Variables

Provide your Facebook Page Access Token, Verify Token and Page Secret for local development by creating a file called profiles.clj in the root directory /profiles.clj.

{:dev {:env {:page-access-token "REPLACE"
             :page-secret "REPLACE"
             :verify-token "REPLACE"}}}

In your Heroku app provide your Environment Variables in the settings of your app.

Also check out this step-by-step guide for further details on getting your development environment for a Facebook Messenger Bot up and running in Clojure.

License

https://github.com/prometheus-ai