Sp17Hubot

Virtual Assistant for Business - OSU Spring 2017 CSE5911

iBot

A bot aimed to simplify the process of interacting with common business tools like: Jira, Salesforce, etc.

Install Node.js
Create a LUIS endpoint
- Go to LUIS, create an account, then create a new app.
- Select Import Utterance, upload Jira.json from folder luis-model, then click Train.
- Click Publish, copy the URL.
Run the bot locally
- Change the file .env.example to .env.
  - Change the LUIS_MODEL_URL to the URL you just copied.
- RECOMMENDED: Use yarn.
  - Install yarn: Tutorial
  - cd into code directory
  - yarn
  - Launch the bot with yarn start
  - Run unit tests with yarn test
  - Rerun the code every time file changes (for development purpose only): yarn launch
- You can also use npm.
  - cd into code directory
  - npm install
  - Launch the bot with npm start
  - Run unit tests with npm test
  - Rerun the code every time file changes (for development purpose only): npm run launch
- Interact with the bot via BotFramework-Emulator
Deployment
- Deploy the code to any server, copy down the bot's endpoint.
- Publish the bot to Microsoft Bot Framework Platform.
- Config the following environment variable of the bot on the server, then restart it.
  - MICROSOFT_APP_ID
  - MICROSOFT_APP_PASSWORD
  - LUIS_MODEL_URL (Optional if you have already uploaded the .env file)
- You now should be able to access the bot on Skype and any other chat application you fancy.