FlexBot

Flexbot is a Messenger chatbot that help users set reminders and daily subscriptions through basic messages. This project is developed to assist me and my friends in daily tasks, as Messenger is out main communication platform. Through this project, I learned more about Node.js and webhook

Supported features

Daily reminders
Daily news subscriptions (WIP)

Technologies used

Setup

Install Node.js on your machine

Clone this repository to your local machine

$ git clone https://github.com/duchungvu/FlexBot.git
$ cd flexbot

Install dependencies
```
$ npm install
```

Create environment file

$ touch .env

and type in

PAGE_ID=
APP_ID=
PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN=
APP_SECRET=
VERIFY_TOKEN=
APP_URL=
PORT=

Learn more

Run locally

Run ngrok
```
$ ngrok http 3000
```
You can set the port to anything, I set 3000 here. Copy the link on the line Forwarding that looks like https://something.ngrok.io and paste into APP_URL
In other terminal, run the the Node.js application
```
$ node app.js
```
Run this link http://localhost:3000/profile?mode=all&verify_token=<VERIFY_TOKEN> with the VERIFY_TOKEN you set in the .env file to subscribe to Messenger events. Now you are all set, go to Messenger and send a message.

Run on heroku

WIP