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Twilio IP Messaging Botkit Chatbot

An example Twilio IP Messaging node.js chatbot and integrated with Dialog Analytics. Built with howdyai/botkit.

• Dialog Documention
• Dialog API reference

Getting started

Clone this repository and run npm install

Create an account on https://app.dialoganalytics.com, grab your Dialog API token and bot ID.

Follow these instructions to get started with a Twilio IP Messaging bot.

Set environment variables in .env:

TWILIO_IPM_SERVICE_SID=...
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=...
TWILIO_API_KEY=...
TWILIO_API_SECRET=...
DIALOG_API_TOKEN=...
DIALOG_BOT_ID=...

Local development: When developping locally, use a service like https://ngrok.com to expose a server running on your machine.

Local development: When developping locally, use a service like https://ngrok.com to expose a server running on your machine. You'll need to update your Twilio app's webhook and set it to something like https://075301e2.ngrok.io/twilio/receive.

$ ngrok http 3000

Start the bot:

$ node bot.js https://075301e2.ngrok.io

If you don't already have an application to interact with Twilio's API, clone this demo client application: [https://github.com/twilio/twilio-chat-demo-js].

Exchange a few messages with the bot. Messages will be sent to Dialog's API.

Go further

Read more on how to make the most out of the possibilities offered by Dialog here: https://dialoganalytics.com