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Krishna S
Krishna S

Reputation: 33

MS BOT Framework (adaptive cards): How to send value (Stepcontext.Value) from directline

I have deployed a Bot in Azure, the Bot displays a welcome message OnMemberAdd. Its adaptive card so the entered value are sent to stepcontext.value. I have integrated it with multiple channels, for directline, I would like to bypass the welcome card and pass the message directly to stepcontext.value so the second prompt is displayed instead of first. I have tried the below but it does not work, please help.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
  <head>
    <title>Web Chat: Send welcome event</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />

    <script src="https://cdn.botframework.com/botframework-webchat/latest/webchat.js"></script>
    <style>
      html,
      body {
        height: 100%;
      }
      body {
        margin: 0;
      }

      #webchat {
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="webchat"></div>
    <script>
      (async function() {
        // In this demo, we are using Direct Line token from MockBot.
        // Your client code must provide either a secret or a token to talk to your bot.
        // Tokens are more secure. To learn about the differences between secrets and tokens
        // and to understand the risks associated with using secrets, visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-direct-line-3-0-authentication?view=azure-bot-service-4.0

        const { token } = { token};

        // We are using a customized store to add hooks to connect event
        const store = window.WebChat.createStore({}, ({ dispatch }) => next => action => {
 if (action.type === 'DIRECT_LINE/CONNECT_FULFILLED') {
   dispatch({
     type: 'WEB_CHAT/SEND_EVENT',
     payload: { 
                name: 'userInfo',
       value: { fname:'user', lname:'test', pnumber:'0678775453'} 
                }
   });
 }

 return next(action);
        });

        const styleOptions = {
 botAvatarImage:
   '',
 botAvatarInitials: 'Chatbot',
 userAvatarImage: '',
 userAvatarInitials: 'User',
 showNub: true,
 bubbleFromUserNubOffset: 'bottom',
 bubbleFromUserNubSize: 10,
 bubbleFromUserBorderColor: '#0077CC',
 bubbleNubOffset: 'top',
 bubbleNubSize: 0,
 bubbleBorderColor: '#009900',
 sendBoxButtonColor: '#009900',
 hideUploadButton: true,
 hideSendBox : true
        };
        window.WebChat.renderWebChat(
 {
   directLine: window.WebChat.createDirectLine({ token }),
   store,
            styleOptions
 },
 document.getElementById('webchat')
        );

        document.querySelector('#webchat > *').focus();
      })().catch(err => console.error(err));
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

I have tried to send the data via postman and it works well but when I do it using above code it does not work.

Postman body

{
    "type": "message",
    "from": {
        "id": "user1"
    },
    "value": 
    {
        "fname":"user",
        "lname":"test",
        "pnumber":"0678787543"
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 545

Answers (1)

mdrichardson
mdrichardson

Reputation: 7241

You're so close! You have two options:

  1. Change to WEB_CHAT/SEND_EVENT and include the name property:
const store = window.WebChat.createStore({}, ({ dispatch }) => next => action => {
          if (action.type === 'DIRECT_LINE/CONNECT_FULFILLED') {
            dispatch({
              type: 'WEB_CHAT/SEND_EVENT',
              payload: {
                name: 'userInfo',
                value: { fname:'user', lname:'test', pnumber:'0678775453'}
              }
            });
          }

          return next(action);
        });
  1. Use WEB_CHAT/SEND_MESSAGE, include the text property, and change to channelData:
const store = window.WebChat.createStore({}, ({ dispatch }) => next => action => {
          if (action.type === 'DIRECT_LINE/CONNECT_FULFILLED') {
            dispatch({
              type: 'WEB_CHAT/SEND_MESSAGE',
              payload: {
                text: 'userInfo',
                channelData: { fname:'user', lname:'test', pnumber:'0678775453'}
              }
            });
          }

          return next(action);
        });

===

Update

I can see it coming through just fine using your code. Put a breakpoint in onTurn/OnTurnAsync and you'll see that when a user connects you get:

  1. conversationUpdate for the bot
  2. conversationUpdate for the user
  3. WebChat's Event with the user data you want:

enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

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