This bot is part of the #OBAW project - Week 0x0008 - Github

Medium publication project page #OBAW

Github Bot for Facebook Messenger using Recast.AI

A Github-powered bot using Recast.AI NLP

Follow the instructions below to create your own instance of the bot:

Folder for your bot

Create folder: mkdir my-first-recast-chatbot

Go to your folder: cd my-first-recast-chatbot

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/plieb/chatbot103.git

Add services for your GitHub chatbot

in src/index.js add the following code at the top of the page

const actions = {
  'trending-stars': require('./trending-stars'),
  'trending-forks': require('./trending-forks'),
  'show-language': require('./show-language'),
  'laugh': require('./laugh'),
}

in src/index.js add the following code

Create show language service

Create file: touch src/actions/show-language.js

Copy/Paste the following code to create the language service

const agent = require('superagent-promise')(require('superagent'), Promise)
const formatter = require('../formatter')
const languages = ['Asssembly', 'C', 'C++', 'Go', 'Java', 'JavaScript', 'Python', 'Ruby', 'Rust', 'Swift',]

export default async function showLanguage(res) {
  console.log('SHOW LANGUAGE')

  const replies = []
  const quickReplies = []
  languages.forEach((l) => {
    quickReplies.push({
      name: l,
      value: `Top starred repos in ${l}`,
    })
  })
  replies.push(formatter.formatQuickReplies(quickReplies,res.reply()))
  return replies
}

Call to services

In order the bot to use services, add after line 11 in src/index.js

/* call to services */
if (actions[currentAction]) {
    console.log('Enter action')
    replies = await actions[currentAction].default(res, payload)
}

Fork the bot on Github and Recast.AI

Make sure you are logged in to your Github account and fork this repository
Make sure you are logged in to your Recast.AI account
Follow this link Github Bot and fork the bot to your account

Connect your bot to Messenger with Bot Connector

In the Run tab under the Bot Connector section follow the steps to connect your bot to Messenger

Host your bot with Bot Hosting

In the Run tab under the Bot Hosting section link your Github account to your Recast.AI account
Select the OBAW-0x0008-Github repository and click deploy

Other services

Create trending forks service

Create file: touch src/actions/trending-forks.js

Copy/Paste the following code to create the trending forks service

/* trending forks */
const agent = require('superagent-promise')(require('superagent'), Promise)
const formatter = require('../formatter')

export default async function trendingForks(res) {
  console.log('TRENDING FORKS')

  const replies = []
  const cardsReplies = []
  const language = res.getMemory('language')
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(language)
  console.log('======================================')
  replies.push(formatter.formatMsg(res.reply()))
  const response = await agent('GET', `https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=language:${language.value}&sort=forks&order=desc`)
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(response)
  console.log('======================================')
  const repos = response.body.items.slice(0, 10)
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(repos)
  console.log('======================================')
  repos.forEach((rep) => {
    cardsReplies.push({
      name: rep.name,
      picture: rep.owner.avatar_url,
      link: rep.html_url,
    })
  })
  replies.push(formatter.formatCardsReplies(cardsReplies))
  return replies
}

Create trending stars service

Create file: touch src/actions/trending-stars.js

Copy/Paste the following code to create the trending stars service

/* trending-stars */
const agent = require('superagent-promise')(require('superagent'), Promise)
const formatter = require('../formatter')

export default async function trendingStars(res) {
  console.log('TRENDING STARS')

  const replies = []
  const cardsReplies = []
  const language = res.getMemory('language')
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(language)
  console.log('======================================')
  replies.push(formatter.formatMsg(res.reply()))
  const response = await agent('GET', `https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=language:${language.value}&sort=stars&order=desc`)
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(response)
  console.log('======================================')
  const repos = response.body.items.slice(0, 10)
  console.log('======================================')
  console.log(repos)
  console.log('======================================')
  repos.forEach((rep) => {
    cardsReplies.push({
      name: rep.name,
      picture: rep.owner.avatar_url,
      link: rep.html_url,
    })
  })
  replies.push(formatter.formatCardsReplies(cardsReplies))
  return replies
}

Create laugh service

Create file: touch src/actions/laugh.js

Copy/Paste the following code to create the laught service

const agent = require('superagent-promise')(require('superagent'), Promise)
const formatter = require('../formatter')

export default async function yes(res, payload) {
  console.log('LAUGH')

  const replies = []
  const laughs = [
    'https://media.giphy.com/media/ZqlvCTNHpqrio/giphy.gif',
    'https://media.giphy.com/media/3NtY188QaxDdC/giphy.gif',
    'https://media.giphy.com/media/jQmVFypWInKCc/giphy.gif',
    'https://media.giphy.com/media/xUPOqrl3x2SkKjE3Is/giphy.gif',
  ]
  replies.push(formatter.formatImg(laughs[Math.floor(Math.random() * laughs.length)]))
  return replies
}

You're all set !

Author

PE Lieb @pedward_lieb

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Special thanks

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