Bottender

• Flexible - Declare handlers as any JavaScript function.

• Modern - Source written with ES6/ES7 syntax and great async await supports.

• Modular - Use session stores, server framework adapters and platform connectors with same interface.

• Learn Once, Write Anywhere - Handle multiple platforms with consistent development experience.

Bottender is built on top of Messaging APIs.

Installation

You can install Bottender globally to use the cli tools:

npm install -g bottender

Or install it locally to use it programmatically:

npm install bottender

Installation may fail on Windows during compilation of the native dependencies with node-gyp. To solve this problem, you can install windows-build-tools or check node-gyp documentation.

Documentation

You can find the Bottender documentation on the website.

• Getting Started
• Platforms
  • Console
  • Messenger
  • LINE
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • Viber
• Guides
  • CLI commands
  • Server
  • Session
• API Reference

Community

You can discuss anything about Bottender or chatbot development in our Discord Server. Join now!

Examples

We have a bunch of examples in the examples folder. Here is the first one to get you started:

const { ConsoleBot } = require('bottender');

const bot = new ConsoleBot();

bot.onEvent(async context => {
  await context.sendText('Hello World');
});

bot.createRuntime();

This will create and run a bot which always reply "Hello World" in the console.

You'll notice that there is an async function to be passed to the onEvent method, we call it handler. You can put your bot logic in there.

Notable Features

Messenger

• Messenger Profile Sync
• Attachment Upload
• Handover Protocol
• Targeting Broadcast Messages
• Built-in NLP
• Multiple Pages

LINE

• Reply, Push, Multicast
• Imagemap
• Rich Menu
• Room, Group Chat
• Beacon

Slack

• Channel Chat
• Interactive Message

Telegram

• Webhook, Long Polling
• Update, Delete Messages
• Keyboard
• Group Chat
• Inline Query
• Message Live Location
• Payment

Viber

• Subscribed, Unsubscribed Event
• Delivered, Seen Event

Ecosystem

• bottender-compose - An utility library for Bottender and higher-order handlers.

Introduction Video

Contributing

Pull Requests and issue reports are welcome. You can follow steps below to submit your pull requests:

Fork, then clone the repo:

git clone git@github.com:your-username/bottender.git

Install the dependencies:

cd bottender
yarn

Make sure the tests pass (including eslint, flow checks and jest tests):

yarn test

Make your changes and tests, and make sure the tests pass.

License

MIT © Yoctol