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Messenger Platform

@sociably/messenger platform enable your app to receive/send messages on Messenger platform as a Facebook page.

Install​

Install the core, http and messenger packages:

npm install @sociably/core @sociably/http @sociably/messenger

Setup​

tip

You can check setup section in the tutorial. It brings you to set up everything step by step.

First you need to apply a Facebook app and set up the page binding. Follow the official guide for the setup procedures.

Then set up the http and messenger modules like this:

import Sociably from '@sociably/core';
import Http from '@sociably/http';
import Messenger from '@sociably/messenger';

const {
  MESSENGER_PAGE_ID,
  MESSENGER_APP_ID,
  MESSENGER_ACCESS_TOKEN,
  MESSENGER_APP_SECRET,
  MESSENGER_VERIFY_TOKEN,
} = process.env;

const app = Sociably.createApp({
  modules: [
    Http.initModule({ port: 8080 }),
  ],
  platforms: [
    Messenger.intiModule({
      entryPath: '/webhook/messenger',     // webhook path
      pageId: MESSENGER_PAGE_ID,           // Facebook page id
      appSecret: MESSENGER_APP_SECRET,     // Facebook app secret
      accessToken: MESSENGER_ACCESS_TOKEN, // page access token
      verifyToken: MESSENGER_VERIFY_TOKEN, // token for webhook verification
    }),
  ],
});

Usage​

Here's an example to receive events and send replies back:

import Sociably from '@sociably/core';
import * as Messenger from '@sociably/messenger/components';
import app from './app';

app.onEvent(async ({ platform, event, reply }) => {
  if (platform === 'messenger' && event.type === 'text') {
    await reply(
      <Messenger.Expression
        notificationType="SILENT_PUSH"
        personaId="BOT_PERSONA_ID"
        quickReplies={
          <Messenger.TextReply title="I want 🐶" payload="doggo" />
        }
      >
        Hello Messenger! 👋
        <Messenger.GenericTemplate>
          <Messenger.GenericItem
            title="You daily 🐱"
            imageUrl="https://cataas.com/cat"
            buttons={
              <Messenger.PostbackButton title="More" payload="catto" />
            }
          />
        </Messenger.GenericTemplate>
      </Messenger.Expression>
    );
  }
});

Check API references for the details of events and components.

Webview​

Auth Setup​

To use webviews in Messenger, configure the app with these steps:

  1. Add auth provider to the webview platform and set app info at the basicAuth. And make sure you have a state provider installed. Like this:
import Webview from '@sociably/webview';
import RedisState from '@machiniat/redis';
import MessengerAuth from '@sociably/messenger/webview';

const app = Sociably.createApp({
  platforms: [
    Webview.initModule({
      authPlatforms:[
        MessengerAuth
      ],
      basicAuth: {
        appName: 'My Foo App',
        appIconUrl: './webview/img/logo.png'
      },
      // ...
    }),
  ],
  modules: [
    RedisState.initModule({
      clientOptions: {
        url: REDIS_URL,
      },
    }),
  ],
});
  1. Expose your Facebook page id in next.config.js:
const { MESSENGER_PAGE_ID } = process.env;

module.exports = {
  publicRuntimeConfig: {
    MESSENGER_PAGE_ID,
  },
  // ...
};
  1. Set up the WebviewClient in the webview:
import getConfig from 'next/config';
import WebviewClient from '@sociably/webview/client';
import MessengerAuth from '@sociably/messenger/webview/client';

const {
  publicRuntimeConfig: { MESSENGER_PAGE_ID },
} = getConfig();

const client =  new WebviewClient({
  authPlatforms: [
    new MessengerAuth({ pageId: MESSENGER_PAGE_ID }),
  ],
});

Open the Webview​

The webview can be opened with a WebviewButton in the chatroom. For example:

import * as Messenger from '@sociably/messenger/components';
import { WebviewButton as MessengerWebviewButton } from '@sociably/messenger/webview';

app.onEvent(async ({ reply }) => {
  await reply(
    <Messenger.ButtonTemplate
      buttons={
        <MessengerWebviewButton title="Open 📤" />
      }
    >
      Hello Webview!
    </Messenger.ButtonTemplate>
  );
});

The user will be asked to enter a login code sent in the chat. After login, webview can communicate to the server as the authenticated user.

Check the webview platform document to learn more.

Assets Manager​

MessengerAssetsManager service helps you to manage resources on the Messenger platform, like attachments and personas.

To use it, you have to install a state provider first. Then register MessengerAssetsManager like this:

import RedisState from '@machiniat/redis';
import MessengerAssetsManager, { saveReusableAttachments } from '@sociably/messenger/asssets';

const app = Sociably.createApp({
  services: [
    MessengerAssetsManager,
  ],
  platforms: [
    Messenger.initModule({
      // ...
      dispatchMiddlewares: [
        saveReusableAttachments,
      ]
    }),
  ],
  modules: [
    RedisState.initModule({
      clientOptions: { url: REDIS_URL },
    }),
  ],
});

Here is an example to upload a reusable attachment:

import fs from 'fs';
import { makeContainer } from '@sociably/core';
import * as Messenger from '@sociably/messenger/components';
import MessengerAssetsManager from '@sociably/messenger/asssets';

app.onEvent(makeContainer({ deps: [MessengerAssetsManager] })(
  (assetsManager) =>
    async ({ reply }) => {
      const fooImageId = await assetsManager.getAttachment('foo.image');

      if (fooImageId) {
        await reply(
          <Messenger.Image attachmentId={fooImageId} />
        );
      } else {
        await reply(
          <Messenger.Image
            reusable
            assetTag="foo.image"
            fileData={fs.createReadStream('./assets/foo.jpg')}
          />
        );
      }
}
));

If you upload an attachment with reusable and assetTag props, the saveReusableAttachments middleware will save the returned attachment id. You can reuse the saved id for the next time.

Resources​

Here are some resources for further reading: