Messenger Workshop @ #NTW2018

[profnandaa]

Nairobi Tech Week | 2018 - http://nairobitechweek.com/

Workshop at Sir Thomas More, Room B02
4.00 - 5.00 PM
Presenter: yours truly

• Get the presentation here
• See set up instructions here

Any questions or further material will be provided in the comments below.

Short link to this: bit.ly/messenger-at-ntw-2018

[Antoh1]

Good stuff, Its been an awesome session on bots

[dmithamo]

Does creating a messenger bot require me to develop my own security apparatus, or is that handled by Facebook Messenger? That is, is security my concern, or Facebook Messenger's concern?

[iamukasa]

Python tutorials and demos https://github.com/conbus/fbmq/tree/master/example
moving this twitter bot there too https://twitter.com/shtaki_ke/media
Source Code https://github.com/iamukasa/fast-style-transfer-1

[JuneMuoti]

loving this

[CharlesKitonga]

is it possible to integrate facebook bot with laravel?

[Kollynce]

enjoyed this session

[danuluma]

I deleted facebook......can I still create bots without a facebook account?

[Benedict-Mambo]

@danuluma No. You need to have a facebook account and a page for that matter. So, go ahead and create a facebook account to create your bot.

[Benedict-Mambo]

@Kyerloh yes, just create your app with laravel, and have a webhook to communicate with messenger.

[profnandaa]

@jamienjoroge - Moving your question here:

Hey Was wondering if after the user interacts and gives the permission to allow the bot to conversate could the bot still message the user regularly without the user actually engaging with the bot.

Good q, see the details here - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/policy/policy-overview#standard_messaging TL;DR -

"Businesses and developers using the Send API have up to 24 hours to respond to a message sent by a person in Messenger when using standard messaging. A bot may also send one additional message after the 24-hour time limit has expired. The 24-hour limit is refreshed each time a person responds to a business through one of the eligible actions listed in Messenger Conversation Entry Points. This is commonly referred to as the '24 + 1 policy'."

Hope this answers?

[Benedict-Mambo]

@dmithamo for security 101, just make sure your app is secure :)

[CharlesKitonga]

@Benedict-Mambo Thank you... will do that