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spchuang / fb-local-chat-bot

Simple Node client for Messenger Bot designed for easy local testing
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Testing Python bot #6

Open edge33 opened 7 years ago

edge33 commented 7 years ago

Hi, I'm currently developing my bot using Python and google app engine. Problem is, testing my bot locally is getting worse as I add new features. I landed on your project here, and I did not fully understand its purpose, I mean, is it intended for fully developing a bot using NodeJS, or Can I just get to use the chat tool to test my bot locally (no matter what developing language, platform, tool I am using, as long as I have the server running on my machine) ?

Can you help me out here ?

spchuang commented 7 years ago

There are 3 main things about this project: simplify the interface for making calls to the FB messenger platform, unit testing, and a local test UI for easier local testing. If you develop in NodeJS, you'll able to get all three for free so it's definitely more tailored to NodeJS developers.

That being said, the 'local chat UI' is agnostic of whether the server is built in NodeJS or not so it is possible to tweak the code such that the chat UI runs as a separate server locally and receives messages from your python server. That feature, however, isn't built yet.

Piiit commented 6 years ago

hi @spchuang, I have a chatbot written in Java. I am therefore also interested in the feature to integrate a separate server. Or, if you do not mind, could you explain how it can be integrated by me?

Thx!