DialogFlow-Speedrun

"I don't wanna read docs, I wanna make bots!"
    ~ Target attention span of DialogFlow Speedrun

Note: For the very impatient, go here: quickstart.md

What's a "Speedrun"?

A speedrun is essentially a race through a videogame as quickly as possible discarding or avoiding every non-essential activity along the way to save on time. This is repo is kind of the same thing-- it should help accelerate getting you to the "end."

What's the "end"?

The goal here is to help smooth the initial learning curve and to encourage learning by doing. The "end" probably means you can implement complex conversations involving DialogFlow's "fulfillment" webhook if you need it. This repo takes care of a lot of setup chores and anything else you'll figure out along the way.

What's "fulfillment"?

In DialogFlow fulfillment is what makes it an "intelligent agent" instead of a mere lowly "chatbot." After DialogFlow detects an intent from a user's input text, if fulfillment is enabled for that intent, DialogFlow will dispatch a request to your "webhook" along with a bunch of contextual information you can use to return a response to the user. After you're up and running with the basics, working with fulfillment can be both very fun and powerful.

Examples

See the examples directory for some sample scenarios and associated fulfillment code (and the "Running the Examples" guide for how to activate it.)

Also check out the docs directory for learning resources like a glossary and a listing of helpful resources

Quick Link

Tests

Run tests with:

npm test

Note: This tool is not affiliated with or any way involved with DialogFlow, Alphabet, etc

What does DialogFlow Speedrun do for you?

• Dead-simple to do local development of fulfillment webhooks (just npm start)
• Single-command starter fulfillment with port tunneling
• Montior (& replay!) requests on localhost:4040
• Set up port tunneling with single command
• Provides learner-friendly dialog-flow fulfillment examples (which render in DialogFlow's simulator)
• Provides you with a healthcheck starter intent to help sanity-check debugging