1.0.0 • Published 7 years ago
botbuilder-vega v1.0.0
botbuilder-vega
Bot Framework Node.js plugin to enable sending Vega charts rendered to PNG in your bot's messages.
Install
npm install botbuilder-vega --save
Usage
- In your bot code, import the module:
var sendVega = require('botbuilder-vega');
- In your bot dialog, use
sendVega(session, "Message text", vegaSpec)
instead ofsession.send()
.
Example Bot
var builder = require('botbuilder');
var restify = require('restify');
var sendVega = require('../lib/botbuilder-vega');
var countyUnemploymentMap = require('./charts/county-unemployment.vg.json');
// Server setup
var server = restify.createServer();
server.listen(process.env.port || process.env.PORT || 3978, function () {
console.log('%s listening to %s', server.name, server.url);
});
// Get secrets from server environment
var connector = new builder.ChatConnector({appId: process.env.MICROSOFT_APP_ID, appPassword: process.env.MICROSOFT_APP_PASSWORD});
// Create chat bot
var bot = new builder.UniversalBot(connector);
// Handle bot framework messages
server.post('/api/messages', connector.listen());
// root dialog
bot.dialog('/', function (session) {
session.send('Sending chart example:');
sendVega(session, "US County Unemployment Map", countyUnemploymentMap);
});
Example Output
1.0.0
7 years ago