# botkit-webchat

> Module to create a WebChat bot for Botkit

Latest version **0.2.3** (published 2018-02-13) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install botkit-webchat
pnpm add botkit-webchat
yarn add botkit-webchat
bun add botkit-webchat
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 |
| Published | 2018-02-13 |
| First published | 2018-02-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 5 |
| Unpacked size | 40.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+1 in 1 direct dependencies) |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Josh Salwen |
| Maintainers | smalltalk-jsalwen |
| Keywords | botkit, webchat |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/botkit-webchat
- Repository: https://github.com/smalltalk-ai/botkit-webchat
- Homepage: https://github.com/smalltalk-ai/botkit-webchat#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/smalltalk-ai/botkit-webchat/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/botkit-webchat

## Dependencies (5)

- [cors](https://npm.io/package/cors.md) ^2.8.3
- [uuid](https://npm.io/package/uuid.md) ^3.0.1
- [config](https://npm.io/package/config.md) ^1.24.0
- [socket.io](https://npm.io/package/socket.io.md) ^2.0.4
- [body-parser](https://npm.io/package/body-parser.md) ^1.15.2

## Recent versions

- 0.2.3 (latest) — 2018-02-13
- 0.2.2 — 2018-02-13
- 0.2.1 — 2018-02-09

## README

# botkit-webchat


## Setup

```js
var Botkit = require('botkit');
var Webchatbot = require('botkit-webchat').WebchatIOBot;
var controller = Webchatbot(Botkit, {
  debug: false,
  log: true,
  receive_via_postback: true,
  pageId: '123'
});
var bot = controller.spawn({});

// set menu
controller.api.thread_settings.menu([
  {
    type: 'postback',
    title: 'Help',
    payload: 'clicked-help'
  }
]);

// setup server - using botkit setupWebserver
controller.setupWebserver(PORT, (err, webserver) => {
  var server = require('http').Server(webserver);
  controller.createWebhookEndpoints(server, bot, () => {
    console.log('This bot is online!!!');
  });
});

// setup server - using express
var app = require('express')();
var server = require('http').Server(app);
server.listen(80);

controller.createWebhookEndpoints(server, bot, () => {
  console.log('This bot is online!!!');
});
```

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