What is Jbot?

JBot is a java framework(inspired byHowdyai's Botkit) tomake Slack and Facebook bots in minutes. It provides all the boilerplate code needed so that youcan make your bot live right away.

Why use JBot?

• Provides you withall the boilerplate code which handles underlying websocket connections and other complexities.
• Supportsextra events in addition to all the events supported by Slack/Facebook which makes your work a lot more easier.
• Receiving & sending messages is as easy as defining a@Controller and callingreply().
• Conversation feature of JBot makes talking to your bot a breeze. This feature makes JBot different than rest of the Java frameworks out there.
• Well tested with good coverage unit tests.
• And many other features which can't just be mentioned here.

Not satisfied? Read on…

• JBot got more than400 stars in just 2 days after release.
• It is in theHacker News 50 club.
• Chosen byDZone daily picks.
• Last but not the least, it's listed onSlack.com

Still worried? Open anissue on Github and we can discuss.

JBot for Slack

Running your SlackBot is just 4 easy steps:

1. Clone this project$ git clone[email protected]:rampatra/jbot.git.
2. Create a slack bot and get your slack token.
3. Paste the token inapplication.properties file.
4. Run the example application by runningJBotApplication in your IDE or via commandline:bash$ cd jbot$ mvn clean install$ cd jbot-example$ mvn spring-boot:run

You can now start talking with your bot ;)

Read the detailedSlack documentation to learn more.

JBot for Facebook

Similar to Slack, Facebook is simple too but has few extra steps:

1. Clone this project$ git clone[email protected]:rampatra/jbot.git.
2. Create afacebook app and apage.
3. Generate a Page Access Token for the page (inside app's messenger settings).
4. Paste the token created above inapplication.properties file.
5. Run the example application by runningJBotApplication in your IDE or via commandline:bash$ cd jbot$ mvn clean install$ cd jbot-example$ mvn spring-boot:run
6. Setup webhook to receive messages and other events. You need to have a public address to setup webhook. You may uselocaltunnel.me to generate a public address if you're running locally on your machine.
7. Specify the address created above in "Callback Url" field under "Webooks" setting and give the verify token asfb_token_for_jbot and click "Verify and Save".

You can now start messaging your bot by going to the facebook page and clicking on the "Send message" button.

If you're too lazy to start now and just want to play around, you can tryjbot-example by visitingJBot facebook page and clicking on the "Send Message" button.

Read the detailedFacebook documentation to learn more.