I am building a bot that takes some sensitive inputs. As I would like to add this bot to an MS team/group, how do I hide/mask user's input to the bot from other users. Is that possible?
Currently it's not possible to send masking data to bot from compose message area. Instead you can use adaptive card to send masking data to bot.
{
"type": "Input.Text",
"id": "secretThing",
"style": "password"
}
Microsoft will always focus on customer’s feedback and experience, some new features would be added to the services based on customers' feedback in the future, we also recommend you give your new idea in Teams UserVoice here if this needs to be consider as a future request.
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I made a normal bot by using Microsoft Bot Framework and has deployed it to the Azure portal.
How can I possibly make it a Teams app other than channeling to Teams, for example, make it a Teams app package.
I checked some sample code on Github and noticed that general bots are a bit different from Teams bots, for example, general bots extend ActivityHandler but Teams bots extend TeamsActivityHandler. May I ask how can I turn my bot into a Teams app? Do I need to alter the code of the bot I made a lot?
Thanks
With a few exceptions, you don't really need to make changes to your bot code to deploy to Teams channel. However, I do think there are a few things you should be aware of and consider in your development. First of all, I'm going to assume you have or know how to turn on the channel from the Bot Service. Once you have done that, you can test your bot in Teams without even creating a Teams app by pasting the Microsoft App ID into the chat To: field (obviously it's not recommended to share this ID for general testing).
The main change you probably need is to remove mentions. These will mess with QnA Maker and/or LUIS as they are included in the query string. I have been doing this as the first step in the onMessage handler. My current bots use regex for this, e.g.
if (context._activity.text) ( // Make sure there is activity text before trying to replace
context._activity.text = context._activity.text.replace(/(#|<at>)((Bot Name)|(Teams App Manifest Name))(<\/at>)? ?/g, '');
}
However, I have also seen that the TurnContext object can do this via TurnContext.removeRecipientMention(context.activity); I've not actually tried that myself, though. If it works it would be very helpful in case you find yourself changing bot names as I have done in the past...
The other main change I made to my bots was creating Teams-specific adaptive cards with menu buttons. By default, Action.Submit will work for web channels but NOT Teams channel. A typical action would look like
{
"type": "ActionSet",
"actions": [
{
"type": "Action.Submit",
"title": "Get Order Status",
"data": "Get Order Status"
}
]
}
But Teams can't handle this and will error out on button click (at least when using standard Activity handler, not sure if it is the same if using TeamsActivityHandler.) Instead, you should check the channel before displaying cards with Action.Submit actions and display an alternative card instead. For example
if (context.activity.channelId == 'msteams') {
var welcomeCard = CardHelper.GetMenuCardTeams(welcomeMessage,'Y','Y');
} else {
var welcomeCard = CardHelper.GetMenuCard(welcomeMessage,'Y','Y');
}
And then your actions for Teams instead look like
{
"type": "ActionSet",
"actions": [
{
"type": "Action.Submit",
"title": "Get Order Status",
"data": {
"msteams": {
"type": "imBack",
"value": "Get Order Status"
}
}
}
]
}
I've tried combining these and it doesn't work well. You can add something to your handler to make Teams cards work in web, but the text will not be inserted into the chat like a typical button and it will instead be essentially like a backchannel event. I like this method much better.
Other than that you should be able to run your bot as-is, except for attachments as noted in your separate question. I have not gotten that to work and I believe it may be related to not using TeamsActivityHandler but I'm not sure.
Hopefully this helps. Go ahead and give it a try and you can create a new issue with any specific problems you face once the bot is operating in Teams.
Can bot add a reaction to a user message?
I tried to send an activity like this:
{
"type": "messageReaction",
"reactionsAdded": [{ "type": "like" }],
"replyToId": 1579278444192
}
on this URL - /v3/conversations/{conversationId}/activities/{activityId}
It depends entirely on the channel you are wanting to implement this on. If channel x (Facebook, Slack, etc.) sends "reactions" as part of the activity and the service allows you to scope to it, then it is possible to return bot responses based on those.
The Botbuilder-Samples GitHub 25.message-reaction Javascript sample demonstrates how this is achieved for Teams. The C# version can be referenced here. You would need to adjust the code to look for the appropriate context/activity data points and filter on those to send a response back.
Hope of help!
I have created a proactive bot that basically asks certain questions to a user when a user starts conversation with the bot. The bot is deployed in Microsoft Teams environment. Is there any way that i can send automated message to a bot in a channel? I know messages can be sent using powershell by utilizing webhook url exposed by a particular team or using MS Flow. But I want to mention bot (e.g. #mybothandle) in the message so the bot starts asking questions by itself than requiring the user to start the conversation (by mentioning the bot manually) but not finding the way to mention.
Your suggestions are welcome.
Basically you want to message the user directly at a specific point in time (like 24 hours later). I'm doing this in a few different bots, so it's definitely possible. The link that Wajeed has sent in the comment to your question is exactly what you need - when the user interacts with your bot, you need to save important information like the conversation id, conversation type, service url, and To and From info. You can store this, for instance, in a database, and then you can actually have a totally separate application make the call AS IF IT WAS your bot. In my bots, for example, I have the bot hosted in a normal host (e.g. Azure Website) but then have an Azure Function that sends the messages, for example, 24 hours later. It just appears to the user as if it was a message from the bot, like normal.
You will also need the Microsoft App ID and App Password for your bot, which you should have already (if not, it's in the Azure portal).
In your "sending" application, you're going to need to create an instance of Microsoft. Bot.Connector.ConnectorClient, like follows:
var Connector = new ConnectorClient(serviceUrl, microsoftAppId: credentialProvider.AppId, microsoftAppPassword: credentialProvider.Password);
You also need to "trust" the service url you're calling, like this:
MicrosoftAppCredentials.TrustServiceUrl(serviceURL);
Then you create an instance of Microsoft.Bot.Schema.Activity, set the required properties, and send it via the connector you created:
var activity = Activity.CreateMessageActivity();
activity.From = new ChannelAccount([FromId], [FromName];
activity.Recipient = new ChannelAccount([ToId], [ToName]);
activity.Conversation = new ConversationAccount(false, [ConversationType], [ConversationId]);
activity.Conversation.Id = [ConversationId];
activity.Text = "whatever you want to send from the bot...";
Connector.Conversations.SendToConversationAsync((activity as Activity)).Wait();
All the items in square braces are what you get from the initial conversation the user is having with the bot, except that the From and To are switched around (when the user sends your bot a message, the user is the FROM and your Bot is the TO, and when the bot is sending you switch them around.
Hope that helps
To all Future Visitors, Microsoft Graph API (Beta) now provides a way to send message and mention the bot/user using following endpoint:
https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/{group-id-for-teams}/channels/{channel-id}/messages
Method: POST
Body:
"body": {
"contentType": "html",
"content": "Hello World <at id=\"0\">standupbot</at>"
},
"mentions": [
{
"id": 0,
"mentionText": "StandupBot",
"mentioned": {
"application": {
"id": "[my-bot-id]",
"displayName": "StandupBot",
"applicationIdentityType": "bot"
}
}
}
]
}
However, there is a bug that bot doesn't respond when receives the message:
Bot is not responding to #Mention when sending message using Graph API
I’m working with Microsoft bot framework (Node js) on a project with a multi chatbot approach.
After Registering the bot with the Microsoft Bot Framework, adding multiple Skype for Business channels and registering the bot to a Skype for Business different tenants(replaced by the Name parameter with the bot display name and with unique users accounts from their domain), I’m trying to identify the bot from the "bot" object inside the session message coming from SFB that will help me to detect the user domain and ensure that user is receiving the correct answers depending on his domain
When testing this approach with the emulator I’m always receiving the same bot object.
So, I’m trying to modify the BotFramework WebChat Emulator source code to emulate SFB and set the SFB dev environment with a new textbox by putting the generated sip of the chatbot in the session to test my solution.
I’m asking if there is a way to simulate SFB inside the Microsoft BotFramework WebChat Emulator?
Thank you in advance!
The Bot Framework Emulator cannot simulate Skype for Business because:
The emulator has a built in Connector Service that is modeled more after the Direct Line channel's connector service. The behavior of this service will not exactly match the behavior of the Skype for Business connector service.
The emulator uses Web Chat as the UI client. Skype for Business has various clients, and none of them will render activities the same way Web Chat does. Skype for Business clients do not support the same message types (Cards, buttons, etc).
If you are using the v4 emulator, you can modify your .bot file and provide whatever bot id you like:
{
"name": "TestBot",
"description": "",
"services": [
{
"type": "endpoint",
"appId": "",
"appPassword": "",
"endpoint": "http://localhost:3979/api/messages",
"id": "sip:testfakebotid",
"name": "http://localhost:3979/api/messages"
}
],
"padlock": "",
"version": "2.0",
"overrides": null,
"path": "C:\\BotFiles\\TestBot.bot"
}
This id will then be sent to the bot in every message, as the activity.Recipient.id:
I'm working with BotBuilder in .NET C#.
I can't figure out how I can send an attachment to the bot using Teams client - I've tried using the Windows desktop app and the web client but neither shows an attachment button in a chat with the bot.
I also tried with the Android client and found that I could send image attachments but not other file types, which I then went back and found that I could do the same in desktop/web clients by pasting the image into the chat box.
Using this method I do get an item in Activity.Attachments with ContentType="image/*". Any other type of file that I try to attach in the Android client is not sent to the bot (nothing in the Activity.Attachments collection) and as I said the other clients won't allow me to even attach anything in 1:1 chat.
Attaching a file in a Teams Channel adds the file to the Channel but I don't get any reference to the attachment if I #mention the bot along with the attachment.
The only mention of consuming attachments in bot sent via Teams I can find is here where it's stated that you'll need to use a JwtToken to access the file. I'm guessing this is currently a limitation in Teams as I'm able to send/receive attachments from other channels, but I'd like to confirm that there isn't some nuance that I'm missing.
Currently, Microsoft Teams does not support the ability to send non-image files to bots.
We are currently working on delivering this feature, but we do not yet have an ETA.
Image attachment can be send through Teams by copy pasting them in the Chat window.Teams have pushed the new Build where you can have Attachment Functionality available in Chat BOT. Now you can attach any file in the teams channel but you need to continue to send the Jwt token.
You can explore the type FileDownloadInfo which can be used to know the file type, content and other required details after you send the attachment to the BOT.
To answer your first question. Microsoft Teams does not show "attachment" button by default. You can install "App Studio" in Teams, and create an app for your bot, specify your app allows upload attachments. And install it in your own Team account for testing.
The second question, you can't get the image attachment. The JSON from Microsoft Teams channel is different from other channels.
You may notice the "contentType" is different, and the "contentUrl" requires a login in order to download the image. You need to use "content.downloadUrl" instead.
"attachments": [
{
"contentType": "application/vnd.microsoft.teams.file.download.info",
"contentUrl": "https://xxx-xxx.sharepoint.com/personal/xxxx/Documents/Microsoft Teams Chat Files/Cloud section in Singapore.PNG",
"content": {
"downloadUrl": "https://xxxx-xx.sharepoint.com/personal/xxxx/_layouts/15/download.aspx?UniqueId=a3cf2177-1cc7-433b-8344-129140c0694e&Translate=false&tempauth=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJub25lIn0.eyJhdWQiOiIwMDAwMDAwMy0wMDAwLTBmZjEtY2UwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAvc2FnZTM2NS1teS5zaGFyZXBvaW50LmNvbUAzZTMyZGQ3Yy00MWY2LTQ5MmQtYTFhMy1jNThlYjAyY2Y0ZjgiLCJpc3MiOiIwMDAwMDAwMy0wMDAwLTxxxxx&ApiVersion=2.0",
"uniqueId": "xxxx-1cc7-433b-8344-xxxxxx",
"fileType": "png"
},
"name": "Cloud section in Singapore.PNG",
"thumbnailUrl": null
}
]