Package messenger is used for making bots for use with Facebook messenger
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* Adds the Referral webhook and PostBacks's referral structure * Adds missing properties for web_url button in StructuredMessageButton. See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/send-api-reference/url-button * Fixes the type of StructuredMessageButton.MessengerExtensions |
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Messenger
This is a Go library for making bots to be used on Facebook messenger. It is built on the Messenger Platform. One of the main goals of the project is to implement it in an idiomatic and easy to use fashion.
You can find an example of how to use it here
Tips
- Follow the quickstart guide for getting everything set up!
- You need a Facebook development app, and a Facebook page in order to build things.
- Use ngrok to tunnel your locally running bot so that Facebook can reach the webhook.
Breaking Changes
paked/messenger
is a pretty stable library however, changes will be made which might break backwards compatibility. For the convenience of its users, these are documented here.
- 23/1/17: Updating timezone type to
float64
in profile struct - 12/9/16: Removing unused parameter
text string
from function(r *Response) GenericTemplate
. - 20/5/16: Leaving the
WebhookURL
field blank inOptions
will yield a URL of "/" instead of a panic. - 4/5/16: The URL to use for the webhook is changable in the
Options
struct.
Inspiration
Messenger takes design cues from:
Projects
This is a list of projects use messenger
. If you would like to add your own, submit a Pull Request adding it below.
- meme-maker by @paked: A bot which, given a photo and a caption, will create a macro meme.
- drone-facebook by @appleboy: Drone.io plugin which sends Facebook notifications