What is the bot again? Does the card send a post data request? I was curious how my Webex webhook could trigger a lambda function to mark up a CSV with the contents of the card payload
Hi, can i add on o response card some buttons, which will call another cards and so on? Can it be done inside one Command? So it will looks like a dynamic menu on card. Thanks in advance!
It's a nice video and helped a lot but I have a doubt, is there a way to put more than a callback_keyworld into a class? Eg "weather" or "temperature" to show weather for today
Sure thing. The callback_keyword is just what gets registered with the bot, so it knows which class to call when the bot receives a message. However, you could break things down within a class. For example, if you had a "weather" command, but wanted "weather temperature" and "weather tomorrow" as subcommands - you could register just the "weather" command, then in your class check the incoming message to see if there is a subcommand or not & route it appropriately.
Another question lol I took this as a challenge. Is it possible to add more than 1 callback keyword for the same button in the card? For instance, at work we have an app that we use to book computers for the day and I set a card to give instructions on how to acess the app. The only callback keyword is the name of the app, how can I add more keywords? Sorry for the amount of questions!
Hmm - I suppose I would want to clarify what you would need multiple callback keywords for? I checked through the webex_bot code to confirm, but the bot would only accept one callback_keyword. The callback_keyword would be to tell the bot to call your Python class - so are you looking for the button to call multiple classes? If so, I would just set the callback_keyword to a class/command - then use that class to call multiple things if needed. One way you could work around this: The card JSON for a button can hold multiple values if needed - for example, in my sample code for this bot - the submit button looks like this: {"type": "ActionSet", "actions": [ { "type": "Action.Submit", "title": "Get Weather", "data": { "callback_keyword": "weather" }}]} However, when we generate that JSON - we can add as many key/value pairs to the "data" dictionary as we want. So if you needed additional info for your script - you could insert them here. For example, let's say you wanted to modify my script to have buttons to request specific items (like temp or humidity) and within a certain timeframe: "data": { "callback_keyword": "weather", "requested_info": "temperature", "timeframe": "tomorrow" } The callback_keyword is still "weather" - so it gets passed back to my original WeatherByZIP() class. But now within that class, I can pull out the other info from the "data" dictionary with: attachment_actions.inputs['requested_info'] This is similar to how we pulled out the ZIP code, but with any number of additional values we want to include - which can be pre-loaded when the card JSON is generated. I have used these key/value pairs occasionally to keep track of user interaction - like storing the last message/action in the card JSON. I don't know if that's what you're trying to do exactly - but it could help you simplify/re-use the same class but do multiple things, if that's the goal.
This was a great video man! I want some help in this regard, webex supports only adaptive cards version 1.2.. The issue is that I want some of the input text to be *Required nature.. And if that field is empty then card shouldn't be submitted.. How can I achieve this? Thanks in advance :)
Hi there, Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately, from what I can see - Webex still only supports up to AdaptiveCard 1.2, but the "isRequired" card parameter requires minimum version of 1.3. Since the card schema is rendered by the Webex client, I don't think there is anything we can do to work around this - until they add support for 1.3 card schemas.
Hi there - It looks like you should be able to return files using the example here: github.com/fbradyirl/webex_bot/issues/29 Also - Thanks for the heads up on the comments. I fixed this now 👍
Hi, great video! I was wondering... is there a way to use cards to deal with exceptions? For example, when someone types something that the bot doesn't recognize, he shows a message like "I didn't understand, here are my available commands: (and then shows the default help card). Is it possible? If so, where should I implement this? I was poking aroung in the help and webex_bot classes but it didn't work so far...
Hey there - Yes, by default if the bot doesn't recognize the command being sent it will send the help card. You can overrride this behavior by removing the default help command & writing your own. I found this discussion on the webex_bot package recently where they show how to remove the built-in help command: github.com/fbradyirl/webex_bot/issues/25#issuecomment-1096754764
You could, yes - but it would be a bit of additional work. You would need code within your bot to store the user ID & last time they communicated. Then use the webexteamssdk to send a message back to the user after a certain time interval had passed. The webex_bot package leverages the webexteamssdk for quite a lot of things, and I don't think the bot package itself can send unsolicited messages to users at this time.
Sure thing. You could do this a few ways. When you create a button on the card, you provide the "callback_keyword". So depending on how you structure your bot, the reset button could just have a callback_keyword of your default prompt - which would then display the first card. Or you could set the callback_keyword to a new bot command - where you would define a class to handle restarting the process. Also, if you wanted to restart the process with some added context - the "data" section of the button submit (which is where we place the callback_keyword) can hold other key-value pairs. So your button could reset the process back to the first card, but pass other data to keep some illusion that the process hasn't completely started from zero.
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I guess you're the type to ignore config files. I kid. Great video. Thanks!
Very cool video! I learned a lot about adaptive cards.
What is the bot again? Does the card send a post data request? I was curious how my Webex webhook could trigger a lambda function to mark up a CSV with the contents of the card payload
Thank you, this really clears out many doubts
Awesome! Glad to hear it helped!
Hi, can i add on o response card some buttons, which will call another cards and so on?
Can it be done inside one Command?
So it will looks like a dynamic menu on card.
Thanks in advance!
hey Matt! awesome video
hi 0x2142,
how to return more than 1 local files when replying bot messages.
Previously You given solution for single file response.
Please help
Thanks for this video. Great!!!
It's a nice video and helped a lot but I have a doubt, is there a way to put more than a callback_keyworld into a class? Eg "weather" or "temperature" to show weather for today
Sure thing. The callback_keyword is just what gets registered with the bot, so it knows which class to call when the bot receives a message. However, you could break things down within a class.
For example, if you had a "weather" command, but wanted "weather temperature" and "weather tomorrow" as subcommands - you could register just the "weather" command, then in your class check the incoming message to see if there is a subcommand or not & route it appropriately.
Another question lol I took this as a challenge. Is it possible to add more than 1 callback keyword for the same button in the card? For instance, at work we have an app that we use to book computers for the day and I set a card to give instructions on how to acess the app. The only callback keyword is the name of the app, how can I add more keywords? Sorry for the amount of questions!
Hmm - I suppose I would want to clarify what you would need multiple callback keywords for? I checked through the webex_bot code to confirm, but the bot would only accept one callback_keyword.
The callback_keyword would be to tell the bot to call your Python class - so are you looking for the button to call multiple classes? If so, I would just set the callback_keyword to a class/command - then use that class to call multiple things if needed.
One way you could work around this: The card JSON for a button can hold multiple values if needed - for example, in my sample code for this bot - the submit button looks like this:
{"type": "ActionSet",
"actions": [
{
"type": "Action.Submit",
"title": "Get Weather",
"data": {
"callback_keyword": "weather"
}}]}
However, when we generate that JSON - we can add as many key/value pairs to the "data" dictionary as we want. So if you needed additional info for your script - you could insert them here. For example, let's say you wanted to modify my script to have buttons to request specific items (like temp or humidity) and within a certain timeframe:
"data": {
"callback_keyword": "weather",
"requested_info": "temperature",
"timeframe": "tomorrow"
}
The callback_keyword is still "weather" - so it gets passed back to my original WeatherByZIP() class. But now within that class, I can pull out the other info from the "data" dictionary with:
attachment_actions.inputs['requested_info']
This is similar to how we pulled out the ZIP code, but with any number of additional values we want to include - which can be pre-loaded when the card JSON is generated. I have used these key/value pairs occasionally to keep track of user interaction - like storing the last message/action in the card JSON.
I don't know if that's what you're trying to do exactly - but it could help you simplify/re-use the same class but do multiple things, if that's the goal.
This was a great video man! I want some help in this regard, webex supports only adaptive cards version 1.2.. The issue is that I want some of the input text to be *Required nature.. And if that field is empty then card shouldn't be submitted.. How can I achieve this? Thanks in advance :)
Hi there, Thanks for the comment!
Unfortunately, from what I can see - Webex still only supports up to AdaptiveCard 1.2, but the "isRequired" card parameter requires minimum version of 1.3.
Since the card schema is rendered by the Webex client, I don't think there is anything we can do to work around this - until they add support for 1.3 card schemas.
hi 0x2142,
how to return local files when replying bot messages.
When commenting on your webpage, Comment is not sending.
Hi there -
It looks like you should be able to return files using the example here: github.com/fbradyirl/webex_bot/issues/29
Also - Thanks for the heads up on the comments. I fixed this now 👍
Hi, great video! I was wondering... is there a way to use cards to deal with exceptions? For example, when someone types something that the bot doesn't recognize, he shows a message like "I didn't understand, here are my available commands: (and then shows the default help card). Is it possible? If so, where should I implement this? I was poking aroung in the help and webex_bot classes but it didn't work so far...
Hey there - Yes, by default if the bot doesn't recognize the command being sent it will send the help card. You can overrride this behavior by removing the default help command & writing your own.
I found this discussion on the webex_bot package recently where they show how to remove the built-in help command:
github.com/fbradyirl/webex_bot/issues/25#issuecomment-1096754764
@@0x2142 That's great, worked here!
Hi! Great video! I was wondering, is it possible to return a goodbye message in case the user doesn't interact for a certain amount of time?
You could, yes - but it would be a bit of additional work. You would need code within your bot to store the user ID & last time they communicated. Then use the webexteamssdk to send a message back to the user after a certain time interval had passed. The webex_bot package leverages the webexteamssdk for quite a lot of things, and I don't think the bot package itself can send unsolicited messages to users at this time.
@@0x2142 I see... what about another submit button inside a response card to go back to the initial card?
Sure thing. You could do this a few ways. When you create a button on the card, you provide the "callback_keyword". So depending on how you structure your bot, the reset button could just have a callback_keyword of your default prompt - which would then display the first card.
Or you could set the callback_keyword to a new bot command - where you would define a class to handle restarting the process.
Also, if you wanted to restart the process with some added context - the "data" section of the button submit (which is where we place the callback_keyword) can hold other key-value pairs. So your button could reset the process back to the first card, but pass other data to keep some illusion that the process hasn't completely started from zero.
@@0x2142 Thanks a million!
Is there any way to add a cancel button ? Like if a user gave a different command instead of intended one and want to cancel it?
thanks man