Facebook Messenger Platform (Chatbot) Go API

A Golang implementation of the Facebook Messenger Platform.

Installation

go get github.com/ippy04/messengerbot

Or if using the excellent [glide] (https://github.com/Masterminds/glide) package manager:

glide get github.com/ippy04/messengerbot

Usage

Send a Regular Message

	bot := messengerbot.NewMessengerBot(accessToken, verifyToken)
	bot.Debug = true
	
	user := messengerbot.NewUserFromId(userId)
	msg := messengerbot.NewMessage("Hello World")

	bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeRegular)

Send an Image Message

	msg := messengerbot.NewImageMessage("https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2016/04/01/09/29/cartoon-1299393_960_720.png")
	bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeRegular)

Send an Button Template Message

	msg := messengerbot.NewButtonTemplate("Pick one, any one")
	button1 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 1", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_1")
	button2 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 2", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_2")
	button3 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 3", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_3")
	msg.AddButton(button1, button2, button3)
	
	bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeRegular)

Send a Generic Template Message

	msg := messengerbot.NewGenericTemplate()
	element := messengerbot.Element{
		Title:    "This is a bolded title",
		ImageUrl: "https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2016/04/01/09/29/cartoon-1299393_960_720.png",
		Subtitle: "I am a dinosaur. Hear me Rawr.",
	}
	
	button1 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 1", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_1")
	button2 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 2", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_2")
	button3 := messengerbot.NewPostbackButton("Button 3", "POSTBACK_BUTTON_3")
	element.AddButton(button1, button2, button3)
	
	msg.AddElement(element)
	
	bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeRegular)

Push Notification Types

bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeRegular)     // regular sound, vibrate and phone alert
bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeSilentPush)  // phone notification only, no sound or vibrate alert
bot.Send(user, msg, messengerbot.NotificationTypeNoPush)      // no sound or phone notification