Bot mini demo can be seen here

• card support
• userdata save to cosmosdb
• order save to cosmosdb

Prerequisites

• .NET 2.1 here
• Bot Framework Emulator here
• CosmosDB local database here

Create CosmosDB database

• start CosmosDB emulator
• go to https://localhost:8081/_explorer/index.html
• Create database WomanDayBot
• Create Collection
  • Database id: WomanDayBot
  • Collection Id: Orders
  • Partition key: /orderId
  • Throughput: 10000
  • Unique keys: /orderId
• Create Collection
  • Database id: WomanDayBot
  • Collection Id: CardConfiguration
  • Partition key: /cardconfigid
  • Throughput: 10000
  • Unique keys: /cardconfigid
• Upload Documents for local development localted in the .\WomanDayBot\Data\CardConfiguration.json (upload may hand locally, create docs one by one then )

WomanDayBot

Run the bot from a terminal or from Visual Studio. - Launch Visual Studio - File -> Open -> Project/Solution - Select <your_project_folder>/WomanDayBot.sln file - Press F5 to run the project

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator v4

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.2.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator v4

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot Configuration
• Navigate to <your_project_folder>/WomanDayBot folder
• Select WomanDayBot.bot file
• Secret is stored in Azure Bot settings (ask in skype chat)

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Prompt types
• Waterfall dialogs
• Ask the user questions
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• .NET Core CLI tools
• Azure CLI
• msbot CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service