This bot is part of the #OBAW Github project - Week 0x0007 - Meetup

Medium publication project page #OBAW Medium

Medium publication Meetup project #OBAW Meetup

Meetup Bot for Facebook Messenger using Recast.AI

A Meetup-powered bot using Recast.AI NLP

Follow the instructions below to create your own instance of the bot:

Step 1: Deploy the Bot

1. Make sure you are logged in to the Heroku Dashboard

2. Click the button below to deploy the Messenger bot on Heroku:

   

3. Fill in the config variables as described.

   • For LANGUAGE put 'en'
   • For REQUEST_TOKEN blank for now (filled at step 2)
   • For MEETUP_API_KEY blank for now (filled at step 4)

Step 2: Get your Recast.AI bot

1. Make sure youhttps://github.com/plieb/OBAW-0x0007-Meetup are logged in to your Recast.AI account
2. Follow this link Meetup Bot and fork the bot to your account
3. Copy paste your bot request access token in the Config Variables section of your Heroku app to REQUEST_TOKEN

Step 3: Connect your bot to Messenger

1. Go to your RUN tab
2. Click the Bot Connector tab and follow instructions to add a Messenger channel
3. Once it's done at the top set your Current bot webhook to :
   • Heroku URL + /webhook (MY_HEROKU_URL.heroku.com/webhook)

Step 4: Get your Meetup API Key

1. Make sure you are logged in to your Meetup account
2. Follow this link Meetup API and get your API key
3. Paste your API Key in the Config Variables section of your Heroku app to MEETUP_API_KEY

Author

PE Lieb @liebpe

You can follow us on Twitter at @recastai for updates and releases.

Special thanks

• Meetup API