RestFB example ChatBot

The RestFB example chatbot is a simple example implementation that shows the possibilities of RestFB. You see an example how a Facebook Chatbot is implemented.

The example creates a war file and so you can use it within a docker container or on your own java container.

Compiling

You need to copy the sample configuration config.sample.properties to config.properties and add your own values.

At the end of the compiling you get a chatbots.war.

mvn package

Usage

To run the example chatbots you have to deploy the war as usual.

A simple possibility to test the chatbot war, you can use it in a docker container.

Usage with Docker

You can use this (or a similar) docker-compose file:

version: '3'

services:
  jetty:
    container_name: chatbot_example_jetty
    image: jetty:alpine
    restart: always
    ports:
    - "8544:8080"
    volumes:
    - ./jetty/webapps:/var/lib/jetty/webapps
    - ./jetty/wars/:/var/lib/jetty/wars/
    - ./jetty/etc/:/var/lib/jetty/etc/
    - ./jetty/home/jetty/:/home/jetty/

Don't forget to create the directory structure and put the war in the webapps directory.

To deploy the war in the root you only need to name it ROOT.war, otherwise the war is deployed in the context named like the war. Nothing special, but good to know 😎