Thanks for joining in on this journey. Today, I tackled the task of adding an integration feature to our chatbot. This integration is designed to allow connections to various destinations, including platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. My first step was integrating with CometChat, enabling the chatbot builder to be entirely managed by CometChat's frontend capabilities. Let me walk you through the process.
Beginning with Integrations
To kick things off, I went ahead and prompted the system to add an integrations page for each bot. However, despite following the setup instructions, I noticed it wasn't taking effect as expected. After some trial and error, including messaging the same error message again, it still didn't work. When I checked the file, it appeared that the relevant code had been added, yet it wasn't reflecting in the final product. After a bit of investigation, I realized I had added it to the wrong file. Finally, after correcting the location, the integrations page appeared as intended.
Integrating with CometChat
Next was the exciting part: moving on to CometChat. I started by downloading CometChat's React v5 UI Kit and executed a series of commands, one at a time. Progressing to the dashboard, I navigated to the 'Bots' section to ensure I had created a gym bot. This was crucial because I was using a product called "ngrok." Ngrok is quite handy for turning localhost into an accessible web interface.
Once set up, I confirmed the gym bot's presence in the group's list. Sending a message to the group should trigger a receipt of that message on the other end, and indeed, upon checking ngrok, the message was successfully received.
Looking Ahead
In our next session, I'll be working on connecting all the dots to complete this communication flow. When a message comes in, the plan is to process it through OpenAI, enabling us to send an appropriate response back. This will wrap up the integration process neatly. Following this, I plan to focus on expanding the range of integrations even further.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading, and I hope you found this insight into the integration process useful.
Until next time,
Anant
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