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Informations about the package facebook_messenger_php

Currently abandoned - Please use Marcel's Botman.io (its much better)

Facebook Messenger PHP Wrapper

This package is a wrapper around the majority of the functionality of the Facebook Messenger platform. A list of features not yet implemented is below.

This package is still in development; so please do submit pull requests / issues you are having.

Installation

Just use compser to bring it in.

Currently we are in dev mode so you may need to set in your composer.json

Demo

A demo project (Laravel based) is here In the meantime you can interact with a demo ChatBot created using this wrapper.

Search for @laravelmessengerbot in Facebook messenger and you can test a load of the function. Or go here https://www.facebook.com/laravelmessengerbot/

Todo

Things still to implement

Current dependencies are GuzzleHttp/Guzzle, rappasoft/laravel-helpers and illuminate/http. These allow the package to make easy requests to the FB Messenger API and also deal with arrays in a super amazing way.

License

MIT

Who to call for help

Just add an issue or send me an email at piesse [at] gmail [dot] com or on Twitter @mapdev

Sending Messages

Usage

To send messages to a user create an instance of the Messenger class and insert your token

and then to send a text message

Facebook API Link

Still writing this...

Incoming Webhook

For Facebook Messenger you provide a webhook URL for their API to contact your server when certain events occur. -Link-

Most of these revolve around incoming messages from a user; be it a text message, attachment, postback etc. these are all handled by the Callback object.

Pass in an array of data from the post request {in Laravel use }

The data incoming should look similar to this

The object parses all this information and allows you to easily retrieve it and determine what to do with it.

Structure

Below is a guide on how to find the data you want in the Callback object Within a normal Facbook Webhook POST request are two top level parameters:

To get at the data you must iterate to make sure you do not miss a batch of messages.

The Callback also has three methods , , and . These give you quick access to an array of of these specific types.

Within an 'entry' are a couple of properties and a array of

This array of entry messages is where all the real information is. There are two main parts to it. THe shell (EntryMessage) contains the and along with a .

It also provides you a set of boolean return methods to determine what type of message it is.

Each of these allow you to filter the type of message it is and access its or other dynamic property appropriately.

Read

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Delivered

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Authentication

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Account Linking

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Postback

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Message

If the message is of type Read then is set and is of type

Properties

Echo

The same as except with some more properties attached.

Additional Properties

Examples

Here are some code snippets to get you started

As Laravel Collection is iuncluded it is a great way to delve into your callback easily

All versions of facebook_messenger_php with dependencies

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Requires guzzlehttp/guzzle Version ^6.2
rappasoft/laravel-helpers Version dev-master
nesbot/carbon Version ^1.21
illuminate/http Version ^5.3
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