What's new with Bot Framework

This repository contains code for the Python version of the Microsoft Bot Framework SDK, which is part of the Microsoft Bot Framework - a comprehensive framework for building enterprise-grade conversational AI experiences.

This SDK enables developers to model conversation and build sophisticated bot applications using Python. SDKs for JavaScript, .NET and Java (preview) are also available.

To get started building bots using the SDK, see the Azure Bot Service Documentation.

For more information jump to a section below.

Build status
Packages
Getting started
Getting support and providing feedback
Contributing and our code of conduct
Reporting security issues

Build Status

Branch	Description	Build Status	Coverage Status	Code Style
Master	4.11.* Preview Builds

Packages

Build	Released Package
botbuilder-ai
botbuilder-applicationinsights
botbuilder-azure
botbuilder-core
botbuilder-dialogs
botbuilder-schema
botframework-connector

Getting Started

To get started building bots using the SDK, see the Azure Bot Service Documentation.

The Bot Framework Samples includes a rich set of samples repository.

If you want to debug an issue, would like to contribute, or understand how the Bot Builder SDK works, instructions for building and testing the SDK are below.

Prerequisites

Python "Virtual Environments" allow Python packages to be installed in an isolated location for a particular application, rather than being installed globally, as such it is common practice to use them. Click here to learn more about creating and activating Virtual Environments in Python.

Clone

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-python.git

Change to the SDK's directory:

cd botbuilder-python

Using the SDK locally

To use a local copy of the SDK you can link to these packages with the pip -e option.

pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-schema
pip install -e ./libraries/botframework-connector
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-core
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-integration-aiohttp
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-ai
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-applicationinsights
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-integration-applicationinsights-aiohttp
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-dialogs
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-azure
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-adapters-slack
pip install -e ./libraries/botbuilder-testing
pip install -e ./libraries/adaptive-expressions

Running unit tests

First execute the following command from the root level of the repo:

pip install -r ./libraries/botframework-connector/tests/requirements.txt
pip install -r ./libraries/botbuilder-core/tests/requirements.txt
pip install -r ./libraries/botbuilder-ai/tests/requirements.txt

Then enter run pytest by simply typing it into your CLI:

pytest

This is the expected output:

============================= test session starts =============================
platform win32 -- Python 3.8.2, pytest-3.4.0, py-1.5.2, pluggy-0.6.0
rootdir: C:\projects\botbuilder-python, inifile:
plugins: cov-2.5.1
...

Getting support and providing feedback

Below are the various channels that are available to you for obtaining support and providing feedback. Please pay carful attention to which channel should be used for which type of content. e.g. general "how do I..." questions should be asked on Stack Overflow, Twitter or Gitter, with GitHub issues being for feature requests and bug reports.

Github issues

Github issues should be used for bugs and feature requests.

Stack overflow

Stack Overflow is a great place for getting high-quality answers. Our support team, as well as many of our community members are already on Stack Overflow providing answers to 'how-to' questions.

Azure Support

If you issues relates to Azure Bot Service, you can take advantage of the available Azure support options.

Twitter

We use the @botframework account on twitter for announcements and members from the development team watch for tweets for @botframework.

Gitter Chat Room

The Gitter Channel provides a place where the Community can get together and collaborate.

Contributing and our code of conduct

We welcome contributions and suggestions. Please see our contributing guidelines for more information.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct.

For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Contributing Code

In order to create pull requests, submitted code must pass pylint and black checks. Run both tools on every file you've changed.

For more information and installation instructions, see:

Reporting Security Issues

Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, via email, to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) at secure@microsoft.com. You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the Security TechCenter.

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Licensed under the MIT License.