Can we create a Bot using Bot Rest api using teams developer portal

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We have Bot Rest API and we would like to create Bot in teams using this existing Bot Rest API via teams developer portal.
Is this doable? If so how can we do this?

We tried this by creating Bot and configured the Bot API from dev portal, but not able get the response from the Bot.

Please advice.

Thanks in advance!

JimmyYang-MSFT 48,706 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-11-18T02:38:35.183+00:00

Hi @prashanthij

Teams tag is mainly focused on the general issue of Microsoft Teams troubleshooting. According to description, your question is more related to Tams api development, so we will remove teams tag from your thread. Thanks for your understanding!
Nivedipa-MSFT 2,806 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-11-18T04:23:48.383+00:00

@GeedulaPrashanthiGTIS-1367 - Could you please share how you have configured the Bot API from developer portal? Could you please share repro steps and which Bot rest API you have used?
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2022-11-18T04:55:48.873+00:00

Hi @Nivedipa-MSFT
Thanks for your response.

Created Bot from Tools->Bot management->create new bot
configured endpoint address -> https://<domainname>/dev/bots/<botname>/rest/

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Nivedipa-MSFT 2,806 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-11-22T10:58:20.693+00:00

@prashanthij - There doesn't seem to be any way to create a Bot using Bot Rest API using Teams developer portal.
You can create a bot with the Bot Connector service with the Bot Connector API.

Ref Documents:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-api-reference?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
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GP 26 Reputation points

2022-11-24T10:14:36.513+00:00

@Nivedipa-MSFT - Thanks for your response!
I understand that it does not work with Dev portal.

So, Now I have intranet Bot Rest API, using this I need to create the new Bot in teams.

First thing I need to register my new Bot in Azure.

Then, when user sends message/command in chat window, I need to call my respective Rest API endpoint by sending token and get the response and show the response back to user in chat window as Adaptive card/or normal message

Is this way it works? Please confirm.

Nivedipa-MSFT 2,806 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-11-25T11:44:03.78+00:00

@prashanthij - Yes, you are right. Please refer below document for detailed description.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/rest-api/bot-framework-rest-connector-api-reference?view=azure-bot-service-4.0

GP 26 Reputation points

2022-11-25T12:05:45.117+00:00

Hi @Nivedipa-MSFT
Thanks for confirming.
I have tried with this approach... It worked fine locally, But When I deploy my bot in Appservice and tested from Teams, it did not work.
Error getting:
No such host is known. (domain.com:443)

Code snippet:

using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{

StringContent content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(messageRequest), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"); httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("bearer", "TestToken"); using (var response = await httpClient.PostAsync("https://domainname/dev/bots/app/rest", content)) { string apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); messageResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<MessageResponse>>(apiResponse); } }

Any Idea? why it's not working after publishing the bot app.

Thanks in advance!

Nivedipa-MSFT 2,806 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-11-28T18:29:49.95+00:00

We are checking this internally. We will update you.
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