Notification Bot framework v4

Question

Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to add a daily notification engine to my bot made with bot framework v4 (.Net) ?

Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

Hello @Valentin CHAMIOT MAITRAL

Thanks for reaching out to us, I think you can leverage Azure Functions service to do so - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-timer?tabs=in-process&pivots=programming-language-csharp

Here are the steps you can follow, please change it according to your preferences.

1. Create an Azure Function that will send the daily notifications. You can use the TimerTrigger template for this as above guidance.
2. Use the Azure Storage account to store the user details and the notification schedules. You can use Azure Table Storage or Cosmos DB for this.
3. In your bot, create a dialog that will allow users to set their notification preferences. The dialog should ask for the time and message of the notification and store it in the Azure Storage account.
4. When the Azure Function runs, it should retrieve the notification schedules from the Azure Storage account and send the notifications to the respective users.
5. You can also provide an option for users to update or delete their notification preferences.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,

Yutong

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