how do teams bot on channel get attachments?

Question

If you @ an bot on teams's channel it receive the message body. You can also include file attachments in the message.

I'm using bot framework 4.6 for nodejs. The mention message handler:

this.onMessage(async (context, next) => {
  console.dir(context.activity.attachments)
  await next()
}

how the bot can get the midia resources in the message?

Answer 1

@Itacir Gabral - There are two ways to send files to and receive files from a bot:

Use the Microsoft Graph APIs:
This method works for bots in all Microsoft Teams scopes:
personal
channel
groupchat

Use the Teams bot APIs: These only support files in personal context.

Reference doc:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/bots-filesv4#:~:text=%20There%20are%20two%20ways%20to%20send%20files,only%20support%20files%20in%20personal%20context.%20More%20

Sample link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/bots/how-to/bots-filesv4#code-sample

Thanks,
Chetan Sharma

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