21.luis-with-appinsights

This sample shows how to integrate LUIS to a bot with ASP.Net Core 2.

To try this sample

• Clone the samples repository

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

• [Optional] Update the appsettings.json file under botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\21.luis-with-appsinsights with your botFileSecret. For Azure Bot Service bots, you can find the botFileSecret under application settings.

Prerequisites

Set up LUIS

• Navigate to LUIS portal.

• Click the Sign in button.

• Click on My Apps.

• Click on the Import new app button.

• Click on the Choose File and select LUIS-Reminders.json from the botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\23.luis-with-appinsights\CognitiveModels folder.

• Update BotConfiguration.bot file with your AppId, SubscriptionKey, Region and Version. You can find this information under "Publish" tab for your LUIS application at LUIS portal. For example, for https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/luis/v2.0/apps/XXXXXXXXXXXXX?subscription-key=YYYYYYYYYYYY&verbose=true&timezoneOffset=0&q=

  • AppId = XXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • SubscriptionKey = YYYYYYYYYYYY
  • Region = westus

  The Version is listed on the page.

• Update BotConfiguration.bot file with your Authoring Key.
  You can find this under your user settings at luis.ai. Click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the portal, and click on the "Settings" menu option. NOTE: Once you publish your app on LUIS portal for the first time, it takes some time for the endpoint to become available, about 5 minutes of wait should be sufficient.

(Optional) Install LUDown

• (Optional) Install the LUDown here to help describe language understanding components for your bot.

Install Application Insights

• Follow instructions here to set up your Application Insights service.
• Note: The Application Insights will automatically update the appsettings.json file.

Visual Studio

• Navigate to the samples folder (botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\21.luis-with-appsinsights) and open LuisBotAllInsights.csproj in Visual Studio
• Hit F5

Visual Studio Code

• Open botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\21.luis-with-appsinsights sample folder
• Bring up a terminal, navigate to botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\21.luis-with-appsinsights folder.
• Type 'dotnet run'.

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Microsoft Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the Bot Framework Emulator from here.

Connect to bot using Bot Framework Emulator V4

• Launch the Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open bot and navigate to botbuilder-samples\samples\csharp_dotnetcore\21.luis-with-appsinsights folder.
• Select BotConfiguration.bot file.

Deploy this bot to Azure

You can use the MSBot Bot Builder CLI tool to clone and configure any services this sample depends on.

To install all Bot Builder tools -

Ensure you have Node.js version 8.5 or higher

npm i -g msbot chatdown ludown qnamaker luis-apis botdispatch luisgen

To clone this bot, run

msbot clone services -f deploymentScripts/msbotClone -n <BOT-NAME> -l <Azure-location> --subscriptionId <Azure-subscription-id>

Further reading

• Azure Bot Service
• LUIS Documentation
• Application Insights