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sample	This sample app demonstrate how to use action preview in Messaging Extensions using Bot Framework v4	office-teams office office-365	csharp	contentType createdDate samples 10/17/2019 13:38:25 PM	officedev-microsoft-teams-samples-msgext-action-preview-csharp

Teams Messaging Extensions Action Preview

Bot Framework v4 Teams Messaging Extension Action Preview sample.

This Messaging Extension has been created using Bot Framework.

• It shows how to create a simple card based on parameters entered by the user from a Task Module.
• It also displays the scenario where a Bot sends messages on behalf of a User. Attributing the message to that user can help with engagement and showcase a more natural interaction flow.

Included Features

• Bots
• Message Extensions
• Action Commands

Interaction with Messaging Extension Action Preview

Try it yourself - experience the App in your Microsoft Teams client

Please find below demo manifest which is deployed on Microsoft Azure and you can try it yourself by uploading the app manifest (.zip file link below) to your teams and/or as a personal app. (Sideloading must be enabled for your tenant, see steps here).

Teams Messaging Extensions Action Preview: Manifest

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account
• .NET SDK version 6.0
• dev tunnel or ngrok latest version or equivalent tunnelling solution

Setup

Note these instructions are for running the sample on your local machine, the tunnelling solution is required because the Teams service needs to call into the bot.

1. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

   ngrok http 3978 --host-header="localhost:3978"

   Alternatively, you can also use the dev tunnels. Please follow Create and host a dev tunnel and host the tunnel with anonymous user access command as shown below:

   devtunnel host -p 3978 --allow-anonymous

2. Setup for Bot

   In Azure portal, create a Azure Bot resource.

   • For bot handle, make up a name.
   • Select "Use existing app registration" (Create the app registration in Microsoft Entra ID beforehand.)
   • If you don't have an Azure account create an Azure free account here

   In the new Azure Bot resource in the Portal,

   • Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel
   • In Settings/Configuration/Messaging endpoint, enter the current https URL you were given by running ngrok. Append with the path /api/messages

3. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git

4. If you are using Visual Studio

   • Launch Visual Studio
   • File -> Open -> Project/Solution
   • Navigate to samples/msgext-action-preview/csharp folder
   • Select TeamsMessagingExtensionsActionPreview.csproj or TeamsMessagingExtensionsActionPreview.slnfile

5. Update the appsettings.json configuration for the bot to use the MicrosoftAppId, MicrosoftAppPassword, MicrosoftAppTenantId generated in Step 2 (App Registration creation). (Note the App Password is referred to as the "client secret" in the azure portal and you can always create a new client secret anytime.)

   • Set "MicrosoftAppType" in the appsettings.json. (Allowed values are: MultiTenant(default), SingleTenant, UserAssignedMSI)

6. Run your bot, either from Visual Studio with F5 or using dotnet run in the appropriate folder.

7. This step is specific to Teams.

   • Edit the manifest.json contained in the AppManifest folder to replace your Microsoft App Id (that was created when you registered your bot earlier) everywhere you see the place holder string <<YOUR-MICROSOFT-APP-ID>> (depending on the scenario the Microsoft App Id may occur multiple times in the manifest.json)
   • Edit the manifest.json for validDomains with base Url domain. E.g. if you are using ngrok it would be https://1234.ngrok-free.app then your domain-name will be 1234.ngrok-free.app and if you are using dev tunnels then your domain will be like: 12345.devtunnels.ms.
   • Zip up the contents of the AppManifest folder to create a manifest.zip (Make sure that zip file does not contains any subfolder otherwise you will get error while uploading your .zip package)
   • Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (In Teams Apps/Manage your apps click "Upload an app". Browse to and Open the .zip file. At the next dialog, click the Add button.)
   • Add the app in team scope (Supported app scope)

Note: If you are facing any issue in your app, please uncomment this line and put your debugger for local debug.

Running the sample

Note the manifest.json specifies that this bot will be available in "personal", "team" and "groupchat" scopes and the command will be available in the "commandBox", "compose" and "message" context.

Click the Messaging Extension icon in the Compose Box's Messaging Extension menu.

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading

• Action based Messaging Extensions
• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation