🔵Steps to set up a Facebook Messenger bot in your developer account
Creating a Facebook Messenger bot involves several steps on the Facebook side. Below are detailed instructions to guide you through the process:
If you don't already have a Facebook Page for your business, you'll need to create one. This page will be the face of your bot.
- Click on the Create button in the top right corner.
- Select Page and follow the prompts to set up your page.
To create a Messenger bot, you need to have a Facebook Developer account.
- Click on Get Started and follow the instructions to set up your developer account.
You need to create a new app in your Facebook Developer account to manage your bot.
- In the Facebook Developer dashboard, click on My Apps and then Create App.
- Select Manage Business Integrations and click Continue.
- Fill in the required details (App Name, Contact Email) and click Create App ID.
Once your app is created, you need to add Messenger as a product.
- In your app dashboard, click on Add Product.
- Find Messenger and click Set Up.
The Page Access Token is required for your bot to interact with users.
- In the Messenger settings, scroll down to Access Tokens.
- Select the Facebook Page you created earlier and click Generate Token.
- Copy the generated token and store it securely.
A webhook is used to receive events from Messenger.
- In the Messenger settings, scroll down to Webhooks and click Setup Webhooks.
- Provide a callback URL and verify token. The callback URL is the endpoint on your server that will handle incoming messages.
- Select the subscription fields you want (e.g., messages, messaging_postbacks).
Facebook will send a verification request to your callback URL.
- Implement the verification logic in your server to handle the request.
- Once verified, save the webhook configuration.
After setting up the webhook, you need to subscribe your app to the Facebook Page.
- In the Webhooks section, under Page Subscriptions, select the page and click Subscribe.
You can now test your bot to ensure it's working correctly.
- Go to your Facebook Page and click on Message.
- Interact with your bot to see if it responds as expected.
Once testing is complete, deploy your bot to a live server to make it available to users.
- Infobip Guide provides a detailed step-by-step guide to building a Messenger chatbot with no coding knowledge required.
By following these steps, you can create and deploy a Facebook Messenger bot to interact with your users and enhance your customer engagement.