how to make a post request inside async function? - mysql

Question

At the end of the waterfall-dialog in "summary" (i.e., the last if statement) i want to automatically make a post request without making an API call in Postman, is eventListener the way? How to include it?
async summaryStep(step) {
if (step.result) {
// Get the current profile object from user state.
const userProfile = await this.userProfile.get(step.context, new UserProfile());
userProfile.name = step.values.name;
//the same for other step values(email, doctor, date)
let msg = `you want a date with dr. ${userProfile.doctor} , and your name is ${userProfile.name}.`;
if (userProfile.date !== -1) {
msg += `you have an appointment the: ${userProfile.date}.`;
}
await step.context.sendActivity(msg);
let msg1 = `"${userProfile.date}"`;
if (msg1) {
let z = JSON.stringify(userProfile.name);
//and also the other rows to go in the database(email, doctor, date)
var name = JSON.parse(z);
//and also the other rows to go in the database(email, doctor, date)
//this actually works but only if i use postman
var urlencoded = bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false });
app.post('/id', urlencoded, (req, res) => {
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
mysqlConnection.query("INSERT INTO users(name, email, doctor, date) VALUES('" + userProfile.name + "','" + userProfile.password + "','" + userProfile.doctor + "','" + userProfile.date + "')", function (err, result, rows) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Yeah! record inserted");
console.log(name);
res.send(result);
});
});
const port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Listening on port ${port}..`));
}
} else {
await step.context.sendActivity('Thanks. Your profile will not be kept. Push enter to return Menu');
}
return await step.prompt(CONFIRM_PROMPT3, `is that true? ${step.result}`, ['yes', 'no']);
// this if statement should "fire" the post request...
if (step.result == 'yes') {
return await step.context.sendActivity(`we will contact you soon ${userProfile.password}.`);
}
return await step.endDialog();
}

Answer 1

Per my understanding , you want to know how to call an POST API from Azure bot async function. Pls try the code below in your async summaryStep function to send the post request based on your requirement.
var rp = require('request-promise');
var options = {
method: 'POST',
uri: 'http://localhost:8080/id',
body: {
fieldCount:0,
affectedRows:1,
//your other body content here...
},
json: true,
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json' //you can append other headers here
}
};
await rp(options)
.then(function (body) {
console.log(body)
})
.catch(function (err) {
console.log(err)
});
}
Hope it helps .
A
nd if there is any further concerns or misunderstand , pls feel free to let me know.

Answer 2

The answer is to move your app.post API endpoint to your index.js file where your bot is already running on a server. Simply spin up a new "server" and "port" making the endpoint available. Then, in your summaryStep (axiosStep in my example), make your API call using Axios, request-promise, or what have you, to post your data. When the API is hit, the data will be passed in and processed.
In the code below, when the API is hit the passed in data is used in a sendActivity posted back to the bot. In your case, your passed in data would be used for the database call in which you could use the returned response in the sendActivity.
Your code would look something like the following. Please note, the post actions are simplified for the sake of the example. You would need to update the post actions to make your mySql queries. This sample also makes use of restify for the server (standard for Bot Framework bots) and uses the same port as the bot, but this can easily be updated to use Express and/or another port.
Hope of help!
index.js
[...]
const conversationReferences = {};
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
server.post('/id', async (req, res) => {
const { conversationID, data, name } = req.body;
const conversationReference = conversationReferences[ conversationID ];
await adapter.continueConversation(conversationReference, async turnContext => {
var reply = `${ data }. Thanks, ${ name }`;
await turnContext.sendActivity(reply);
});
res.writeHead(200);
res.end();
});
mainDialog.js
async axiosStep ( stepContext ) {
const conversationID = stepContext.context.activity.conversation.id;
try {
const response = await axios.post(`http://localhost:3978/id`, {
data: "Yeah! Record inserted",
name: "Steve",
conversationID: conversationID
})
console.log(response);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
return stepContext.next();
}