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The whole process will be:
create community, get group id, and access token
enable community messages and bot abilities
Get Group ID and Access Token
You need to have a VK personal account first, go to https://vk.com (opens a new window), register, and login log in yourself.
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Go to "Community" from the left sidebar and "Create Community" for your chatbot.
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You will find your group id in the URL (see the above screenshot). Click on "API usage", and let's create an access token.
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Select all permissions to have a more smooth experience.
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Click on "Create token", UChat only need to access your community management and messages. Tick the options, and hit "Create".
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You will need to download the VK application on your phone because VK will send you notifications for confirming some actions of the community. |
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Copy your token and group id and now let's go back to UChat.
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Go to the VK channel, click "Add New Bot" and fill in your group id and access token, hit "Add".
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Click "Create Bot", select a template, and be done.
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Add a simple greeting message for testing.
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Then go to "Bot settings", change the bot abilities to be "Enabled" and make sure you hit the "Save" button and see the green "Changes saved" promptedprompt. It's important to enable bot abilities so that your bot can send buttons, questions, and cards instead of just text messages and media.
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Now you can open your VK application on your phone, search your community name and click on it:
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There are several limitations on the VK channel according to their API:
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In a card, the image should have a 13/8 ratio and there should be at least one button otherwise the card won't show.
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In a question step, there are 5 quick answers at most.
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In a file question, the file uploaded by the user is sent to VK and VK
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returns an URL pointing to the file back to UChat. Please note that this URL isn't a direct file link. Therefore you cannot send a file-type message based on this URL. You can print the URL instead and by clicking this URL, users can access the file.
Video Tutorials
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