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This sample shows a feature where user can send task request to his manager and manager can approve/reject the request in group chat. |
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This sample shows a feature where:
- Requester : Can request for any task approval from manager by initiating a request in group chat using bot command
request
and only requester can edit the request card. - Manager : Can see the request raised by user in the same group chat with an option of approve or reject.
- Others: Other members in the group chat can see the request details only.
Requester:
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Initiated request using bot command
request
in group chat. -
Card will refresh for requester to fill details.
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After submitting the request, requester can edit or cancel the request.
Note: Users who created the card will only be able to see the buttons to edit or cancel the request.
Manager:
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After requester submit the request, manager can approve/reject the request.
Note: Manager of the task request will only be able to see the buttons to approve or reject the request.
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If manager approves or rejects the request, card will be refreshed for all the members in group chat.
Others:
In Azure portal, create a Azure Bot resource.
- Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git
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In the folder where repository is cloned navigate to
samples/bot-task-approval/nodejs
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Install node modules
Inside node js folder, open your local terminal and run the below command to install node modules. You can do the same in Visual Studio code terminal by opening the project in Visual Studio code.
npm install
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Run ngrok - point to port 3978
ngrok http -host-header=rewrite 3978
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Open the
.env
configuration file in your project folder (or in Visual Studio Code) and update theClientId
andClientSecret
,BaseURL
with your app's base url. (Note the ClientId is the AppId created in step 1 (Setup for Bot), the ClientSecret is referred to as the "client secret" in step 1 (Setup for Bot) and you can always create a new client secret anytime.) -
Run your app
npm start
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Manually update the manifest.json
- Edit the
manifest.json
contained in theappPackage/
folder to replace with your MicrosoftAppId (that was created in step1.1 and is the same value of MicrosoftAppId in.env
file) everywhere you see the place holder string{MicrosoftAppId}
(depending on the scenario the Microsoft App Id may occur multiple times in themanifest.json
) - Zip up the contents of the
appPackage/
folder to create amanifest.zip
- Upload the
manifest.zip
to Teams (in the left-bottom Apps view, click "Upload a custom app")
- Edit the