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page_type	description	products	languages	extensions	contentType	createdDate
sample	This sample shows a feature where user can schedule a task from messaging extension action and get a reminder card at a scheduled time.	office-teams office office-365	nodejs		samples	24-11-2021 13:10:00

Message reminder with messaging extension action

This sample shows a feature where user can schedule a task from messaging extension action and get a reminder card at a scheduled time.

• Personal scope scenario Select ... over message to get action create-reminder for scheduling task.

Task module to schedule a task.

Reminder card of task at scheduled date and time.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account (not a guest account)
• NodeJS
• ngrok or equivalent tunneling solution
• M365 developer account or access to a Teams account with the appropriate permissions to install an app.

To try this sample

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. Setup for Bot

In Azure portal, create a Azure Bot resource.

2. Run your bot sample

1. Clone the repository

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

   • Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel

2. In the folder where repository is cloned navigate to samples/bot-task-reminder/nodejs

3. 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

4. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

   ngrok http -host-header=rewrite 3978

5. Update the .env configuration file in your project folder for the bot to use the MicrosoftAppId and MicrosoftAppPassword, BaseUrl with application base url. For e.g., your ngrok url. (Note the MicrosoftAppId is the AppId created in step 1 (Setup for Bot), the MicrosoftAppPassword is referred to as the "client secret" in step 1 (Setup for Bot) and you can always create a new client secret anytime.)

6. Run your app

   npm start

7. Manually update the manifest.json

   • Edit the manifest.json contained in the appPackage/ 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 the manifest.json)
   • Zip up the contents of the appPackage/ folder to create a manifest.zip
   • Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (in the left-bottom Apps view, click "Upload a custom app")

Features of this sample

• Personal scope scenario Select ... over message to get action create-reminder for scheduling task.

Task module to schedule a task.

Reminder card of task at scheduled date and time.

• Team scope scenario Navigate to team where the app is installed

Select ... over message to get action create-reminder for scheduling task.

Task module to schedule a task.

Reminder card of task at scheduled date and time.