These docs are for version 1.x of Rasa Open Source.

User Guide

• Installation
• Tutorial: Rasa Basics
• Tutorial: Building Assistants
• Command Line Interface
• Architecture
• Messaging and Voice Channels
• Evaluating Models
• Validate Data
• Configuring the HTTP API
• Deploying your Rasa Assistant
• Cloud Storage

NLU

• About
• Using NLU Only
• Training Data Format
• Choosing a Pipeline
• Language Support
• Entity Extraction
• Components

Core

• About
• Stories
• Domains
• Responses
• Actions
• Policies
• Slots
• Forms
• Retrieval Actions
• Interactive Learning
• Fallback Actions
• Knowledge Base Actions

Conversation Design

• Dialogue Elements
• Small Talk
• Completing Tasks
• Guiding Users

API Reference

• Action Server
• HTTP API
• Jupyter Notebooks
• Agent
• Custom NLU Components
• Rasa SDK
• Events
• Tracker
• Tracker Stores
• Event Brokers
• Lock Stores
• Training Data Importers
• Featurization of Conversations
• Migration Guide
• Rasa OSS Change Log

Migrate from (beta)

• Dialogflow
• Wit.ai
• LUIS
• IBM Watson

Reference

• Glossary

Versions

viewing: 1.7.2

Messaging and Voice Channels

To make your assistant available on a messaging platform you need to provide credentials in a credentials.yml file. An example file is created when you run rasa init, so it’s easiest to edit that file and add your credentials there. Here is an example with Facebook credentials:

facebook:
  verify: "rasa-bot"
  secret: "3e34709d01ea89032asdebfe5a74518"
  page-access-token: "EAAbHPa7H9rEBAAuFk4Q3gPKbDedQnx4djJJ1JmQ7CAqO4iJKrQcNT0wtD"

Learn how to make your assistant available on:

• Your Own Website
• Facebook Messenger
• Slack
• Telegram
• Twilio
• Microsoft Bot Framework
• Cisco Webex Teams
• RocketChat
• Mattermost
• Custom Connectors

Testing Channels on Your Local Machine with Ngrok

You can use ngrok to create a connection to your local computer that is publicly available on the internet. You don’t need this when running Rasa on a server because, you can set up a domain name to point to that server’s IP address, or use the IP address itself.

After installing ngrok, run:

ngrok http 5005; rasa run

Your webhook address will look like the following:

• https://yyyyyy.ngrok.io/webhooks/<CHANNEL>/webhook, e.g.
• https://yyyyyy.ngrok.io/webhooks/facebook/webhook

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