Kik Node.js Chatbot

An example Kik node.js chatbot integrated with Dialog Analytics. Built with kikinteractive/kik-node.

• Dialog Documention
• Dialog API reference

Getting started

Clone this repository and run npm install

Create an account on https://app.dialoganalytics.com, grab your Dialog API token and bot ID.

Set environment variables in .env:

KIK_API_TOKEN=...
KIK_BOT_USERNAME=...
DIALOG_API_TOKEN=...
DIALOG_BOT_ID=...

Get your Kik API token at https://dev.kik.com

Local development: When developping locally, use a service like ngrok.com to expose a server running on your machine. You must then set the BOT_HOST environment variable with the URL assigned by ngrok:

$ ngrok http 8080

Start the bot:

$ npm start

Open the Kik application, find your bot and exchange a few messages. Messages will be sent to Dialog's API.

Go further

Read more on how to make the most out of the possibilities offered by Dialog here: https://dialoganalytics.com