Flow development¶
Flows are a feature in Errbot to enable plugin designers to chain several plugin commands together in a “conversation”.
For example, imagine interacting with a bot that needs more that one command, like setting up a poll in a chatroom:
User: !poll new Where do we go for lunch ?
Bot: Flow poll_setup started, you can continue with:
!poll newoption <your option>
User: !poll newoption Greek
Bot: Option added, current options:
- Greek
Bot: You can continue with:
!poll newoption <your option>
!poll start
User: !poll newoption French
Bot: Option added, current options:
- Greek
- French
Bot: You can continue with:
!poll newoption <your option>
!poll start
User: !poll start
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In this guide we will explain the underlying concepts and basics of writing flows. Prerequesite: you need to be familiar with the normal errbot plugin development.
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