Prepare the Plugin

Sometimes you may need a specific feature according to your needs and build your own plugin that doesn't exist yet. In order to achieve this:

You can create your own plugin with an independent node.js package.
Each plugin will be a class which needs to implement the two methods described in this guide.

Naming

Every plugin you create for botonic has to be under a directory named:
botonic-plugin-{MY_PLUGIN_NAME}.

Example: botonic-plugin-dialogflow

In addition, the plugin directory has to be structured in the following way:

botonic-plugin-{my-plugin-name}
└── package.json
└── src
    └── index.js <-- This is the entry point of your code
    └── MY_USEFUL_CODE

The required fields in your package.json must be the following:

name: we suggest you to put the same name as the directory, for simplicity and maintainability.
version: plugin's version, starting by 0.0.1.
main: entry point of your plugin. We suggest that you mantain the structure as it is.
dependencies: your dependencies, if any.
devDependencies: your devDependencies, if any.

Example :

{
  "name": "@botonic/plugin-luis",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.5.5"
  }
}

Naming​

Naming