Facebook

1 introduction 1 introduction facebook messenger (or messenger) is an instant messaging service and software application users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, as well as react to other users’ messages and interact with bots engati allows you to deploy your bot on messenger 1 1 access to setup access the facebook channel via configure > deployments > facebook 2 steps to configure messenger as a channel 2 steps to configure messenger as a channel let me explain to you how you can deploy your chatbot on a facebook page 1\ in order for you to deploy the chatbot on facebook you would require a page that you are administering if you don’t have a page, create one before proceeding further 2\ click on sign in and login with your credentials 3\ after logging in you will get a list of your facebook pages for which you gave the permissions just select one of them and click on the connect button to create your messenger bot 4\ you can always click on the ‘ try chat ’ button to see how your bot works on facebook messenger notes to remember 1\ make sure all pop ups are unblocked 2\ allow all the permissions that are being asked by default, these permissions are required for the successful deployment of the chatbot 3\ changing the password and the role of the person who has deployed the bot on the facebook page will cause the token provided by facebook to expire, for which you would need to re authorize the token, please follow the steps below to do so in a new incognito window log in to engati portal click on logout and then on sign in log into your account and re integrate d) once done click select the page and click on connect 4\ if a particular page is not visible then you would need to allow the permissions for them via the business integrations of your facebook page 5\ click on the view and edit beside the engati logo present in the active tab 6\ enable the permissions for your other pages too – manage your pages manage and access your page conversations on messenger show a list of the pages you manage 7\ once these have been checked & marked for the new page kindly save the options and the changes should then reflect on the bot platform too 3 settings 3 settings 1\ facebook comments automation once you link your facebook page to your bot you can go to the settings tab and select user comments 2\ you can enable the toggle for user comments 3\ the reply mode has two options, you can either reply to the comment on the thread itself with ' comment reply ' or you can start a new conversation on facebook messenger using ' private reply ' 4\ the reply type can be ' trigger a path ' this path will be triggered for every comment on the fb post for the ' smart response ' reply type an faq will be triggered for the comment if there's a match in case of no match, the bot will trigger the default response note, if ' smart response ' is selected for fb comment reply or fb private reply, the category is limited to comment, or private replies respectively and the queries trained in this category will not applicable for any other faq based responses 2\ menu one amazing feature that engati provides you is adding a quick access menu on your messenger bot, where the users can have quick access to the different paths of your bot, a url link, or a submenu to your menu there are only two main steps to adding a menu on messenger step 1 once you link your facebook page to your bot you can go to the settings tab and select menu 2\ click on the +add button under the menu 2 1 button name button name refers to the button name that you will see in the menu which you can set of your choice \[note you have to have a name for your button to save your menu ] 2 2 path you can choose any path you wish to connect to a particular button on the menu from the actions select path and from the dropdown menu select a path you want to link to that button 2 3 url if you wish to redirect to a url if the user clicks on a particular button of the menu you can do that using this; just paste your url into the url tab and give that button a name click on save and you are done \[note it has to have a valid url to save it as a button] 2 4 submenu this allows you to create a submenu for your button in the menu which again you will have to configure and set to redirect to a path or a url \[note all the buttons in the menu have to be redirected to a valid path or a valid url for it to be shown on the messenger ] step 2 once you are done configuring your menu all you have to do is to save it by clicking on the save menu button 4 enabling date picker for messenger 4 enabling date picker for messenger navigate to ‘page settings’ from manage pages input https //app engati com in the field available and click on ‘save’ this change will ensure that all request user data nodes, with the date as input validation, will show a date picker on the messenger 5 integrating bot with facebook ads 5 integrating bot with facebook ads open facebook ads manager, create a campaign and ad set select messenger, and carousel as formats for ad setup scroll below to the message template section and select advanced setup use the flow key of the path from the engati chatbot that you would like to have triggered when a user clicks on your ad 6 unsubscribing from messenger 6 unsubscribing from messenger if you want to unsubscribe from a facebook page without deleting the bot you can do the same by following the below steps log in to the engati portal go to the facebook messenger tab in the deploy tab ]click on the disable button to disable the bot from the page it was deployed on once done you can log out of the facebook messenger note the bot is automatically unsubscribed from your facebook page if it is deleted in case of any issues, feel free to reach out to