/// <summary>
/// Tries to send the given message activity to the given party using this bot on the same
/// channel as the party who the message is sent to.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="partyToMessage">The party to send the message to.</param>
/// <param name="messageActivity">The message activity to send (message content).</param>
/// <returns>The ResourceResponse instance or null in case of an error.</returns>
public async Task <ResourceResponse> SendMessageToPartyByBotAsync(Party partyToMessage, IMessageActivity messageActivity)
{
Party botParty = null;
if (partyToMessage != null)
{
// We need the channel account of the bot in the SAME CHANNEL as the RECIPIENT.
// The identity of the bot in the channel of the sender is most likely a different one and
// thus unusable since it will not be recognized on the recipient's channel.
botParty = RoutingDataManager.FindBotPartyByChannelAndConversation(
partyToMessage.ChannelId, partyToMessage.ConversationAccount);
}
if (botParty != null)
{
messageActivity.From = botParty.ChannelAccount;
MessagingUtils.ConnectorClientAndMessageBundle bundle =
MessagingUtils.CreateConnectorClientAndMessageActivity(
partyToMessage.ServiceUrl, messageActivity);
return(await bundle.connectorClient.Conversations.SendToConversationAsync(
(Activity)bundle.messageActivity));
}
return(null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Tries to send the given message to the given party using this bot on the same channel
/// as the party who the message is sent to.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="partyToMessage">The party to send the message to.</param>
/// <param name="messageText">The message content.</param>
/// <returns>The ResourceResponse instance or null in case of an error.</returns>
public async Task <ResourceResponse> SendMessageToPartyByBotAsync(Party partyToMessage, string messageText)
{
Party botParty = null;
if (partyToMessage != null)
{
botParty = RoutingDataManager.FindBotPartyByChannelAndConversation(
partyToMessage.ChannelId, partyToMessage.ConversationAccount);
}
if (botParty != null)
{
MessagingUtils.ConnectorClientAndMessageBundle bundle =
MessagingUtils.CreateConnectorClientAndMessageActivity(
partyToMessage, messageText, botParty?.ChannelAccount);
return(await bundle.connectorClient.Conversations.SendToConversationAsync(
(Activity)bundle.messageActivity));
}
return(null);
}