Install dependencies

npm i

Development

• Development variables are located in src/common/common.constants.ts variables

// In the case where you use mongo as a database
export const MONGODB_URI_LOCAL = 'mongodb://viber-bot-node-starter:[email protected]:27017/viber-bot-node-starter';
export const VIBER_PORT_LOCAL = 3000; // dev port
export const VIBER_TOKEN_LOCAL = 'viber-bot-node-starter'; // development account for the bot
export const CHAT_BOT_NAME = 'Viber Bot Node Starter';
export const CHAT_BOT_AVATAR = 'viber-bot-node-starter'; 
export const NGROK_URL = 'viber-bot-node-starter'; // in the case where you use ngrok for development

You can set language in case of internationalization i src/common/language.ts

• Build npm run build

• Run npm run start

Production

• Production variables are located in root folder ecosystem.config.js variables

  LANGUAGE: 'en', // languadge of the bot in case internationalization
  PORT: 3000, // production port
  VIBER_TOKEN: 'token', // production token
  WEBHOOK: 'webhook', // production domain with https
  MONGODB_URI: 'mongo_uri' // database url,
  CHAT_BOT_NAME: 'viber production bot',
  CHAT_BOT_AVATAR: 'viber production avatar'

• Build npm run build

• Run (we are running the viber bot with http://pm2.io/) pm2 start ecosystem.config.js

• Rebuild npm run build pm2 restart viber-bot-node-starter // or the name you have selected

Internationalization

You can selected the environment variable LANGUAGE and set the desired language in src/common/i18n folder and the add it to the language in src/common/message-text.ts The would create language specific bot instance.

In the case where you want translation to be provided by the language of the user, consider wrapping the message variables in a function and provide it with the language of the user. Example

getMessage(MessageKey, UserLanguage, UserCountry)

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