fbm-send

Facebook Messenger Send API Client

Send message through Facebook Messenger Send API.

Installation

$ npm install fbm-send

Usage

Use the fbm-webhook module for handling the Facebook Messenger webhook events.

const FbmSend = require("fbm-send");
const fbmWebhook = require("fbm-webhook");
 
const webhook = fbmWebhook({
  path: "/webhook",
  appSecret: "Your Facebook App Secret",
  verifyToken: "Your Predefined Verify Token"
});
 
const fbmSend = new FbmSend({
  accessToken: "Your Page Access Token",
  version: "4.0"
});
 
// Listen to the message event.
webhook.on("message", async event => {
  // Reply with text.
  const response = await fbmSend.request({
    recipient: event.sender,
    messaging_type: "RESPONSE",
    message: {
      text: "Hello World!"
    }
  });
 
  console.log(response);
});
 
webhook.listen(3000, () => console.log("Server is running on port: 3000"));

• accessToken: Your Facebook page access token, default to process.env.FB_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN.
• version: The Facebook Graph API version, default to 4.0.

You can use the try...catch block to catch the API error response:

try {
  await fbmSend.request({
    recipient: event.sender,
    messaging_type: "RESPONSE",
    message: {
      text: "Hello World!"
    }
  });
} catch(error) {
  if (error.response) {
    console.log(error.response); // The API error response object.
  }
}

API and Examples

Table of Contents

• Constructor
• Send Request
• Send Text
• Send Attachment
• Send Image/Video/Audio
• Send Saved Attachment
• Send Sender Action
• Send Mark Seen/Typing On/Typing Off

Constructor

Create a new fbm-send instance.

new FbmSend([{
  accessToken = process.env.FB_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
  version = "4.0"
}]);

Parameters

• accessToken (optional String): The Facebook page access token, default to process.env.FB_PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN.
• version (optional String): The Facebook Graph API version, default to 4.0.

Send Request

Use the request method to send an HTTP request to the Send API. All other methods are just a wrapper around this method.

const response = await request({
  recipient,
  formData = false,
  ...body
});

Parameters

• recipient (String|Object): The message recipient.
• formData (optional Boolean): Send the request as a multipart/form-data (for uploading a local file), default to false.
• body (Object): The request payload to send.

Recipient

The recipient can be a String: PSID, phone_number, or a user_ref.

It can also be an Object as defined in the documentation: recipient object.

// Recipient as a string.
const recipient = "1234567"; // PSID, phone_number, or user_ref
 
// Equals to recipient as an object.
const recipient = {
  id: "1234567"
}

Messaging Type

As of Graph API version 2.2, you're required to pass the messaging_type (String). There are three supported values for messaging_type:

• RESPONSE (default value)
• UPDATE
• MESSAGE_TAG

Read more in the messaging type documentation.

Return

It returns a Promise which when resolved contains a response from the API.

Examples

Send a simple text to the user:

const response = await fbmSend.request({
  recipient: "123456",
  messaging_type = "RESPONSE",
  message: {
    text: "Hello World!"
  }
});
 
// Equals to:
const response = await fbmSend.request({
  recipient: {
    id: "123456"
  },
  messaging_type = "RESPONSE",
  message: {
    text: "Hello World!"
  }
});

Send a file from a local filesystem:

const fs = require("fs");
 
const myFile = fs.createReadStream(`${__dirname}/test.txt`);
 
const response = await fbmSend.request({
  recipient: "123456",
  messaging_type = "RESPONSE",
  message: {
    attachment: {
      type: "file",
      payload: {
        is_reusable: true
      }
    }
  },
  filedata: myFile,
  formData: true // Must be set to TRUE!
});

Check the Send Attachment feature for more simpler approach.

Send quick replies:

const response = await fbmSend.request({
  recipient: "123456",
  messaging_type: "RESPONSE",
  message: {
    text: "Choose your Jedi",
    quick_replies: [
      {
        content_type: "text",
        title: "Yoda",
        payload: "yoda"
      },
      {
        content_type: "text",
        title: "Luke Skywalker",
        payload: "luke_skywalker"
      }
    ]
  }
});

Send URL buttons:

const response = await fbmSend.request({
  recipient: "123456",
  messaging_type: "RESPONSE",
  message: {
    attachment: {
      type: "template",
      payload: {
        template_type: "button",
        text: "Jedi Wiki",
        buttons: [
          {
            type: "web_url",
            url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda",
            title: "Yoda"
          },
          {
            type: "web_url",
            url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker",
            title: "Luke Skywalker"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
});

Send Text

Send a plain text to the user:

const response = await fbmSend.text(text, {
  to,
  messagingType: "RESPONSE"
});

Parameters

• text (String): The text to send.
• to (String|Object): The recipient.
• messagingType (optional String): The messaging type, default to RESPONSE.

Examples

const response = await fbmSend.text("Hello World!", {
  to: "123456"
});

Overriding the default messaging type:

const { UPDATE } from "fbm-send/messaging-types";
 
const response = await fbmSend.text("Hello World!", {
  to: "123456",
  messagingType: UPDATE
});

Send Attachment

Send an attachment to the user:

const response = await fbmSend.attachment(file, {
  to,
  messagingType = "RESPONSE",
  type = "file",
  isReusable = false
});

Parameters

• file (String): The remote URL of the file or the local file path.
• to (String|Object): The recipient.
• messagingType (optional String): The messaging type, default to RESPONSE.
• type (optional String): The type of the attachment: file, image, video, or audio. Default to file.
• isReusable (optional Boolean): Set to true to make the attachment reusable (no need to re-upload it again). Default to false.

Examples

Provide file attachment as a remote URL (must be started with http:// or https://):

const response = await fbmSend.attachment("https://example.com/photo.jpg", {
  to: "1234567",
  type = "image"
});

Provide file attachment as a local file:

const response = await fbmSend.attachment(`${__dirname}/test.txt`, {
  to: "1234567",
  type: "file"
});

Set isReusable to true to save the attachment, so it can later be reused without the needs to upload it again.

// The attachment_id can later be used
const { attachment_id } = await fbmSend.attachment(`${__dirname}/test.txt`, {
  to: "1234567",
  type: "file",
  isReusable: true
});

Instead of re-uploading the file, the attachment_id can later be referenced.

Send Image/Video/Audio

There are also wrapper methods to send an attachment with image, video, or audio type:

// Send image.
const response = await fbmSend.image(file, {
  to,
  messagingType = "RESPONSE",
  isReusable = false
});
 
// Send video.
const response = await fbmSend.video(file, {
  to,
  messagingType = "RESPONSE",
  isReusable = false
});
 
// Send audio.
const response = await fbmSend.audio(file, {
  to,
  messagingType = "RESPONSE",
  isReusable = false
});

Parameters

• file (String): The remote URL of the file or the local file path.
• to (String|Object): The recipient.
• messagingType (optional String): The messaging type, default to RESPONSE.
• isReusable (optional Boolean): Set to true to make the attachment reusable (no need to re-upload it again). Default to false.

Examples

const response = await fbmSend.image("https://example.com/photo.jpg", {
  to: "1234567"
});
 
const response = await fbmSend.video(`../videos/cat.mp4`, {
  to: "1234567",
  isReusable: true
});
 
const response = await fbmSend.audio("https://example.com/sound.mp3", {
  to: "1234567",
  messagingType: "UPDATE"
});

Send Saved Attachment

When sending an attachment, set the isReusable to true to save the file for later use. You'll get the attachment_id from the API response. You can use this attachment_id to send the same file without the needs to re-upload it again.

const response = await fbmSend.attachmentId(id, {
  to,
  messagingType = "RESPONSE",
  type = "file"
});

Parameters

• id (String): The attachment id.
• to (String|Object): The recipient.
• messagingType (optional String): The messaging type, default to RESPONSE.
• type (optional String): The type of the attachment: file, image, video, or audio. Default to file.

Examples

// Send an attachment and get the id for later use.
const { attachment_id } = await fbmSend.attachment(`${__dirname}/test.txt`, {
  to: "123456",
  type: "file",
  isReusable: true // Set to TRUE
});
 
// Use the saved attachment file.
const response = await fbmSend.attachmentId("98765432", {
  to: "567890",
  type: "file"
});

Send Sender Action

Send sender action to the user:

const response = await fbmSend.action(type, {
  to
});

Parameters

• type (String): The action type: mark_seen, typing_on, or typing_off.
• to (String|Object): The recipient.

Examples

const { MARK_SEEN, TYPING_ON, TYPING_OFF } = require("fbm-send/src/sender-actions");
 
const response = await fbmSend.action(MARK_SEEN, {
  to: "1234"
});
 
const response = await fbmSend.action(TYPING_ON, {
  to: "1234"
});
 
const response = await fbmSend.action(TYPING_OFF, {
  to: "1234"
});

Send Mark Seen/Typing On/Typing Off

There are also wrapper methods to send mark seen/typing on/typing off action to the user:

const response = await fbmSend.markSeen({ to });
 
const response = await fbmSend.typingOn({ to });
 
const response = await fbmSend.typingOff({ to });

Parameters

• to (String|Object): The recipient.

Examples

// Send mark as seen action.
const response = await fbmSend.markSeen({
  to: "1234"
});
 
// Send typing on action.
const response = await fbmSend.typingOn({
  to: "1234"
});
 
// Send typing off action.
await fbmSend.typingOff({
  to: "1234"
});

Related

• fbm-webhook: Facebook Messenger webhook middleware for Express.

License

MIT © Risan Bagja Pradana

Legal

This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Facebook or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial API.