Prerequisites
- A channel created on the LINE Developers Console.
- The same channel added to your LINE official account
Setting up the LINE integration in Botpress
- Go to the Integration Hub in Botpress Cloud (if you don’t have the integration installed yet).
- Find and open the LINE integration then click on the “Install to Bot” button, now go back to your bot settings.
- Enabled: Whether Botpress will communicate with LINE
- Webhook URL: The URL for receiving data in Botpress
- Channel Access Token: The token used to authenticate the channel
- Channel Secret: The secret used to verify the signature between LINE and Botpress
Setting up Line
Channel Access Token
To get this token, open the Messaging API tab in your channel settings in LINE, scroll to the bottom to the Channel Access Token section, and then generate a new one or copy it if the Channel access token was already issued, then paste it in Botpress. For Long-Lived Channel Access Token: read this LINE documentation.Channel Secret
The Channel Secret is used to verify the signature between LINE and Botpress. To get the secret, open the Basic settings tab in your channel configuration in LINE, scroll to the bottom to the Channel Secret section, and then copy the secret.Finalizing Channel Configuration
The next step is to Enable the channel from the top of the screen and copy the webhook URL from the button below the webhook URL. Then click Save. Now, we proceed to the last step by setting your webhook URL in LINE. That’s it, you may now start chatting with your bot on LINE!Content Types Mapping
From Botpress to LINE
- Text is mapped to Text Object
- Text with Markdown is mapped to Text Object
- Image is mapped to Image Object
- Audio is mapped to Audio Object
- Video is mapped to Video Object
- File is NOT supported in LINE Message Types
- Location is mapped to Location Object
- Carousel is mapped to Flex Object
- Card is mapped to Flex Object
- Dropdown is mapped to Flex Object
- Choice is mapped to Flex Object
From LINE to Botpress
- Text is mapped to Text Object
- The rest of the types are not currently processed by Botpress