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sample	This app demonstrates how to start a conversation thread in a specific Teams channel using Bot Framework v4.	office-teams office office-365	python	contentType createdDate samples 12-12-2019 13:38:25	officedev-microsoft-teams-samples-bot-initiate-thread-in-channel-python

Teams Starting Thread In Team

This sample application illustrates how to initiate a conversation thread within a specific channel in Microsoft Teams using Bot Framework v4. It includes key features such as adaptive cards, bot-driven interactions, and setup instructions for Teams Toolkit in Visual Studio, enabling easy sideloading and debugging. Ideal for developers looking to integrate bots in Teams channels and create engaging, context-specific conversations.

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account
• Python SDK min version 3.6
• dev tunnel or ngrok latest version or equivalent tunnelling solution

Included Features

• Bots
• Adaptive Cards
• Initiate thread in Teams Channel

Interaction with bot

Try it yourself - experience the App in your Microsoft Teams client

Please find below demo manifest which is deployed on Microsoft Azure and you can try it yourself by uploading the app manifest (.zip file link below) to your teams and/or as a personal app. (Sideloading must be enabled for your tenant, see steps here).

Start Thread In A Specific Channel of a Team: Manifest

To try this sample

Note these instructions are for running the sample on your local machine, the tunnelling solution is required because the Teams service needs to call into the bot.

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git

2. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

   ngrok http 3978 --host-header="localhost:3978"

   Alternatively, you can also use the dev tunnels. Please follow Create and host a dev tunnel and host the tunnel with anonymous user access command as shown below:

   devtunnel host -p 3978 --allow-anonymous

3. Create Bot Framework registration resource in Azure

   • Use the current https URL you were given by running ngrok. Append with the path /api/messages used by this sample
   • Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel
   • If you don't have an Azure account you can use this Bot Framework registration

4. In a terminal, go to samples\python\58.teams-start-thread-in-channel

5. Activate your desired virtual environment

6. Install dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt in the project folder.

7. Update the config.py configuration for the bot to use the Microsoft App Id and App Password from the Bot Framework registration. (Note the App Password is referred to as the "client secret" in the azure portal and you can always create a new client secret anytime.)

8. This step is specific to Teams.

   • Edit the manifest.json contained in the appManifest folder to replace your Microsoft App Id (that was created when you registered your bot earlier) everywhere you see the place holder string <<YOUR-MICROSOFT-APP-ID>> (depending on the scenario the Microsoft App Id may occur multiple times in the manifest.json)
   • Zip up the contents of the appManifest folder to create a manifest.zip
   • Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (in the Apps view click "Upload a custom app")

9. Run your bot with python app.py

Running the sample

You can interact with this bot by sending it a message. It will respond by creating a new thread within the channel and replying to the new thread it just started.

Adding the bot to a team's channel :

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• Get Channel Details