I've cloned the Microsoft Bot Framework WebChat repo and am able to build it. But I'm having hard time viewing the changes that I made.
npm start
starts the server on a local port, but it does not display the webchat. Instead it shows the files from the project. I'm a bit familiar with Angular but I don't have any knowledge on React. I've a bot built on Python and registered on Bot Channel registration in Azure.
How do I start the webchat locally to view the changes that I've made ?
Assuming that you left the samples in the repo on you local machine, you would need to go to localhost:8000/samples/{sample name} or just click the appropriate path from the files you see.
In the react sample is says this as well:
1. Build the project: "npm run build"
2. Start a web server: "npm run start"
3. Aim your browser at "http://localhost:8000/samples?[parameters as listed below]"
For ease of testing, several parameters can be set in the query string:
* s = Direct Line secret, or
* t = Direct Line token (obtained by calling Direct Line's Generate Token)
* domain = optionally, the URL of an alternate Direct Line endpoint
* webSocket = set to 'true' to use WebSocket to receive messages (currently defaults to false)
* userid, username = id (and optionally name) of bot user
* botid, botname = id (and optionally name) of bot