Bot Framework v4 - Bot Initiate Conversation

Question

I am developing a bot for Microsoft Teams using the Bot Framework SDK v4 for NodeJS. Is there a way that the bot can automatically initiate a conversation in a channel, rath

Answer 1

I ended up figuring it out and i wrote a bot controller that i can invoke on demand with the following code.

var conversationParameters = new ConversationParameters
            {
                IsGroup = true,
                ChannelData = new TeamsChannelData
                {
                    // this needs to come from the teams context.
                    Channel = new ChannelInfo(channelId),
                },
                Activity = (Activity)MessageFactory.Attachment(attachment)
            };
            // your service url may differ.
            MicrosoftAppCredentials.TrustServiceUrl(String.IsNullOrEmpty(serviceUrl) ? constantServiceUrl : serviceUrl, DateTime.MaxValue);
            var response = connectorClient.Conversations.CreateConversationAsync(conversationParameters).GetAwaiter().GetResult();