Bot acts differently in Microsoft Teams - .net-core

I've deployed my Bot to Webchat, Skype and MS Teams.
In OnTurnAsync method I check, if the user input begins with bnr then I call a specific method.
if (turnContext.Activity.Text.ToLower().StartsWith("bnr"))
{
string msg = RequestHandler.BnrCaller(turnContext.Activity.Text);
await turnContext.SendActivityAsync(msg);
return;
}
It works fine with Skype and Webchat but with teams it does not work 100%, It works just sometimes.
[Edit]
I found out, that it does not work if I copied the input into the input field but when I type it, it works fine!

The Messages coming from the Teams are having a different structure.
The message text begins with the words <at>...</at>.
You need to delete this beginning in a Middleware component, etc.
Try to look at your incoming messages through NGROK at localhost:4040 in your web browser.

So, I found out the issue by dint of app-insights.
I've added a middleware, which logs the request body into app-insights and just realized, that when I copy/paste a message like: "Hello", it would be logged in app-insights as something like this "\r\n\n\rHello\r\n\n\r\n". When I type it, it would be logged just fine.
So I jsut remove these symboles from the request and it works!

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Got the "My test app isn't responding right now. Try again soon." error message even a clean start from Google Assistant Simulator

I am still quite new to this topic, so sorry if I didn't provide enough information.
For the first time, I copoed everything from https://developers.google.com/actions/dialogflow/first-app to learn about it, which works great.
After, I tried to create my own one, then at the end, I got this message "My test app isn't responding right now. Try again soon." from https://console.actions.google.com/project/[[PROJECT-ID]]/simulator/.
Therefore, I tried to delete everything and make a complete new start, including all the projects on https://console.actions.google.com/ and https://console.dialogflow.com.
I then copied the exact same thing from https://developers.google.com/actions/dialogflow/first-app again, but this time, I still got "My test app isn't responding right now. Try again soon." from https://console.actions.google.com/project/[[PROJECT-ID]]/simulator/.
I tried to look at firebase log, no error indeed
I tried to use the web demo from the integration tab, everything works (which means the server side code or the connection have no problem) as expected, firebase also logged the request.
I tried to use a different browser (chrome -> firefox) still not working.
Here is the response code from the Google Assistant Simulator (its kinda nothing):
{
"audioResponse": "//NExAARqQ...",
"conversationToken": "GidzaW11bG...",
"response": "My test app isn't responding right now. Try again soon.",
"visualResponse": {
"visualElements": []
}
}
And here is the debug message (yes, its nothing in there, so I'm stuck):
{
"agentToAssistantDebug": {},
"assistantToAgentDebug": {}
}
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
In Actions Console..
Go to Develop -> Invocation
Set a display name (Eg: Hello World) and click Save
Go to Test and type "Talk to Hello World"
Fixed the issue for me.
Make sure your Actions on Google project has a name.
I spent almost 2 days scratching my head on this. Just go to Activity controls of the relevant google account (The account that you are using for the simulator) and turn on all those switches (You may leave out Youtube related stuff).
And.....Voila, it works!
Usually, these are turned off for non-personal accounts.
Faced the same issue when I tried to change the language of app to a locale.
Try the following,
Check if the welcome intent and fallback intents have responses and training phrases
All contexts are mapped
Disable and enable testing
At least in my case, I've added 'Suggestions' for an ending scene, like below:
You can see the error on the right side log of 'Test' page:
Fix is to remove 'Suggestions' in ending scene.
I had the exact same issue and after struggling for hours I found the stupid error on my side: In my Dialogflow Agent settings, I accidentally turned on the V2 API. So my firebase function kept complaining about null intent. Hope this help.

Google reCAPTCHA response success: false, no error codes

UPDATE: Google has recently updated their error message with an additional error code possibility: "timeout-or-duplicate".
This new error code seems to cover 99% of our previously mentioned mysterious
cases.
We are still left wondering why we get that many validation requests that are either timeouts or duplicates. Determinining this with certainty is likely to be impossible, but now I am just hoping that someone else has experienced something like it.
Disclaimer: I cross posted this to Google Groups, so apologies for spamming the ether for the ones of you who frequent both sites.
I am currently working on a page as part of a ASP.Net MVC application with a form that uses reCAPTCHA validation. The page currently has many daily users.
In my server side validation** of a reCAPTCHA response, for a while now, I have seen the case of the reCAPTCHA response having its success property set to false, but with an accompanying empty error code array.
Most of the requests pass validation, but some keep exhibiting this pattern.
So after doing some research online, I explored the two possible scenarios I could think of:
The validation has timed out and is no longer valid.
The user has already been validated using the response value, so they are rejected the second time.
After collecting data for a while, I have found that all cases of "Success: false, error codes: []" have either had the validation be rather old (ranging from 5 minutes to 10 days(!)), or it has been a case of a re-used response value, or sometimes a combination of the two.
Even after implementing client side prevention of double-clicking my submit-form button, a lot of double submits still seem to get through to the server side Google reCAPTCHA validation logic.
My data tells me that 1.6% (28) of all requests (1760) have failed with at least one of the above scenarios being true ("timeout" or "double submission").
Meanwhile, not a single request of the 1760 has failed where the error code array was not empty.
I just have a hard time imagining a practical use case where a ChallengeTimeStamp gets issued, and then after 10 days validation is attempted, server side.
My question is:
What could be the reason for a non-negligible percentage of all Google reCAPTCHA server side validation attempts to be either very old or a case of double submission?
**By "server side validation" I mean logic that looks like this:
public bool IsVerifiedUser(string captchaResponse, string endUserIp)
{
string apiUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Google_Captcha_API"];
string secret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Google_Captcha_SecretKey"];
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "secret", secret },
{ "response", captchaResponse },
{ "remoteip", endUserIp },
};
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(parameters);
var response = client.PostAsync(apiUrl, content).Result;
var responseContent = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
GoogleCaptchaResponse googleCaptchaResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GoogleCaptchaResponse>(responseContent);
if (googleCaptchaResponse.Success)
{
_dal.LogGoogleRecaptchaResponse(endUserIp, captchaResponse);
return true;
}
else
{
//Actual code ommitted
//Try to determine the cause of failure
//Look at googleCaptchaResponse.ErrorCodes array (this has been empty in all of the 28 cases of "success: false")
//Measure time between googleCaptchaResponse.ChallengeTimeStamp (which is UTC) and DateTime.UtcNow
//Check reCAPTCHAresponse against local database of previously used reCAPTCHAresponses to detect cases of double submission
return false;
}
}
}
Thank you in advance to anyone who has a clue and can perhaps shed some light on the subject.
You will get timeout-or-duplicate problem if your captcha is validated twice.
Save logs in a file in append mode and check if you are validating a Captcha twice.
Here is an example
$verifyResponse = file_get_contents('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret='.$secret.'&response='.$_POST['g-recaptcha-response'])
file_put_contents( "logfile", $verifyResponse, FILE_APPEND );
Now read the content of logfile created above and check if captcha is verified twice
This is an interesting question, but it's going to be impossible to answer with any sort of certainly. I can give an educated guess about what's occurring.
As far as the old submissions go, that could simply be users leaving the page open in the browser and coming back later to finally submit. You can handle this scenario in a few different ways:
Set a meta refresh for the page, such that it will update itself after a defined period of time, and hopefully either get a new ReCAPTCHA validation code or at least prompt the user to verify the CAPTCHA again. However, this is less than ideal as it increases requests to your server and will blow out any work the user has done on the form. It's also very brute-force: it will simply refresh after a certain amount of time, regardless of whether the user is currently actively using the page or not.
Use a JavaScript timer to notify the user about the page timing out and then refresh. This is like #1, but with much more finesse. You can pop a warning dialog telling the user that they've left the page sitting too long and it will soon need to be refreshed, giving them time to finish up if they're actively using it. You can also check for user activity via events like onmousemove. If the user's not moving the mouse, it's very likely they aren't on the page.
Handle it server-side, by catching this scenario. I actually prefer this method the most as it's the most fluid, and honestly the easiest to achieve. When you get back success: false with no error codes, simply send the user back to the page, as if they had made a validation error in the form. Provide a message telling them that their CAPTCHA validation expired and they need to verify again. Then, all they have to do is verify and resubmit.
The double-submit issue is a perennial one that plagues all web developers. User behavior studies have shown that the vast majority occur because users have been trained to double-click icons, and as a result, think they need to double-click submit buttons as well. Some of it is impatience if something doesn't happen immediately on click. Regardless, the best thing you can do is implement JavaScript that disables the button on click, preventing a second click.

Log in to website using Jsoup

I'm trying to scrap a webpage for data but came across the problem of needing to log in.
Connection.Response loginForm = Jsoup.connect("http://www.rapidnyc.net/users/google_login")
.method(Connection.Method.GET)
.execute();
Document document = Jsoup.connect("http://www.rapidnyc.net/users/google_login")
.data("Email", "testEmail")
.data("Passwd", "testPass")
.... //other form data
.cookies(loginForm.cookies())
.post();
This gives me the org.jsoup.HttpStatusException: HTTP error fetching URL. Status=400
I used chrome developer tool to look at the Form data being posted but nothing I post works.
1. Have you submitted ALL input fields? Including HIDDEN ones.
2. I see the website requires "captcha-box" authentication, which is to prevent web crawlers from logging in. I highly doubt you will be able to log in with your program.
I say the 400 status is coming from your program not being able to provide the value for "captcha" authentication.

Using caller id as twilio number in asp.net mvc

I've opened up a twilio trial account. I want to use my verified called ID number in my asp.net application instead of buying a new twilio number. But I don't know how to use it. Here are my codes,
public ActionResult SendSms()
{
string ACC_SID = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ACC_SID"];
string AUTH_TKN = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AUTH_TKN"];
TwilioRestClient client = new TwilioRestClient(ACC_SID, AUTH_TKN);
client.SendMessage("+8801941234567", "+8801671234567", string.Format("This is a test message!"));
return RedirectToAction("SmsView");
}
Nothing happened with it. How can I use my called ID to send sms?
I faced the same scenario while I was working on Twilio first time and at that time I used below steps to make things workable.
1) First of all I would suggest please add Try{} catch{} block in your SendSMS function. this will give you idea like SendMessage worked correctly.
2) In twilio we need to register mobile no before send SMS.
3) if your function works fine(no error occur) then in Twilio there is LOG tab where you can see weather your SMS send correctly or not.
Twilio developer evangelist here.
Jinesh's answer has some useful parts, like using a try/catch block to see errors.
However, the problem is that you are trying to send an SMS from your own number, not from a Twilio number. When sending SMS, you can only send from Twilio numbers. Please see this page for details on why.
You should have got a Twilio number when you signed up. Try using that number as the From number instead.

Create topic using a bot

I'm in a situation in which i need to be able to create a topics using self created bot. My forum has a special category and user, which can create a topics in that category.
Technology i'm using to create that bot is ruby + mechanize gem but it's not important right now. That bot works in a following way:
Sign in as previously mentioned user:
visit - /ucp.php?mode=login
fill the sign-in form using user credentials
if, after submiting a form, there is a sign-out link somewhere on the page, threat this whole process as "successfull"
Create a topic
visit - /posting.php?mode=post&f=21
fill subject field with desired subject
fill message field with desired message
submit a form using Submit button
And now, while first point works just great, the second one behaves in a strange way. After submiting a form, there is no error message or anything like that, i'm just getting redirected to /viewforum.php?f=21 (log's says that it's 302 Moved Temporarily status) page and the topic is not there.
Can anyone tell me what such behaviour means? Is there any security mechanism i don't know about? Please also note that the new topic form has form_token and creation_time fields filled correctly while form is beeing submited.
Thanks in advance for any clues.
According to this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11713867/552936, user is treated as a bot if he sends a form without any delay (and it end's up with a 302 redirect). I can't find any info on google what's the exact delay, carck3r says that it's 8 seconds but for me, it was 2 seconds.

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