Custom Adapter for Instagram in Azure Bot Framework

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I am trying to connect an Azure bot to the Instagram channel. The bot works fine with a Facebook Business account.

I have added the Instagram app to my Facebook page, but it is not working, and I am not receiving any responses from Instagram.

Is there a new update for the Instagram channel adapter from Microsoft on Azure Bot? Also, how can a custom adapter for Instagram be built?

I have verified community adapters, but they were not helpful.

Answer 1

Hello Mylavarapu, Lakshminarasimha,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A and thank you for posting your questions here.

I understand that you are in would like to use custom Adapter for Instagram in Azure Bot Framework.

The solution you want might be a little bit tricky because Instagram is not natively supported as a channel in the Azure Bot Framework, and as of now, there isn’t an official Instagram channel adapter provided by Microsoft for the Azure Bot Framework. The community adapters you mentioned are the primary resources available, but they might not always be up-to-date or fully functional - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/ai-show/bot-framework--using-custom-adapters-to-surface-your-bot-anywhere-part-3-of-3

However, in a second thought. You can build a custom adapter for Instagram; by follow these general steps with the Instagram Graph API, which allows you to interact with Instagram’s features programmatically:

1. Get necessary tools and libraries installed, such as the Bot Framework SDK and any dependencies for your chosen programming language (e.g., Node.js, C#).
2. Create Adapter
   1. Implement OAuth 2.0 to authenticate your bot with Instagram.
   2. Write code to handle incoming messages from Instagram and send responses back. This involves setting up webhooks to receive events from Instagram.
   3. Extend the Bot Framework’s BotAdapter class to create your custom adapter that can translate Instagram messages into a format the Bot Framework can understand.

You can use the additional documentations provided by the right side of this page as an example for other adapters. Also, you can utilize the linkk provided above and this GitHub link for more information: https://github.com/microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/issues/3707

I hope this is helpful! Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions.

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