Tutorial: Creating a Simple Chatbot

Step 1: Setting Up Your Environment

First, ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download it from Node.js official website.

Step 2: Creating a New Project

Create a new directory for your project and navigate into it:

mkdir chatbot
cd chatbot

Initialize a new Node.js project:

npm init -y

Step 3: Installing Required Packages

Install the necessary packages, including axios for making HTTP requests:

npm install axios

Step 4: Writing the Chatbot Code

Create a new file called chatbot.js and add the following code:

const axios = require('axios');

const apiKey = 'YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY';
const apiUrl = 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/';

async function getChatbotResponse(message) {
    try {
        const response = await axios.post(`${apiUrl}chatbot`, {
            message: message
        }, {
            headers: {
                'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            }
        });

        return response.data;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching chatbot response:', error);
        return null;
    }
}

// Example usage
getChatbotResponse('Hello, chatbot!').then(response => {
    console.log('Chatbot response:', response);
});

Step 5: Running Your Chatbot

Run your chatbot using Node.js:

node chatbot.js

You should see the chatbot’s response in the console.

Conclusion

You’ve now created a simple chatbot using the Cloudflare API. You can expand this by adding more features and improving the chatbot’s responses.