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// This function returns a string indicating if it is morning, afternoon or evening.
function amPm () {
    const date = new Date().getHours();
    console.log ('Date:', date);
    var period = 'evening';
    if (date < 12) {
        period = "morning";
    } else {
        if (date < 18){
            period = "afternoon";

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// https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/blob/master/Node/demo-ContosoFlowers/README.md

// The SDK also provides a way to configure the default bot's locale:

// Set default locale
bot.set('localizerSettings', {
    botLocalePath: './bot/locale',
    defaultLocale: 'en'
});

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var bot = new builder.UniversalBot(connector, function (session) {
    var cards = getCardsAttachments();

    // create reply with Carousel AttachmentLayout
    var reply = new builder.Message(session)
        .attachmentLayout(builder.AttachmentLayout.carousel)
        .attachments(cards);

    session.send(reply);
});

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byte[] imagedata = {image}
var image64 = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(imagedata);
reply.Attachments.Add(new Attachment()
        {
            ContentUrl = image64,
            ContentType = "image/jpeg",
        });

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Display BASE64 file - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8499633/how-to-display-base64-images-in-html

<img src=' ... '/>

static void BlobUrl()
        {
            var account = new CloudStorageAccount(new StorageCredentials(accountName, accountKey), true);
            var cloudBlobClient = account.CreateCloudBlobClient();
            var container = cloudBlobClient.GetContainerReference("container-name");
            var blob = container.GetBlockBlobReference("image.png");

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            //Vision API test
            // Build the url we'll be calling to get top news
            var url = "https://westeurope.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/vision/v1.0/describe/";
            // Build options for the request
            session.send(attachment.contentUrl + '/' + attachment.name);
            var options = {
                        method: 'POST', // thie API call is a post request
                        uri: url,
                        headers: {

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bot.on('conversationUpdate', function (message) {
    if (message.membersAdded) {
        message.membersAdded.forEach(function (identity) {
            if (identity.id === message.address.bot.id) {
                bot.send(new builder.Message()
                    .address(message.address)
                    .text("Hello!  I'm a bot."));
            }
        });
    }

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session.sendTyping();

bot.use(builder.Middleware.sendTyping()); //Bug: doesn't seem to work: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder/issues/1278

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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Calculates the maximum depth of a JSON object. You must pass the string before converting it to JSON!
function getDepth(obj) {
    var depth = 0;
    var maxDepth = 0;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < obj.length)
    {
        switch (obj.substr(i,1)) {
            case "{":

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// You can either set your preferred Locale like this (default is en if you dont do anything)
session.preferredLocale("en");
// Allow user to set locale
if (!session.userData['BotBuilder.Data.PreferredLocale']) {
    session.beginDialog('/localePicker');
}

localePicker.js

let builder = require("botbuilder")