This package is intended for Microsoft use only and should be consumed through @microsoft/botframework-cli. It is not designed to be consumed as an independent package.

Tool for parsing chat files and outputting replayable activities.

Relevant docs

• .chat file format
• Example .chat files

Commands

• bf chatdown
• bf chatdown:convert

bf chatdown

Converts chat dialog files in .chat format into transcript files. Writes corresponding .transcript for each .chat file.

USAGE
  $ bf chatdown

OPTIONS
  -h, --help  Chatdown command help

See code: src/commands/chatdown/index.ts

bf chatdown:convert

Converts chat dialog files in .chat format into transcript files. Writes corresponding .transcript for each .chat file.

USAGE
  $ bf chatdown:convert

OPTIONS
  -f, --force    If --out flag is provided with the path to an existing file, overwrites that file
  -h, --help     Chatdown command help

  -i, --in=in    The path of the chat file or directory to be parsed. A glob expression may be passed containing chat
                 files to be processed all at once, ex. ./**/*.chat. If flag is omitted, stdin will be used. If an
                 output directory is not present (-o), it will default the output to the current working directory.

  -o, --out=out  Path to the directory where the output of the multiple chat file processing (-o) will be placed.

  -p, --prefix   Prefix stdout with package name.

  -s, --stamp    Use static timestamps when generating timestamps on activities.

EXAMPLE

     $ bf chatdown
     $ bf chatdown --in=./path/to/file/sample.chat
     $ bf chatdown --in ./test/utils/*.sample.chat -o ./
     $ (echo user=Joe && [ConversationUpdate=MembersAdded=Joe]) | bf chatdown --static

See code: src/commands/chatdown/convert.ts