Allow multiple Microsoft App IDs for chat bot

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I have a chatbot that works on localhost, and it's working great. I then added a new Bot Channels Registration on Azure for testing, and that works fine too. I did it by taking its Microsoft App ID and password and putting it into my appsettings.json file.

However, I need to add another Bot Channels Registration. When I test it on that registration, my bot returns a 401 unauthorized error. It's because that has a new App ID and password. But I already put the App ID and password from my first registration channel. I need both of them to work.

How can I allow my chatbot to accept multiple App IDs and passwords? Or how do I get rid of that level of security completely (ie. Allow ALL App IDs and passwords)?

azure-bot-service botframework
2 Answers

The answer, as @Mick suggested, is to create a bot adapter for each channel. You can do something like this if you want it really dynamic:

BotController.cs

[HttpPost, HttpGet]
public async Task PostAsync()
{
    var credentialProvider = new SimpleCredentialProvider(YourAppId, YourAppPassword); // for each adapter
    Adapter = new BotFrameworkHttpAdapter(credentialProvider); // for each adapter
    await Adapter.ProcessAsync(Request, Response, Bot);
}
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With a custom ICredentialProvider the appid and password can be retrieved from anywhere:

public class MultiCredentialProvider : ICredentialProvider
{
    public Dictionary<string, string> Credentials = new Dictionary<string, string>
    {
        { "YOUR_MSAPP_ID_1", "YOUR_MSAPP_PASSWORD_1" },
        { "YOUR_MSAPP_ID_2", "YOUR_MSAPP_PASSWORD_2" }
    };

    public Task<bool> IsValidAppIdAsync(string appId)
    {
        return Task.FromResult(this.Credentials.ContainsKey(appId));
    }

    public Task<string> GetAppPasswordAsync(string appId)
    {
        return Task.FromResult(this.Credentials.ContainsKey(appId) ? this.Credentials[appId] : null);
    }

    public Task<bool> IsAuthenticationDisabledAsync()
    {
        return Task.FromResult(!this.Credentials.Any());
    }
}

Then, in Startup.cs:

services.AddSingleton<ICredentialProvider, MultiCredentialProvider>();
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