How can I access Bot Framework ConversationData outside of a dialog like in messages controller?

Question

In a dialog within my bot, I store a flag value in the ConversationData like so:

context.ConversationData.SetValue(\"SomeFlag\", true);

Lat

Answer 1

Initialize BotState object with StateClient as below. Try the below code

   public static T GetStateData<T>(Activity activity, string key)
    {
        BotState botState = new BotState(activity.GetStateClient());
        BotData botData = botState.GetConversationData(activity.ChannelId, activity.Conversation.Id);
        return botData.GetProperty<T>(key);
    }

Answer 2

The following should work for what you need:

if (activity.Type == ActivityTypes.Message)
{

    var message = activity as IMessageActivity;
    using (var scope = DialogModule.BeginLifetimeScope(Conversation.Container, message))
    {
        var botDataStore = scope.Resolve<IBotDataStore<BotData>>();
        var key = Address.FromActivity(message);

        ConversationReference r = new ConversationReference();
        var userData = await botDataStore.LoadAsync(key, BotStoreType.BotUserData, CancellationToken.None);

        //you can get/set UserData, ConversationData, or PrivateConversationData like below
        //set state data
        userData.SetProperty("key 1", "value1");
        userData.SetProperty("key 2", "value2");
        //get state data
        userData.GetProperty<string>("key 1");
        userData.GetProperty<string>("key 2");

        await botDataStore.SaveAsync(key, BotStoreType.BotUserData, userData, CancellationToken.None);
        await botDataStore.FlushAsync(key, CancellationToken.None);
    }
    await Conversation.SendAsync(activity, () => new Dialogs.RootDialog());
}