Hi Erika,

You don't need to authenticate bot players. You can send and execute requests as players in Cloud Code so you could do this with a bot. Check the example below, it is an AccountDetailsRequest sent as another player. The response will contain the details of the player it has been sent as.

//the playerID variable will be the id of the bot player
var request = new SparkRequests.AccountDetailsRequest();
var response = request.SendAs(playerID);

//you can also use ExecuteAs(playerID). This will send the event as the given player and execute any Cloud code attached to the event

Try that and let us know if you have any further questions.

Thanks,

Liam

You can do this using a maual drop-in/drop-out match.
In order to do this, the player and the bot need to enter matchmaking, and then you get the bot to join the match.
The player and the bot will then get the matchfoundmessage

// find match as me //
var matchReq1 = new SparkRequests.MatchmakingRequest()
matchReq1.matchShortCode = "level_a";
matchReq1.matchGroup = "player1_friends";
matchReq1.skill = 0;
matchReq1.Send();
// // find match as dummy //
var matchReq1 = new SparkRequests.MatchmakingRequest()
matchReq1.matchShortCode = "level_a";
matchReq1.skill = 0;
matchReq1.SendAs("588072be23791d04bdab1313");
// search pending matches as dummy //
var request = new SparkRequests.FindPendingMatchesRequest();
request.matchShortCode = "level_a";
request.maxMatchesToFind = 1;
var response = request.SendAs("588072be23791d04bdab1313");
var pendingMatchId = response.pendingMatches[0].id; 
// join dummy into player1 match //
var joinReq = new SparkRequests.JoinPendingMatchRequest();
joinReq.pendingMatchId = pendingMatchId;
joinReq.matchShortCode = "level_a";
joinReq.SendAs("588072be23791d04bdab1313");