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Conversation

A Conversation represents a conversation that is about to be created, fetched, or updated. You can use this object to set up or modify a conversation before showing it. Note: any changes you make here will not be sent to TalkJS immediately. Instead, instantiate a TalkJS UI using widgets such as ChatBox.

NOTE: A Conversation object is created by calling the getConversation method of the Session object.

id

: String

A unique identifier for this conversation, such as a channel name or topic ID. Any user with access to this ID can join this conversation. Read about how to choose a good conversation ID for your use case If you want to make a simple one-on-one conversation, consider using oneOnOneId to generate one.

custom

: Map<String, String?>?

Allows custom conversation metadata to be stored in the form { "name": "string" }

photoUrl

: String?

An optional URL to a photo which will be shown as the photo for the conversation.

subject

: String?

An optional conversation subject which will be displayed in the chat header.

welcomeMessages

: List<String>?

Messages which are sent at the beginning of a chat. In this case the messages will appear as system messages.

participants

(optional): Set<Participant>

A set containing the participants for this conversation.

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This represents a participant of the conversation.

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Participant(User user, {ParticipantAccess? access, bool? notify});

Sets a participant of the conversation.

NOTE: All the parameters passed to the constructor are also available as read-only properties of the constructed object.