interface ConversationBuilder

A Conversation Builder 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 methods such as Session.createInbox.

Methods

sendMessage	Sends a text message in a given conversation.
setAttributes
setParticipant	Sets a participant of the conversation.

Properties

custom CustomData optional	Allows custom conversation metadata to be stored in the form `{ [name: string]: string }`
photoUrl string optional	An optional URL to a photo which will be shown as the photo for the conversation.
subject string optional	An optional conversation subject which will be displayed in the chat header.
welcomeMessages Array<string> optional	Messages which are sent at the beginning of a chat. In this case the messages will appear as system messages.

Method Details

sendMessage

conversationbuilder.sendMessage(text, options): Promise<void>

Sends a text message in a given conversation.

Parameters

text string
options SendMessageOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

setAttributes

conversationbuilder.setAttributes(attributes)

Parameters

attributes

Partial<ConversationAttributes>

interface ConversationAttributes

custom CustomData optional	Custom metadata that is stored with the convesation
photoUrl string optional	The URL of a photo to be used for this conversation in the TalkJS UI in case there are more than 2 participants (TalkJS shows the photo of the other participant in a 1-on-1 conversation)
subject string optional	A human-readable subject of the conversation. Supports formatted links in a Markdown-style syntax, e.g. `Beautiful <https://example.com/booking/18644\|home by the sea>!`. URLs and email addresses are made clickable, and emojis made to work cross-platform.
welcomeMessages Array<string> optional	Messages which are sent at the beginning of a chat. In this case the messages will appear as system messages.

Returns

void

setParticipant

conversationbuilder.setParticipant(user, settings)

Sets a participant of the conversation.

This method is idempotent and can be called multiple times.

Parameters

user

User

A User object that identifies the person who is a participant of the conversation. The user is uniquely identified by their id; all other fields (name, photo etc) are overwritten in the TalkJS database each time they change.

settings

Partial<ParticipationSettings>

optional

An optional setting of participation, can be an initial access right or if user should be notified.

interface ParticipationSettings

access "Read" \| "ReadWrite" optional	Specifies the participant's access permission for a conversation. See ConversationBuilder.setParticipant
notify boolean optional	Specifies the participants's notification settings. See ConversationBuilder.setParticipant

Returns

void