After the chat conversation flow has been initiated, it goes through the WebSocket connection in a simple send-and-receive message fashion.
Below, we will explore the messages interchanged between the different parties:
JS Client 🠒 Certainly
There is one type of message:
{
"error":null,
"message":{
"user_profile":{
},
"ref":null,
"user_id":"webbot:d0f23640-2dc2-11e8-a182-89f9297141e0",
"timestamp":1521717539,
"message":"Hello",
"attachments":[
]
}
}
Certainly 🠒 JS Client
Simple text response:
{
"type":"text",
"text":"Hello from Bot!"
}
Response with Suggested Replies:
{
"type":"choice",
"text":"Example message!",
"options_type":"suggested_replies",
"options":[
"yes",
"no"
]
}
Response with Cards:
{
"type":"card",
"cards":[
{
"text":"google",
"title":"Google",
"image_source_url":"",
"buttons":[
{
"is_active":true,
"title":"Button 1 label",
"options":{
"message":"Hello"
},
"type":"postback"
}
],
"image_destination_url":"http://www.google.es"
}
]
}
Certainly 🠒 Third-party
The message that comes from the user is sent via a POST Webhook:
{
"interlocutor":"user",
"data":{
"error":null,
"message":{
"user_profile":{
},
"ref":null,
"user_id":"webbot:d0f23640-2dc2-11e8-a182-89f9297141e0",
"timestamp":1521717539,
"message":"Hello",
"attachments":[
]
}
}
}
The message that comes from the bot is sent via a POST Webhook:
{
"interlocutor":"bot",
"data":{
"type":"text",
"text":"Hello from Bot!"
}
}
The structure that comes inside the property "data" can be one of the messages in Certainly 🠒 JS Client.