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Built-in Message types

To add your own messages, follow the customization guide.

Currently, React package of BotUI supports the following messageTypes:

text​

Default type: Shows the text using the data.text property:

botui.message.add({ text: 'hello, what is your name?' })

embed​

Shows an <iframe> using the data.src:

botui.message.add({ src: 'the url' }, { messageType: 'embed' })

image​

Shows an <img> using the data.src:

botui.message.add({ src: 'the url' }, { messageType: 'image' })

For both the image and embed, you can pass additional properties in the data to have them added as attributes to the respective tag. For example, you can add an alt attribute to the img tag as:

botui.message.add(
  { src: 'the url', alt: 'some text for alt' },
  { messageType: 'image' }
)

Shows a list of <a> tags:

botui.message.add(
  {
    links: [
      {
        text: 'the url',
        href: 'https://example.com',
        /* any other <a> tag attributes you want to add. e.g:
  target: 'blank'
   */
      },
      {
        text: 'another url',
        href: 'https://example.com',
      },
    ],
  },
  { messageType: 'links' }
)