Bot's reply

You can use JAICP to transmit consistently various bot messages, such as pictures or buttons. The messages transmitted will then be converted to the channel-specific format.

Generic responses are transmitted in the replies structure. replies is an array of bot responses containing strictly typed items. You can transmit it to different channels, such as Telegram, Slack etc.

The bot returns one or more responses which are specified within special tags or are put to $response.replies by the script.

script:
    $response.replies.push( {
        type: text|image|buttons|...
        text: ...
        imageUrl: ...
        }
 ]

$response.replies is the list of replies obtained in the process of reaction processing.

Response types

Below is the list of responses supported by the replies platform.

Type	Description
`text`	A simple text response; each item is output as a single message.
`buttons`	Output a button.
`inlineButtons`	Output an inline button.
`image`	Output an image.
`raw`	Can be used to transmit channel-specific methods.
`switch`	Switch the conversation from the bot to an operator.
`location`	Output coordinates.
`timeout`	Configure switching to a certain state if there is no response from the user.
`dtmf`	Request a DTMF message from the user (numbers and letters in the tone mode). Telephone channel only.
`hangup`	Abort call. Telephone channel only.
`htmlResponse`	The `htmlResponse` response type is used to output the visual component for the skills created using the Interactive Canvas.
`carousel`	Displays a list of elements to select one of them.

You can find details about the bot response format, parameters and message types for channels in the Response types article.