getOrCreateMessage

Retrieves the Message object for given discriminating tags. If the message does not exist, it will be created. If the message already exists, its tags and payload will be updated with the provided values if they are defined.

POST/v1/chat/messages/get-or-create

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Header parameters

x-bp-authenticated-principalstring
Authenticated principal. Injected by the authentication middleware.
x-bot-idstring
Bot id
x-integration-id?string
Integration id
x-integration-alias?string
Integration alias

Request body

Message data

payload?object
Payload is the content type of the message. Accepted payload options: Text, Image, Choice, Dropdown, Card, Carousel, File, Audio, Video, Location
userIdstring
ID of the User(min length: 28, max length: 36)
conversationIdstring
ID of the Conversation(min length: 28, max length: 36)
typestring
Type of the Message represents the resource type that the message is related to(max length: 200)
tagsobject
Tags for the message. Set to null or empty string to remove.
schedule?object
Schedule the Message to be sent at a specific time. Either dateTime or delay must be provided.
origin?enum<string>
Available options:"synthetic"
discriminateByTags?string[]
Optional list of tag names to use for strict matching when looking up existing messages. If provided, all specified tags must match exactly for a message to be considered a match. For example, with an existing message whose tags are {"foo": "a", "bar": "b", baz: "c"}: Without this parameter, ALL tags must match exactly. With ["bar","baz"], all listed tags must match their values, and other tags are not considered.

Response

Returns a Message object if a valid identifier was provided. Returns an Error otherwise

messageobject
The Message object represents a message in a Conversation for a specific User.
metaobject