Show quick alternatives (canned answers) to the users with custom persistent keyboards.
The keyboard automatically closes after the user clicks on a button, the keyboard is still available after use. To completely remove a keyboard use a Keyboard node with an empty buttons set.
The custom keyboards can also be passed through the payload by an upstream node Function node
msg.payload = {
message: 'The message with the buttons',
buttons: [
{type: 'keyboardButton', label: 'label of the button 1'},
{type: 'newline'},
{type: 'keyboardButton', label: 'another button'}
]
};
return msg;
Available parameters for the msg.payload
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| message | string | The message text above the buttons |
| buttons | array of [button] | The list of inline buttons |
| isPersistent | boolean | Keep the keyboard visible during the conversation. Default is false. |
| oneTimeKeyboard | boolean | Close the keyboard after any button is pressed. Default is false. |
| placeholder | string | Placeholder to show in the input box when the keyboard is open |
The [button] object
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | The type of the element, could be: newline (adds a new line of buttons) or keyboardButton |
| label | string | Label of the button |