The Animation node sends an animated GIF or video to the chatbot from a local file or from a URL or from a Buffer passed by an upstream node (the simplest way to use it to chain with to File node or a Http node).
To programmatically send an animation with a Function node
msg.payload = '/my_dir/my_image.gif';
or
msg.payload = {
caption: 'I am the caption',
image: 'http://www.my_host.com/my_dir/my_image.gif'
};
Available parameters for the msg.payload
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| animation | string or buffer | The image string could be a path for a local file or a URL (context variables can be used) |
| caption | string | Caption of the image. Only for Telegram, Slack and Viber |