The Video node sends a 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).

Some file types are not supported by a specific platform, for example Telegram and Facebook Messenger only supports .mp4. Different video format che be sent with the Document node.

To programmatically send a video, in the upstream Function node

msg.video = '/my/local/my-video.mp4';
return msg;

Or using a Buffer:

msg.payload.document = new Buffer(<my-video-buffer>);
msg.payload.filename = 'my-video.mp3';
return msg;

In case the upstream node pass through a Buffer, the node tries to extract a proper file name (visible to user in the chat client) using the payload of the upstream File node or the name of the node itself.

Name Type Description
video string or buffer The video string could be a path for a local file or a URL (context variables can be used)
caption string Caption of the video. Only for Telegram, Slack and Viber