Mesibo Chatbot and Scripting - Message Class

The Message class can be used to send messages. Messages received in the handler mesibo.onmessage will be of this type.

Constructor

Message()

The constructor initializes the Message class. It must be called before you perform any method calls. Some of the property fields will be already initialized for you by mesibo and are also protected(read-only).

Properties

Message.aid read-only

Application ID. If you are sending a message, it is necessary to set this field to a vaild aid. Automatically initialized.

Message.id

ID of the incoming message. If you are sending a message, it is necessary to set this field to a vaild unsigned 32-bit integer. Automatically initialized.

Message.refid

Reference id (id of another message) to which the current message can be linked against.

Message.groupid

Group ID should be specified when sending a message to a group, 0 for one-to-one messages.

Message.flags

Message Flags. If you need to get message status of sent messages set this field to the required flag value. For example, to get deleivery status set this field to Message.DELIVERED.

Message.type

Message Type, any arbitrary user-defined types

Message.expiry

Message Expiry for an outgoing message (time to live), in seconds

Methods

Message.send()

Send a message

Syntax

javascript Message.send()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Mesibo.OK on success. Mesibo.FAIL otherwise.

Example

function sendTextMessage(text) {
	
	//Create a new message instance
	var m = new Message();
       		
	m.data = text;

	//Send the Message!	
        message.send();	
}

Static Properties

These properties are static proprties of the class Message and can be accessed without creating an instance of Message.

Message.PASS

Pass the message data and parameters as it is to the recipient

Message.CONSUMED

Message is consumed by the script and will not be passed to the recipient

Message.FAIL

Message processing failed.

Message.READ

Flag value to get read status

Message.DELIVERED

Flag value to get delivery status

Usage notes

Global instantiation restriction

An object of the class Message cannot be instantiated in global context. Ensure that you are creating the instance inside a scoped area or function.

Global Event listners

To receive the status of sent messages, ensure that you have initialized the global event listner mesibo.onmessagestatus and set the correct flag value in Message.flags.