quick_reply

A text message followed by one or more buttons that disappear after being clicked.

quick_reply(text=String, buttons=Array/Hash, params=Hash)

Platforms

Platform	Supported	Native Name
Messenger		quick_replies
WhatsApp		InteractiveMessages / button
Telegram		InlineKeyboardMarkup

Usage

Can be called as reply or On-Demand, for this example we'll use @reply inside the conversation.

@reply.quick_reply(
  "Hello, how can I help today?",
  [
    {
      title: "Create an account",
      payload: "profile/create_account"
    },
    {
      title: "Read TOS",
      payload: "read_tos"
    },
    {
      title: "Feature Product",
      payload: set_payload("products/view", { product_id: 10 })
    }
  ]
)

In either case, the click event will be captured by a postback block (if declared) in the context defined in the payload route.

Payload formats

To the same context

"read_tos"

To a different context

"profile/create_account"

With params

set_payload("products/view", { product_id: 10 })

Arguments

Name	Description
text	Required. The text displayed above the buttons.
buttons	Required. One or several buttons that can be payloads or links in some platforms.
params	Optional. Extra parameters that may vary between platforms.

Extra params

Below are some unified or built-in parameters from this framework.

typed_postbacks

Regardless of the value of config.typed_postbacks in the main configuration, this feature can be enabled/disabled independently passing this parameter with true or false.

@reply.button(
  "Hello, how are you today?",
  [
    {
      title: "Good",
      payload: "good_mood"
    },
    {
      title: "Bad",
      payload: "bad_mood"
    }
  ],
  { typed_postbacks: true }
)

slice_replies

Only available in Telegram, it allows displaying a defined amount of buttons in rows.

@reply.button(
  "Choose a number from 1 to 10",
  (1..10).map{|number|
    {
      title: "Number: #{number}",
      payload: set_payload(:number_response,{ number: number})
    }
  },
  { slice_replies: 3  }
)  

For more information, read more about the expected params for each platform:

• Messenger
• WhatsApp
• Telegram