Description

The examples listed below illustrate the different types of content that can be posted to chat, channel, and bot in Zoho Cliq. This section also includes an example to change the username and profile picture of the message sender.

• Text message
• Attachments
• Files
• Buttons
• Customize username and profile picture of message sender

Text Message

The following script posts the message Hello in the chat window of the intended recipient.

response = zoho.cliq.postToChat("2230642502700000000","Hello");

(or)

response = zoho.cliq.postToChat("2230642502700000000",{"text":"Hello"});

where,

response

"2230642502700000000"

"text"

"Hello"

The response of the above script is as follows:

 Message Formats

The following script displays the message, Hello in the channel - DelugeChannel in bold format.

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","*Hello*");

The following table displays the syntax for different formats.

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","*Hello*");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","_Hello_");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","~Hello~");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","`Hello`");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","!Hello");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","#Hello");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","###Hello");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","refer [this link](https://www.zoho.com/deluge/help/)");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","---");

response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel","```Hello```");

where,

response

"DelugeChannel"

"Hello"

Attachments

The various types of attachment content that can be posted are:

• Table
• Image
• List
• Labelled Content

1. Post a Table:

   The following script posts a message with a table to the chat window of the intended recipient.

    table_data = {
                  "text":"New interns will be joining these teams from July",
                  "slides":
                  [{
                  "type":"table",
                  "title":"Details",
                  "data":{
                  "headers":["Name","Team"],
                  "rows":[{"Name":"John","Team":"Marketing"},
                          {"Name":"Charlie","Team":"Sales"}
                         ]
                         }
                    }]
                  };
    response = zoho.cliq.postToChat("2230642502700000000",table_data);

    

   Let us now break down the above example. To define a table, it requires you to create a nested collection.

   table_data:

   It is a KEY-VALUE variable which holds the content (a text and a table) to be posted. The below table, lists the keys and its associated values.

   Key	Data Type	Value
   text	TEXT	holds the message to be posted. This field is mandatory.
   slides	LIST of KEY-VALUE	holds the attachment content

   slides:

   Attaching contents of various types can be done using the slides key.

   Key	Data Type	Value
   type	TEXT	informs the type of data to be attached. In our case, the type of data is table.
   title	TEXT	specifies the title of the data to be attached. This field is optional.
   data	KEY-VALUE	holds the content of the attachment table

   data:

   Key	Data Type	Value
   headers	LIST	contains the headers of the table
   rows	KEY-VALUE	specifies the data to be added in the attachment table. The elements of the headers field are the keys for every KEY-VALUE element of the rows field. For instance, in our example, Name and Team are the elements of the headers field which acts as the keys for rows.

   The response of the above script is as follows:

   

2. Post an Image:

   The following script posts a message with the text Image and an image to the channel - DelugeChannel.

    image_data = {
                 "text":"Image",
                 "slides":
                 [{
                 "type":"images",
                 "data":[("https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSz4pZuwLofV4goZVT0e2R3K5bElhWk3oMDuUgP3XT9p9d4_Tkv4g")]
                 }]
                };
    response = zoho.cliq.postToChannel("DelugeChannel",image_data);

    

   The nested collection defined for attaching an image is quite similar to that of attaching a table, except for the value of the slides key.

   slides

   Key	Data Type	Value
   type	TEXT	type of data, in our case is images.
   data	LIST	specifies the address of the image to be attached

   The response of the above script is as follows:

   

3. Post a List:

    

   The following example posts a message with a list of items in the channel - DelugeChannel.

    list_data = {
                "text":"New interns will be joining from July",
                "slides":
                [{
                "type":"list",
                "title":"Names",
                "data":["John","Peter","Kate","James","Hanna"]
                }]
               };
    response = zoho.cliq.postToChannelAsAdmin("DelugeChannel",list_data);

    

   Here, the slides key is altered as follows.

   slides

   Key	Data Type	Value
   type	TEXT	type of data, in our case is list.
   title	TEXT	is the title of the attachment image. This field is optional.
   data	LIST	holds the elements of the list to be attached

   The response of the above script is as follows:

   

4. Post a labelled content:

   The following example posts a message with labelled content in the Bot - Bookaholics.

    label_data = {
                 "text":"Books",
                 "slides":
                 [{
                   "type":"label",
                   "data":[
                   {"Artemis Fowl": "[Artemis Fowl - PDF](https://www.readingstudios.com/uploads/5/2/4/6/52467441/artemis_fowl.pdf)"},
    
                   {"Charlie and the chocolate factory":"[Charlie and the chocolate factory - PDF](https://www.readingstudios.com/uploads/5/2/4/6/52467441/charlie_and_the_chocolate_factory.pdf)"},
    
                   {"The Book Thief": "[The Book Thief - PDF](https://www.readingstudios.com/uploads/5/2/4/6/52467441/grade9gt--thebookthiefmarkuszusak.pdf)"}]
    
                 }]
                };
    response = zoho.cliq.postToBot("Bookaholics",label_data);

    

   Here, the value of the slides key is altered as follows.

   slides

   Key	Data Type	Value
   type	TEXT	type of data, in our case is label.
   data	LIST	holds a collection of KEY-VALUE, each key representing a label and value representing its attached link

   The response of the above script is as follows:

   

Files

The following script posts a file in the Bot - Bookaholics.

 file_object = invokeUrl
 [
 url: "https://www.readingstudios.com/uploads/5/2/4/6/52467441/artemis_fowl.pdf"
 type: GET
 ];
 response = zoho.cliq.postToBot("Bookaholics",file_object);

where,

invokeUrl

file_object

The response of the above script is as follows:

Buttons

The following script posts three buttons with three different functions in the chat window of the recipient - charlie@zylker.com.

buttons_data = {
                "text":"Buttons",
                "card":{"theme":"modern-inline"},
           
                "buttons":[
           
                { 
                "label":"Built-in functions", 
                "type":"+", 
                "action":
                {"type":"open.url","data":{"web":"https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/"} }
                },

                { 
                "label":"Invoke Function", 
                "type":"+", 
                "action":
                {"type":"invoke.function","data":{"name":"TicketStatus","owner":"shawn@zylker.com"} }
                },

                { 
                "label":"Click here to chat", 
                "type":"+", 
                "action":
                {"type":"system.api","data":{"api":"startchat/123456"} }
                }

               ]}; 
 response = zoho.cliq.postToUser("charlie@zylker.com",buttons_data);

where,

message:

buttons:

action:

There are three types of actions,

The response of the above script is as follows:

Customize username and profile picture of message sender

The following script customizes the username and profile picture of the message sender to Greetings and posts the message Good Morning, in the chat window of the recipient whose ZUID is 12345678.

 message = {
            "text":"Good Morning",
            "bot":
            { 
            "name":"Greetings", 
            "image":"https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSz4pZuwLofV4goZVT0e2R3K5bElhWk3oMDuUgP3XT9p9d4_Tkv4g"
            } 
           }; 
 response = zoho.cliq.postToUser("12345678",message);

where,

message:

It is a KEY-VALUE variable that holds the content to be posted.

bot:

The response of the above script is as follows:

Related Links

• Post to chat and Post to chat as admin
• Post to channel and Post to channel as admin
• Post to bot and post to bot as admin
• Post to user
• Deluge Error Messages