API Triggers

1 1 i i ntroduction ntroduction forward integrations would allow you to create an automation flow in your chatbot that can be triggered by an api without the need of an end user ever interacting with your chatbot you can create a form asking for information from clients and pass them into the api via params into attributes and use them to perform functions based on the input and accomplish the goals 2 availability 2 availability forward integrations are available in our enterprise plans based on an entitlement, please reach out to contact\@moplet com com for assistance 3 working mechanism 3 working mechanism when a user would enter information in a form and the api is triggered in which the user inputs are passed as attributes via params then the flow will be executed, as an example in the below form my users would be entering the information and based on their category i would be generating and storing information in salesforce and send out emails 4 functioning 4 functioning 4 1 instructions for using the api method post request url https //api alertspanel com/bot api/v1 0/customer/cid/bot/bot key/flow/flowkey parameters authorization basic api key for whatsapp, if in any case, the user's name is not present with its phone number then the 'user user name' attribute will capture and store its phone number cid – customer identifier will be available in the 'integrations' tab > alertspanel api bot key – the bot key will be available in the 'integrations' tab > alertspanel api api key – a key available in the 'integrations' tab > alertspanel api that would be used for authentication purposes flow key – the key of the flow which you would like to have initiated when the api request is made you can access it by clicking on the " i " (path info) icon present at the top of the respective path 4 2 creation of the flow when the api will be triggered the attribute data will be passed through the api into the flow and this flow will be executed, as per your decision nodes and flows the process will be executed, so for example if i have a form that asks the end users their category vip or non vip, then based on that the flow will be triggered and executed 4 3 user tracking when the api will be triggered and the automation flow executed, a user will be created in the dedicated bot containing the details