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Web Socket Connect & RTM

Kore.ai SDK libraries use the WebSocket channel to communicate with the Kore.ai XO Platform. When using the Kore.ai XO Platform SDKs, only the JWT token must be generated and passed to the client SDK.

Initializing

This section describes how the Kore.ai SDKs initialize a WebSocket session and is for reference only.

Prerequisites

  • Make sure to register the client app.
  • Generate the Client ID and Secret Key in the Kore.ai XO Platform.

Step1

The JWT is generated on the server side using client app credentials and user information. The JWT is passed to the client app.

Step 2

The client app exchanges the JWT token for the accessToken on the XO Platform using the following XO Platform endpoint.
POST
https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant

This section describes how to format the request to post a message in a chat with the /api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

{
    "assertion": “{{JWT Token}}”,
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "{{Bot Name}}",
        "taskBotId": "st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"
    }
)

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json'  \
  --data-binary '{"assertion":"{JWT Token}}","botInfo":{"chatBot":"{{Bot Name}}","taskBotId":"st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"}}

Response

The following sample JSON response shows the accessToken and the user associated with that token.

{
   "authorization": {
	"accessToken": "ZdV2OL_UZ_MvHog-rs8k9KJFNWBICvquSc3jpeaRDE_-",
                 // access token to user at /api/rtm
	"token_type": "bearer",
	"expiresDate": "2019-06-28T06:52:23.160Z",
                //expiry date for access token
	"issuedDate": "2019-02-28T06:52:23.160Z" 
               //access token issuedDate
	},
   "userInfo": {
	"userId": "u-4f6c68e0-551a-5dd9-a33a-1af3dc9cadcc", 
                 // user id which is unique for the user and can be used at bot messages api
	"accountId": "5c66514d09ab3565deb2e30a", 
                 // account id in which the user is present
	"orgId": "o-88aad7f1-0d32-5765-93d7-f40c80402114",
                // organization id of the user
	"identity": "cs-5b08ed1e-5fa7-5aaa-9c21-28bf8c90b739/admin1212@qakore.xyz", 
                //identity of user from the channel perspective
	"enrollType": "free", 
                //Enrollment type (Free/ Paid etc)
	"managedBy": "5c66514d09ab3565deb2e30a", 
                //(The account id)
	"fName": "", 
                //first name of the user
                // (fetched if the user is registered on the Platform)
	"lName": "" 
                //last name of the user
                // (fetched if the user is registered on the Platform)
	}
}

Step 3

The client app acquires the WebSocket URL using the following endpoint.

POST
https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/rtm/start

This section describes how to format the request to get the web socket URL with the /api/1.1/rtm/start endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

Note: This URL is short-lived and expires in 30 seconds. You must ensure it is used to connect before expiration.

{
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "Twitter",
        "taskBotId": "st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"
    }
}

The accessToken is passed in the bearer parameter in the Authorization header.

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/rtm/start' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: bearer {{accessToken}}' \
  --data-binary '{"botInfo":{"chatBot":"{{Bot Name}}","taskBotId":"st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"}'

Response

The following sample JSON response shows the WebSocket URL.

{"url":"wss://xxx.yyy.com:443/rtm/bot?sid=GhKrtrEC61g7hAnmvKAVnJIHG0DS1Lzv"}

RTM Channel Events

The following real-time events can be exchanged between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform

RTM Client Events

This section describes the RTM Client Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /bot.message

Description: Triggered when a user posts a message. The following payload is used to send a user-typed message to the XO Platform.

{
    "clientMessageId": 1466692440896,
    "message": {
        "body": "Here is the message.",
        "attachments": [

      ]
    },
    "resourceid": "/bot.message",
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "id": 1466692440896
}

RTM Server Events

This section describes the RTM Server Event JSON responses sent to the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type:ack

Description: An acknowledgment is sent whenever an event is received from the client app.

The following payload is used to acknowledge an event from the client app.

{
    "ok": true,
    "replyto": 1466692440896,
    "message": "delivered",
    "type": "ack"
}

Event Type: bot_response

Description: An acknowledgment is sent whenever a message is processed from the client app.

The following payload is sent when a message from the client app is processed.

{
    "type": "bot_response",
    "from": "bot",
    "message": [
        {
            "type": "text",
            "cInfo": {
                "body": " Hi.  "
            }
      }
   ],
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "createdOn": "2016-06-23T14:34:00.025Z",
    "icon": "https://devbots.kore.com/api/getMediaStream/market/f-683e82be-fc25-5921-bf41-4104780f71c2.png"
}

Event Type: user_message

Description: Sent to the client app when a user enters and sends a message to the server from another simultaneous session.

The following sample payload is sent to the client app.

{
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "from": "self",
    "message": {
        "body": "how are you doing ",
        "attachments": []
    },
    "id": 1466692871803,
    "type": "user_message"
}

Bot Status Event

The following bot user event is exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a bot is active.

This section describes the Bot Status Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /bot_active

Description:Triggered when a WebSocket connection is established with the bot.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "bot_active", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Event Type: /botKitUnreachable

Description: Send notification to the WebSDK channel as a WebSocket event when the BotKit is unreachable. 

By default, the notification says, “‘Sorry, there was an error in continuing the conversation. Please retry.” Developers can customize the message to make it more contextual or language specific for the end users.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{
  "type": "botKitUnreachable",
  "from": "bot",
  "botInfo": {
    "chatBot": "new bot hangouts",
    "taskBotId": "st-f3ad01a6-a034-519a-84ab-40043a4c368f",
    "botType": "default",
    "remoteAddress": "115.114.88.222",
    "hostDomain": "https://bots.kore.ai",
    "os": "Linux",
    "device": "Other",
    "userId": "u-f6b20c0b-c7bd-57e1-a762-d9a0590acefc"
  }
  "message": "Sorry, there was an error in continuing the conversation. Please retry.",
  "traceId": "c070f2b7de24920a",
  "timestamp": 1693394943443
} 

Form Events

The following form events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a form based dialog task is invoked.

This section describes the Form Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /form_delivered

Description:Triggered when a form is delivered to a user.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_delivered", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /form_submitted

Description:Triggered when a form is submitted by a user.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_submitted", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /form_failure

Description: Triggered when a form fails for any reason.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_failure", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Session Events

The following session events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a session is invoked.

This section describes the Session Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /session_start

Description:Triggered when a session starts using an On-Connect event or message.

The session starts in the following scenarios:

  • When the On-Connect is enabled to open, refresh and disable a chat window.
  • A message sent after 15 mins.
  • A message is sent after the idle timeout mentioned in Manage Sessions.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "session_start", 
  "from": "bot", 
  "botInfo": 
  { 
    "chatBot": "jarvis_new_import", 
    "taskBotId": "st-496bf3e4-63de-5635-8fcb-db1f9356def8", 
"hostDomain": "http://localhost", 
"os": "Linux", 
"device": "Other" 
}, 
"sessionId": "6426bf7e916562382331ba89", 
"traceId": "a33d81825f3b1a77" 
} 

Event Type: /session_end

Description:Triggered when a session ends using an On-Connect event.

The session ends in the following scenarios:

  • When the On-Connect is enabled to close, refresh and disable a chat window.
  • A session timeout after 15 mins.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "session_end", 
  "from": "bot", 
  "botInfo": 
  { 
    "chatBot": "jarvis_new_import", 
    "taskBotId": "st-496bf3e4-63de-5635-8fcb-db1f9356def8", 
"hostDomain": "http://localhost", 
"os": "Linux", 
"device": "Other" 
}, 
"sessionId": "6426bf7e916562382331ba89", 
"traceId": "a33d81825f3b1a77" 
} 

Agent Transfer Events

The following agent transfer events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when an agent is invoked. For more information, see the Agent Transfer Overview article.

This section describes the Agent Transfer Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /agent_session_start

Description: Triggered when the chat is handed off to an agent.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "agent_session_start", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /agent_session_end

Description:Triggered when the conversation with the agent is ended.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "agent_session_end", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

User Input Event

The following user input event is exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when the user input is required.

This section describes the User Input Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /waiting_for_user_input

Description:Triggered when the VA is waiting for user input. The input can come from an Entity, Confirmation, and Standard Responses.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "waiting_for_user_input", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Get Conversation History

The client app requests the XO Platform endpoint /api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}} using the access token as generated in Step 2 above to get the previous messages exchanged between the user and the chatbot. The response from the mentioned endpoint can be used to display the conversation history in the chat window. This section describes how to format the request to get the web socket URL with the /api/botmessages/rtm endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

GET
https://{{APIHost}}/api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}}

Query Parameters:

  • botId(mandatory) : Bot ID, can be accessed from the bot’s General Settings page.
  • skip/offset (optional) : The number of messages to be skipped.
  • limit (optional) : The number of messages to be fetched.
  • The accessToken to be passed along with bearer as the Authorization parameter in the header

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}}&limit=10' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: bearer -{{accessToken}}' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json'

Sample Response

{
  "total": 2,
  "moreAvailable": false,
  "messages": [
    {
      "_id": "ms-8a83d099-dd93-5b6b-836b-ac77bdfe9d4a",
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "rtm"
        }
      ],
      "type": "incoming",
      "status": "sent to cs",
      "createdBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "lmodifiedBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "lmodifiedOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:44.008Z",
      "botId": "st-2f579dbf-9dc1-548c-972f-f19d33160a07",
      "orgId": "o-44741779-1971-5ab9-a0f7-aaf4e21dbe4e",
      "accountId": "5a675150ff600b3d7665d2a6",
      "isBB": 0,
      "ms": 1,
      "chnl": "rtm",
      "components": [
        {
          "_id": "cp-1edc5033-a9cb-5011-8b2b-5986b7fa45cc",
          "cT": "text",
          "data": {
            "text": "Hi"
          },
          "thumbnails": [
           
          ]
        }
      ],
      "createdOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:44.097Z",
      "timestampValue": 1575349664097,
      "__v": 0,
      "lang": "en",
      "sessionId": "5de5eda04cdcff145752dbf6",
      "nodeType": 0,
      "tr0_I": "dg-61e5609f-76e7-5c42-b66f-7bb8b3af2433:intent0",
      "tr0_O": "dg-61e5609f-76e7-5c42-b66f-7bb8b3af2433:entity1:4a04988ee640428d1847fc433081be0b",
      "tr0_T": "0",
      "tr_isSS": 1,
      "resourceid": "messagestore",
      "tags": {
        "messageTags": [
         
        ],
        "userTags": [
         
        ],
        "sessionTags": [
         
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "_id": "ms-80e8dbf3-ca69-5ee2-a2c1-1c6a70100c08",
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "rtm"
        }
      ],
      "type": "outgoing",
      "status": "pending",
      "lmodifiedOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:45.165Z",
      "createdBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "components": [
        {
          "_id": "cp-209a0641-130b-57ce-b0d3-d651691084bb",
          "cT": "text",
          "data": {
            "text": "Please enter the text to comment on the issue"
          },
          "thumbnails": [
           
          ]
        }
      ],
      "botId": "st-2f579dbf-9dc1-548c-972f-f19d33160a07",
      "orgId": "o-44741779-1971-5ab9-a0f7-aaf4e21dbe4e",
      "accountId": "5a675150ff600b3d7665d2a6",
      "tN": "Add Comment to Issue",
      "isBB": 0,
      "ms": 1,
      "chnl": "rtm",
      "lang": "en",
      "createdOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:45.171Z",
      "timestampValue": 1575349665171,
      "__v": 0,
      "sessionId": "5de5eda04cdcff145752dbf6",
      "resourceid": "messagestore",
      "tags": {
        "messageTags": [
         
        ],
        "userTags": [
         
        ],
        "sessionTags": [
         
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

WebSocket Error Scenarios

This section describes the various error code responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Error Code Reason
1002 When protocol error occurs.
1005 When a user closes the chat window or reconnects with the bot.
1006 When the server restarts.
1007 When VA finds non utf-8 kind of messages instead of text messages.
1008 When any of the following scenarios occurs:

  • Exceeds user rate limit
  • Bot suspended
  • User blocked
  • Channel user ID is blocked
1011 When any unhandled exceptions come up when the WebSocket connection is up and running.
1009 When the payload size is larger than the maximum limit.

Next Steps

The XO Platform API endpoints and RTM events can be used with your client app or Kore.ai Bot SDKs. For more information, see the Kore.ai Bots SDK.

Web Socket Connect & RTM

Kore.ai SDK libraries use the WebSocket channel to communicate with the Kore.ai XO Platform. When using the Kore.ai XO Platform SDKs, only the JWT token must be generated and passed to the client SDK.

Initializing

This section describes how the Kore.ai SDKs initialize a WebSocket session and is for reference only.

Prerequisites

  • Make sure to register the client app.
  • Generate the Client ID and Secret Key in the Kore.ai XO Platform.

Step1

The JWT is generated on the server side using client app credentials and user information. The JWT is passed to the client app.

Step 2

The client app exchanges the JWT token for the accessToken on the XO Platform using the following XO Platform endpoint.
POST
https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant

This section describes how to format the request to post a message in a chat with the /api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

{
    "assertion": “{{JWT Token}}”,
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "{{Bot Name}}",
        "taskBotId": "st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"
    }
)

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/oAuth/token/jwtgrant' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json'  \
  --data-binary '{"assertion":"{JWT Token}}","botInfo":{"chatBot":"{{Bot Name}}","taskBotId":"st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"}}

Response

The following sample JSON response shows the accessToken and the user associated with that token.

{
   "authorization": {
	"accessToken": "ZdV2OL_UZ_MvHog-rs8k9KJFNWBICvquSc3jpeaRDE_-",
                 // access token to user at /api/rtm
	"token_type": "bearer",
	"expiresDate": "2019-06-28T06:52:23.160Z",
                //expiry date for access token
	"issuedDate": "2019-02-28T06:52:23.160Z" 
               //access token issuedDate
	},
   "userInfo": {
	"userId": "u-4f6c68e0-551a-5dd9-a33a-1af3dc9cadcc", 
                 // user id which is unique for the user and can be used at bot messages api
	"accountId": "5c66514d09ab3565deb2e30a", 
                 // account id in which the user is present
	"orgId": "o-88aad7f1-0d32-5765-93d7-f40c80402114",
                // organization id of the user
	"identity": "cs-5b08ed1e-5fa7-5aaa-9c21-28bf8c90b739/admin1212@qakore.xyz", 
                //identity of user from the channel perspective
	"enrollType": "free", 
                //Enrollment type (Free/ Paid etc)
	"managedBy": "5c66514d09ab3565deb2e30a", 
                //(The account id)
	"fName": "", 
                //first name of the user
                // (fetched if the user is registered on the Platform)
	"lName": "" 
                //last name of the user
                // (fetched if the user is registered on the Platform)
	}
}

Step 3

The client app acquires the WebSocket URL using the following endpoint.

POST
https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/rtm/start

This section describes how to format the request to get the web socket URL with the /api/1.1/rtm/start endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

Note: This URL is short-lived and expires in 30 seconds. You must ensure it is used to connect before expiration.

{
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "Twitter",
        "taskBotId": "st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"
    }
}

The accessToken is passed in the bearer parameter in the Authorization header.

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/1.1/rtm/start' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: bearer {{accessToken}}' \
  --data-binary '{"botInfo":{"chatBot":"{{Bot Name}}","taskBotId":"st-f74a3430-3b19-55a3-be41-1ab1a35c4685"}'

Response

The following sample JSON response shows the WebSocket URL.

{"url":"wss://xxx.yyy.com:443/rtm/bot?sid=GhKrtrEC61g7hAnmvKAVnJIHG0DS1Lzv"}

RTM Channel Events

The following real-time events can be exchanged between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform

RTM Client Events

This section describes the RTM Client Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /bot.message

Description: Triggered when a user posts a message. The following payload is used to send a user-typed message to the XO Platform.

{
    "clientMessageId": 1466692440896,
    "message": {
        "body": "Here is the message.",
        "attachments": [

      ]
    },
    "resourceid": "/bot.message",
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "id": 1466692440896
}

RTM Server Events

This section describes the RTM Server Event JSON responses sent to the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type:ack

Description: An acknowledgment is sent whenever an event is received from the client app.

The following payload is used to acknowledge an event from the client app.

{
    "ok": true,
    "replyto": 1466692440896,
    "message": "delivered",
    "type": "ack"
}

Event Type: bot_response

Description: An acknowledgment is sent whenever a message is processed from the client app.

The following payload is sent when a message from the client app is processed.

{
    "type": "bot_response",
    "from": "bot",
    "message": [
        {
            "type": "text",
            "cInfo": {
                "body": " Hi.  "
            }
      }
   ],
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "createdOn": "2016-06-23T14:34:00.025Z",
    "icon": "https://devbots.kore.com/api/getMediaStream/market/f-683e82be-fc25-5921-bf41-4104780f71c2.png"
}

Event Type: user_message

Description: Sent to the client app when a user enters and sends a message to the server from another simultaneous session.

The following sample payload is sent to the client app.

{
    "botInfo": {
        "chatBot": "CNN",
        "taskBotId": "st-8aaf0939-c34a-5976-8e2e-5c91e685b2ce"
    },
    "from": "self",
    "message": {
        "body": "how are you doing ",
        "attachments": []
    },
    "id": 1466692871803,
    "type": "user_message"
}

Bot Status Event

The following bot user event is exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a bot is active.

This section describes the Bot Status Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /bot_active

Description:Triggered when a WebSocket connection is established with the bot.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "bot_active", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Event Type: /botKitUnreachable

Description: Send notification to the WebSDK channel as a WebSocket event when the BotKit is unreachable. 

By default, the notification says, “‘Sorry, there was an error in continuing the conversation. Please retry.” Developers can customize the message to make it more contextual or language specific for the end users.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{
  "type": "botKitUnreachable",
  "from": "bot",
  "botInfo": {
    "chatBot": "new bot hangouts",
    "taskBotId": "st-f3ad01a6-a034-519a-84ab-40043a4c368f",
    "botType": "default",
    "remoteAddress": "115.114.88.222",
    "hostDomain": "https://bots.kore.ai",
    "os": "Linux",
    "device": "Other",
    "userId": "u-f6b20c0b-c7bd-57e1-a762-d9a0590acefc"
  }
  "message": "Sorry, there was an error in continuing the conversation. Please retry.",
  "traceId": "c070f2b7de24920a",
  "timestamp": 1693394943443
} 

Form Events

The following form events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a form based dialog task is invoked.

This section describes the Form Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /form_delivered

Description:Triggered when a form is delivered to a user.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_delivered", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /form_submitted

Description:Triggered when a form is submitted by a user.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_submitted", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /form_failure

Description: Triggered when a form fails for any reason.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "form_failure", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Session Events

The following session events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when a session is invoked.

This section describes the Session Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /session_start

Description:Triggered when a session starts using an On-Connect event or message.

The session starts in the following scenarios:

  • When the On-Connect is enabled to open, refresh and disable a chat window.
  • A message sent after 15 mins.
  • A message is sent after the idle timeout mentioned in Manage Sessions.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "session_start", 
  "from": "bot", 
  "botInfo": 
  { 
    "chatBot": "jarvis_new_import", 
    "taskBotId": "st-496bf3e4-63de-5635-8fcb-db1f9356def8", 
"hostDomain": "http://localhost", 
"os": "Linux", 
"device": "Other" 
}, 
"sessionId": "6426bf7e916562382331ba89", 
"traceId": "a33d81825f3b1a77" 
} 

Event Type: /session_end

Description:Triggered when a session ends using an On-Connect event.

The session ends in the following scenarios:

  • When the On-Connect is enabled to close, refresh and disable a chat window.
  • A session timeout after 15 mins.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "session_end", 
  "from": "bot", 
  "botInfo": 
  { 
    "chatBot": "jarvis_new_import", 
    "taskBotId": "st-496bf3e4-63de-5635-8fcb-db1f9356def8", 
"hostDomain": "http://localhost", 
"os": "Linux", 
"device": "Other" 
}, 
"sessionId": "6426bf7e916562382331ba89", 
"traceId": "a33d81825f3b1a77" 
} 

Agent Transfer Events

The following agent transfer events are exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when an agent is invoked. For more information, see the Agent Transfer Overview article.

This section describes the Agent Transfer Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /agent_session_start

Description: Triggered when the chat is handed off to an agent.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "agent_session_start", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

Event Type: /agent_session_end

Description:Triggered when the conversation with the agent is ended.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "agent_session_end", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
} 

User Input Event

The following user input event is exchanged and triggered between the client app and the Kore.ai XO Platform when the user input is required.

This section describes the User Input Event JSON responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Event Type: /waiting_for_user_input

Description:Triggered when the VA is waiting for user input. The input can come from an Entity, Confirmation, and Standard Responses.

The following payload is used to send a response message to the XO Platform.

{ 
  "type": "waiting_for_user_input", 
  "from": "bot", 
   "botInfo": { "chatBot": "Natasha", 
   "taskBotId": "st-2e2663f4-bc07-583a-b244-3d8e41d3d2ac" }, 
   "sessionId": "642d2f34f7eb45387a7be64e", "formMetaInfo": 
{ 
   "isSecured": true, 
    "formLinkExpiry": 300, 
     "submitExpiry": 600
}, 
"traceId": "4a663e27051cd294" 
}

Get Conversation History

The client app requests the XO Platform endpoint /api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}} using the access token as generated in Step 2 above to get the previous messages exchanged between the user and the chatbot. The response from the mentioned endpoint can be used to display the conversation history in the chat window. This section describes how to format the request to get the web socket URL with the /api/botmessages/rtm endpoint based on the following JSON syntax.

GET
https://{{APIHost}}/api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}}

Query Parameters:

  • botId(mandatory) : Bot ID, can be accessed from the bot’s General Settings page.
  • skip/offset (optional) : The number of messages to be skipped.
  • limit (optional) : The number of messages to be fetched.
  • The accessToken to be passed along with bearer as the Authorization parameter in the header

Sample cURL

curl 'https://{{APIHost}}/api/botmessages/rtm?botId={{botId}}&limit=10' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: bearer -{{accessToken}}' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json'

Sample Response

{
  "total": 2,
  "moreAvailable": false,
  "messages": [
    {
      "_id": "ms-8a83d099-dd93-5b6b-836b-ac77bdfe9d4a",
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "rtm"
        }
      ],
      "type": "incoming",
      "status": "sent to cs",
      "createdBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "lmodifiedBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "lmodifiedOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:44.008Z",
      "botId": "st-2f579dbf-9dc1-548c-972f-f19d33160a07",
      "orgId": "o-44741779-1971-5ab9-a0f7-aaf4e21dbe4e",
      "accountId": "5a675150ff600b3d7665d2a6",
      "isBB": 0,
      "ms": 1,
      "chnl": "rtm",
      "components": [
        {
          "_id": "cp-1edc5033-a9cb-5011-8b2b-5986b7fa45cc",
          "cT": "text",
          "data": {
            "text": "Hi"
          },
          "thumbnails": [
           
          ]
        }
      ],
      "createdOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:44.097Z",
      "timestampValue": 1575349664097,
      "__v": 0,
      "lang": "en",
      "sessionId": "5de5eda04cdcff145752dbf6",
      "nodeType": 0,
      "tr0_I": "dg-61e5609f-76e7-5c42-b66f-7bb8b3af2433:intent0",
      "tr0_O": "dg-61e5609f-76e7-5c42-b66f-7bb8b3af2433:entity1:4a04988ee640428d1847fc433081be0b",
      "tr0_T": "0",
      "tr_isSS": 1,
      "resourceid": "messagestore",
      "tags": {
        "messageTags": [
         
        ],
        "userTags": [
         
        ],
        "sessionTags": [
         
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "_id": "ms-80e8dbf3-ca69-5ee2-a2c1-1c6a70100c08",
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "rtm"
        }
      ],
      "type": "outgoing",
      "status": "pending",
      "lmodifiedOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:45.165Z",
      "createdBy": "u-211f287f-17c8-51ac-b768-15c68e19afb2",
      "components": [
        {
          "_id": "cp-209a0641-130b-57ce-b0d3-d651691084bb",
          "cT": "text",
          "data": {
            "text": "Please enter the text to comment on the issue"
          },
          "thumbnails": [
           
          ]
        }
      ],
      "botId": "st-2f579dbf-9dc1-548c-972f-f19d33160a07",
      "orgId": "o-44741779-1971-5ab9-a0f7-aaf4e21dbe4e",
      "accountId": "5a675150ff600b3d7665d2a6",
      "tN": "Add Comment to Issue",
      "isBB": 0,
      "ms": 1,
      "chnl": "rtm",
      "lang": "en",
      "createdOn": "2019-12-03T05:07:45.171Z",
      "timestampValue": 1575349665171,
      "__v": 0,
      "sessionId": "5de5eda04cdcff145752dbf6",
      "resourceid": "messagestore",
      "tags": {
        "messageTags": [
         
        ],
        "userTags": [
         
        ],
        "sessionTags": [
         
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

WebSocket Error Scenarios

This section describes the various error code responses sent to the Kore.ai XO Platform from the client app over a WebSocket.

Error Code Reason
1002 When protocol error occurs.
1005 When a user closes the chat window or reconnects with the bot.
1006 When the server restarts.
1007 When VA finds non utf-8 kind of messages instead of text messages.
1008 When any of the following scenarios occurs:

  • Exceeds user rate limit
  • Bot suspended
  • User blocked
  • Channel user ID is blocked
1011 When any unhandled exceptions come up when the WebSocket connection is up and running.
1009 When the payload size is larger than the maximum limit.

Next Steps

The XO Platform API endpoints and RTM events can be used with your client app or Kore.ai Bot SDKs. For more information, see the Kore.ai Bots SDK.

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