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video

To send a video to a chat, use the video reply type.

tip
You can also use the equivalent video DSL tag or the $reactions.video method.

If a channel supports video preview, a user will be able to watch the video in the channel’s chat without following a link. Otherwise only the link to the video will be displayed in the chat.

Properties

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
videoUrlStringYesVideo URL.
videoNameStringNoVideo caption.
Can be aliased as text or caption.
markupStringNoMarkup applied to video caption (available for the chat widget, Chat API, and Telegram).
Acceptable values are html and plain (default value is plain).

Syntax

{
"type": "video",
"videoUrl": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
"text": "<b>Video description</b>",
"markup": "html"
}

Channel restrictions

video is not supported in the phone channel.

How to use

state: HowTo
a: Watch our tutorial and learn how to create your first chatbot and publish it into a channel.
script:
$response.replies = $response.replies || [];
$response.replies.push({
"type": "video",
"videoUrl": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=QWERty123"
});