Messages that are replies are in almost the same format as the ones that are sent.

Payload fields

Parameter	Description	Type
threadId	Required. Unique key identifying a user or channel	string
messages	List of Message templates	array
originator	Similar to the originator when sending messages	object

Response fields

Parameter	Description	Type
fallback	Speech representation of the message	string
silent	True if message does not have any output for a user	boolean
replyTo	Optionally contains the text the message is a direct reply to	string
originator	Originator specific to this message	object
actions	Optional action names being called	array
responses	Collection of Response templates	array
flow	Information about the flow being matched	object
step	Information about the step being matched	object
params	Hash table with Parameters	object

See our complete reference of the JSON responses in Github.

{
  "type": "message.received",
  "payload": {
    "threadId": "EXAMPLE8917250d54bcbb596",
    "messages": [
      {
        "fallback": "hallo",
        "responses": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "payload": {
              "text": "hallo"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "originator": {
      "userId": "USERID4bcbb59657a8a2a891",
      "name": "USER NAME",
      "role": "user",
      "profile": {
        "fullName": "USER NAME",
        "firstName": "USER",
        "lastName": "NAME",
        "locale": "nl",
        "gender": "M",
        "picture": "https://flowai.domain.com/identities/profile/EXAMPLE-318a-4d58-b5e1-b430934b8e23"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "type": "message.received",
  "payload": {
    "threadId": "EXAMPLE327348ed3bd1439e7b",
    "messages": [
      {
        "fallback": "Hi, how can we help?",
        "silent": false,
        "replyTo": "event attachment",
        "originator": {
          "userId": "flowai|system",
          "name": "system",
          "role": "bot",
          "profile": {
            "picture": "https://flow.ai/img/EXAMPLE/flowai.svg"
          }
        },
        "actions": [],
        "responses": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "payload": {
              "text": "Hi, how can we help?",
              "quickReplies": [
                {
                  "label": "Chat with flow.ai",
                  "value": "Chat with someone from flow.ai",
                  "type": "text"
                },
                {
                  "label": "Call flow.ai",
                  "value": "What is your phone number?",
                  "type": "text"
                },
                {
                  "label": "Ask a question",
                  "value": "I want to ask a question",
                  "type": "text"
                }
              ]
            },
            "delay": 0
          }
        ],
        "flow": {
          "flowId": "EXAMPLE-9335-4e74-abb3-5745d26707f7",
          "title": "Intro"
        },
        "step": {
          "stepId": "EXAMPLE-e526-4252-b70c-e6e5af3338e0",
          "title": "INTRO",
          "type": "EVENT"
        },
        "params": {
          "event": [
            {
              "type": "custom",
              "value": {
                "name": "INTRO"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "originator": {
      "userId": "flowai|system",
      "name": "system",
      "role": "bot",
      "profile": {
        "picture": "https://flow.ai/img/EXAMPLE/flowai.svg"
      }
    }
  }
}