I am trying to raise a browser event from chatbot ...
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helpful-king-89909
10/20/2023, 7:34 PMI am trying to raise a browser event from chatbot to parent UI application. I am using following code in a execute code action in botpress
var event = new CustomEvent('OnFromBot', { detail: 'Example of an event' })
// Dispatch/Trigger/Fire the event
window.document.dispatchEvent(event)
but this event is not raise and chatbot says error has occured.
What is right way of raising events from chatbot to parent document object. I have already added event listener parent UI document object.
helpful-king-89909
10/20/2023, 8:13 PMI realized that the javascript runs on botpress server not my browser. is there a way that botpress sends some hidden event or metadata back to my chatbot UI that I can catch and interpret on my browser side?
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narrow-agent-91470
10/20/2023, 10:56 PMHey, do your app support Browser load?
narrow-agent-91470
10/20/2023, 10:56 PMP
narrow-agent-91470
10/20/2023, 10:56 PMWebsite load?
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helpful-king-89909
10/21/2023, 3:22 AMnot sure what you mean? can you explain more please?
helpful-king-89909
10/21/2023, 3:23 AMI found a way to achieve what I was trying to do. Hopefully this helps others. I can use custom trigger to send a message back to my javascript client side. there i can capture it type TRIGGER, then respond in my local javascript as needed. This worked for me
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narrow-agent-91470
10/23/2023, 10:29 PMDo you want something like this
narrow-agent-91470
10/23/2023, 10:29 PMDid I understand right?
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helpful-king-89909
11/14/2023, 6:33 PMsorry for delayed response. this is interesting...I resolved my issue using "send custom event". I can catch these on browser side and react to it