POST
/
v1
/
typebots
/
{publicId}
/
startChat
curl --request POST \
  --url https://typebot.io/api/v1/typebots/{publicId}/startChat \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "message": "<string>",
  "isStreamEnabled": false,
  "resultId": "<string>",
  "isOnlyRegistering": false,
  "prefilledVariables": {
    "First name": "John",
    "Email": "john@gmail.com"
  }
}'
{
  "sessionId": "<string>",
  "resultId": "<string>",
  "typebot": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "theme": {
      "general": {
        "font": "<string>",
        "background": {
          "type": "Color",
          "content": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "chat": {
        "hostAvatar": {
          "isEnabled": true,
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "guestAvatar": {
          "isEnabled": true,
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "hostBubbles": {
          "backgroundColor": "<string>",
          "color": "<string>"
        },
        "guestBubbles": {
          "backgroundColor": "<string>",
          "color": "<string>"
        },
        "buttons": {
          "backgroundColor": "<string>",
          "color": "<string>"
        },
        "inputs": {
          "backgroundColor": "<string>",
          "color": "<string>",
          "placeholderColor": "<string>"
        },
        "roundness": "none"
      },
      "customCss": "<string>"
    },
    "settings": {
      "general": {
        "isBrandingEnabled": true,
        "isTypingEmulationEnabled": true,
        "isInputPrefillEnabled": true,
        "isHideQueryParamsEnabled": true,
        "isNewResultOnRefreshEnabled": true,
        "rememberUser": {
          "isEnabled": true,
          "storage": "session"
        }
      },
      "typingEmulation": {
        "enabled": true,
        "speed": 123,
        "maxDelay": 123,
        "delayBetweenBubbles": 2.5,
        "isDisabledOnFirstMessage": true
      },
      "metadata": {
        "title": "<string>",
        "description": "<string>",
        "imageUrl": "<string>",
        "favIconUrl": "<string>",
        "customHeadCode": "<string>",
        "googleTagManagerId": "<string>"
      },
      "whatsApp": {
        "isEnabled": true,
        "startCondition": {
          "logicalOperator": "OR",
          "comparisons": [
            {
              "id": "<string>",
              "comparisonOperator": "Equal to",
              "value": "<string>"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sessionExpiryTimeout": 24.005
      },
      "publicShare": {
        "isEnabled": true
      },
      "security": {
        "allowedOrigins": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "lastMessageNewFormat": "<string>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "type": "text",
      "content": {
        "html": "<string>",
        "richText": [
          "<any>"
        ],
        "plainText": "<string>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "input": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "outgoingEdgeId": "<string>",
    "type": "text input",
    "options": {
      "labels": {
        "placeholder": "<string>",
        "button": "<string>"
      },
      "variableId": "<string>",
      "isLong": true
    },
    "prefilledValue": "<string>",
    "runtimeOptions": {
      "paymentIntentSecret": "<string>",
      "amountLabel": "<string>",
      "publicKey": "<string>"
    }
  },
  "clientSideActions": [
    {
      "type": "scriptToExecute",
      "scriptToExecute": {
        "content": "<string>",
        "args": [
          {
            "id": "<string>",
            "value": "<string>"
          }
        ]
      },
      "lastBubbleBlockId": "<string>",
      "expectsDedicatedReply": true
    }
  ],
  "logs": [
    {
      "status": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "details": "<any>"
    }
  ],
  "dynamicTheme": {
    "hostAvatarUrl": "<string>",
    "guestAvatarUrl": "<string>"
  }
}

Path Parameters

​
publicId
string
required

Where to find my bot's public ID?

Body

application/json
​
message
string

Only provide it if your flow starts with an input block and you'd like to directly provide an answer to it.

​
isStreamEnabled
boolean
default:false

If enabled, you will be required to stream OpenAI completions on a client and send the generated response back to the API.

​
resultId
string

Provide it if you'd like to overwrite an existing result.

​
isOnlyRegistering
boolean
default:false

If set to true, it will only register the session and not start the bot. This is used for 3rd party chat platforms as it can require a session to be registered before sending the first message.

​
prefilledVariables
object

More info about prefilled variables.

Example:
{
  "First name": "John",
  "Email": "john@gmail.com"
}

Response

200
application/json
Successful response
​
sessionId
string
required

To save and use for /continueChat requests.

​
typebot
object
required
​
messages
object[]
required
​
resultId
string
​
lastMessageNewFormat
string

The sent message is validated and formatted on the backend. For example, if for a date input you replied something like tomorrow, the backend will convert it to a date string. This field returns the formatted message.

​
input
object
​
clientSideActions
object[]

Actions to execute on the client side

​
logs
object[]

Logs that were saved during the last execution

​
dynamicTheme
object

If the typebot contains dynamic avatars, dynamicTheme returns the new avatar URLs whenever their variables are updated.

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