onNewMessage()

Usage

Registers a function to call when a new message is sent from a customer, agent, or supervisor. Available in API version 29.0 or later.

Name	Type	Description
chatKey	string	The `chatKey` associated with the chat for which to call a function when a new customer message is received.
callback	function	JavaScript method called upon completion of the method.

This method is asynchronous so it returns its response in an object in a callback method. The response object contains the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
content	String	The text of a message in the chat log.
name	String	The name of the user who sent the message. This appears exactly as it is displayed in the chat log.
type	String	The type of message that was received, such as an Agent or Visitor message.
timestamp	Date/Time	The date and time the message was received.
success	Boolean	`true` if firing event was successful; `false` if firing event wasn’t successful.