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endChat()

Ends a chat in which an agent is currently engaged. Available in API version 29.0 or later.

Syntax

1sforce.console.chat.endChat(chatKey:String, (optional)callback:Function)

Arguments

Name Type Description
chatKey String The chat key for the engaged chat you wish to end.
callback function JavaScript method called upon completion of the method.

Sample Code–Visualforce

1<apex:page>
2    <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/68.0/integration.js"/>
3    <a href="#" onClick="testEndChat();return false;">End Chat</a> 
4
5    <script type="text/javascript">
6        function testEndChat() {
7            //Get the value for 'myChatKey'from the getEngagedChats() or onChatStarted() methods. 
8            //These values are for example purposes only
9            var chatKey = 'myChatKey';
10            sforce.console.chat.endChat(chatKey, endSuccess);
11        }
12    
13        function endSuccess(result) {
14            //Report whether ending the chat was succesful
15            if (result.success == true) {
16                alert('Ending the chat was successful');
17            } else {
18                alert('Ending the chat was not successful');
19            }
20        };
21    </script>
22</apex:page>

Response

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
success Boolean true if ending the chat was successful; false if ending the chat wasn’t successful.