API Commands

close

Closes the Send Message UI.

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When Send Message is successfully closed	n/a
rejected	When Send Message is already closed	'already closed'

configure

Internal use only. The main App plugin shares configuration settings to widgets using each widget’s configure command. The configure command can only be called once at startup. Calling configure again after startup may result in unpredictable behavior.

Options

Option	Type	Description
formValidation	boolean	Enable/disable browser form validations.
SendMessageButton.enabled	boolean	Enable/disable Send Message button on screen.
SendMessageButton.template	string	Custom HTML string template for Send Message button.
SendMessageButton.effect	string	Type of animation effect when revealing Send Message button ('slide' or 'fade').
SendMessageButton.openDelay	number	Number of milliseconds before displaying send message button on screen.
SendMessageButton.effectDuration	number	Length of animation effect in milliseconds.

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When configuration options are provided and set	n/a
rejected	When no configuration options are provided	'Invalid configuration'

minimize

Minimize or Unminimize Send Message UI.

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	Always	n/a
rejected	Never	n/a

showSendMessageButton

Makes the standalone Send Message button visible on the screen using either the default template and CSS or customer-defined ones.

Options

Option	Type	Description
openDelay	number	Duration in milliseconds to delay showing the send message button on the page
duration	number	Duration in milliseconds for the show and hide animation.

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When the Send Message button is enabled in the configuration, is currently not visible, and the SideBar plugin is not initialized	n/a
rejected	When the Send Message button is not enabled in the configuration, or it's already visible, or the SideBar plugin is initialized	'Send Message button is already visible. Ignoring command.'
rejected	When the SideBar plugin is active the standalone Send Message button will be disabled automatically	'SideBar is active and overrides the default Send Message button'

hideSendMessageButton

Hides the standalone Send Message button.

Options

Option	Type	Description
duration	number	Duration in milliseconds for the show and hide animation

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When the send message button is currently visible	n/a
rejected	When the send message button is already hidden	'Send Message button is already hidden. Ignoring command.'

readFormData

Reads all the form values from the specified input fields

Options

Option	Type	Description
formInputs	array	id's of input elements

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When Send Message form is read successfully	n/a
rejected	When Send Message form is not valid	'Form not valid'

submitForm

The user entered form data and attached files are submitted

Options

Option	Type	Description
firstName	string	value for the First Name entry field
lastName	string	value for the Last Name entry field
email	string	value for the Email entry field
subject	string	value for the Subject entry field
text	string	value for the email body text content entry field

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When Send Message form is submitted successfully	n/a
rejected	When form data entry fields are missing	'No form data found'

open

opens the send message widget UI.

Options

Option	Type	Description
form	object	Object containing form data to prefill in the send message form and optionally auto-submit the form.
form.autoSubmit	boolean	Automatically submit the form and send an email with prefilled content.
form.validation	boolean	Enables/Disables validating the form data while submitting. By default, its enabled.
form.firstname	string	Value for the first name entry field.
form.lastname	string	Value for the last name entry field.
form.email	string	Value for the email entry field.
form.subject	string	Value for the subject entry field.
text	string	value for the email body text content entry field

Resolutions

Status	When	Returns
resolved	When Send Message is successfully opened	n/a
rejected	When Send Message is already open	'Already opened'