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{{DISPLAYTITLE:instant_message}}
 
{{DISPLAYTITLE:instant_message}}
 
<onlyinclude>Fires when bot receives a message from another avatar or in-world object.</onlyinclude>
 
<onlyinclude>Fires when bot receives a message from another avatar or in-world object.</onlyinclude>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
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Bot.on("instant_message", function(event) { ... });
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
{{API Event Table}}
 
{{API Event Table}}
{{API Variable Group|Output}}
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{{API Variable Group|''event'' object properties}}
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{{API Variable|name}}The name of the event in this case instant_message
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{{API Variable|speaker_type}}The sender of the message. Can be AVATAR or OBJECT
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{{API Variable|speaker_name}}The name of the sender
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{{API Variable|speaker_uuid}}The UUID of the sender
 
{{API Variable|message}}The text of the message
 
{{API Variable|message}}The text of the message
  
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<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
 
Bot.on("instant_message", function(event) {
 
Bot.on("instant_message", function(event) {
  console.log("bot received an IM:", event);
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console.log(event.speaker_name + " says: \n" + event.message);
 
});
 
});
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console.log("Bot is listening, IM something");
 
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</syntaxhighlight>
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 1 July 2016

Fires when bot receives a message from another avatar or in-world object.

Bot.on("instant_message", function(event) { ... });

Reference

This event comes with the following event object:

Variable Required Description
event object properties:
name The name of the event in this case instant_message
speaker_type The sender of the message. Can be AVATAR or OBJECT
speaker_name The name of the sender
speaker_uuid The UUID of the sender
message The text of the message

Example

Bot.on("instant_message", function(event) {
	console.log(event.speaker_name + " says: \n" + event.message);
});

console.log("Bot is listening, IM something");