HTTP API/Bot Commands/im

Sends an Instant Message to a specific user.

Variables

The following table shows input values (you send them with the API call) and returned output values.

Variable		Required	Description
Input basic parameters:
	action	yes	= im
	apikey	yes	Your personal developer's API key.
	botname	yes	Your bot's SL login.
	secret	yes	Bot access code of your bot.
	dataType	optional	Set to "json" to get JSON reply instead of URL-encoded string
	custom	optional	The custom data (string) to be passed back to caller script. This value will be returned back to the caller in HTTP response.
Input:
	slname	yes	Second Life login name of avatar
	message	yes	The message to send
Output:
	(to be received in http_response LSL event, see docs for details)
	result		OK - command completed successfully FAIL - command failed
	resulttext		Detailed reason for the failure.
	custom		The value from input "custom" parameter. See above.

Example

Send Instant Message to Tester Resident:

string recipient="Tester Resident";

string params = llDumpList2String([
  "action="  + "im",
  "apikey="  + llEscapeURL(sbApiKey),
  "botname=" + llEscapeURL(sbBotName),
  "secret="  + llEscapeURL(sbBotAccessCode),
  "slname="  + llEscapeURL(recipient),
  "message=" + llEscapeURL("Hello there!")
  ], "&");
 
llHTTPRequest("http://api.mysmartbots.com/api/bot.html",
  [HTTP_METHOD,"POST"], params);

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