createConversation
Creates a new Conversation. When creating a new Conversation, the required tags must be provided. See the specific integration for more details.
POST
/
v1
/
chat
/
conversations
cURL
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>' \
--data '
{
"channel": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"integrationName": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations"
payload = {
"channel": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"integrationName": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"x-bot-id": "<x-bot-id>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-bot-id': '<x-bot-id>',
Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({channel: '<string>', tags: {}, integrationName: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'channel' => '<string>',
'tags' => [
],
'integrationName' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations")
.header("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-bot-id"] = '<x-bot-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"conversation": {
"id": "<string>",
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"channel": "<string>",
"integration": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"messageCount": 123,
"currentTaskId": "<string>",
"currentWorkflowId": "<string>"
}
}{
"conversation": {
"id": "<string>",
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"channel": "<string>",
"integration": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"messageCount": 123,
"currentTaskId": "<string>",
"currentWorkflowId": "<string>"
}
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Headers
Bot id
Integration id
Integration alias
Body
application/json
Conversation data
Channel name
Maximum string length:
200Tags for the Conversation
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
[DEPRECATED] To create a conversation from within a bot, call an action of the integration instead.
Maximum string length:
200Response
Returns a Conversation object if creation succeeds. Returns an error otherwise
The Conversation object represents an exchange of messages between one or more users. A Conversation is always linked to an integration's channels. For example, a Slack channel represents a conversation.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on April 14, 2025
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cURL
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>' \
--data '
{
"channel": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"integrationName": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations"
payload = {
"channel": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"integrationName": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"x-bot-id": "<x-bot-id>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-bot-id': '<x-bot-id>',
Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({channel: '<string>', tags: {}, integrationName: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'channel' => '<string>',
'tags' => [
],
'integrationName' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations")
.header("x-bot-id", "<x-bot-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/conversations")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-bot-id"] = '<x-bot-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"channel\": \"<string>\",\n \"tags\": {},\n \"integrationName\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"conversation": {
"id": "<string>",
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"channel": "<string>",
"integration": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"messageCount": 123,
"currentTaskId": "<string>",
"currentWorkflowId": "<string>"
}
}{
"conversation": {
"id": "<string>",
"createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"channel": "<string>",
"integration": "<string>",
"tags": {},
"messageCount": 123,
"currentTaskId": "<string>",
"currentWorkflowId": "<string>"
}
}