node-red-contrib-chatbot/nodes/chatbot-parse.html

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<script type="text/javascript">
  $.RedBot.registerType('chatbot-parse', {
    category: $.RedBot.config.name + ' Parsers',
    color: '#FFCC66',
    defaults: {
      name: {
        value: ''
      },
      parseType: {
        value: 'string'
      },
      parseVariable: {
        value: 'string'
      }
    },
    inputs: 1,
    outputs: 2,
    icon: 'chatbot-parse.png',
    paletteLabel: 'Parse',
    label: function() {
      return this.name || 'chatbot-parse';
    }
  });
</script>

<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="chatbot-parse">
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
        <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
    </div>
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-cog"></i> Type</label>
        <select id="node-input-parseType">
          <option value="audio">Audio</option>
          <option value="contact">Contact</option>
          <option value="response">Dialog response</option>
          <option value="document">Document</option>
          <option value="email">Email</option>
          <option value="number-integer">Integer number</option>
          <option value="location">Location</option>
          <option value="photo">Photo</option>
          <option value="video">Video</option>
          <option value="string">String</option>
          <option value="boolean">Yes or No</option>
        </select>
    </div>
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-bookmark"></i> Variable</label>
        <input type="text" id="node-input-parseVariable" placeholder="Store into variable name">
        <div style="max-width: 460px;font-size: 12px;color: #999999;line-height: 14px;margin-top:5px;">
        The parsed value will be store in the chat flow. Use the in messages with a handlebars like syntax
        <code>{{my_variable}}</code> or in a function block
        <br><br>
<pre>
var chat = msg.chat();
var my_var = chat.get('my_variable');
</pre>
        </div>
    </div>
</script>

<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="chatbot-parse"><p>Parse the inbound chat message and extract a specific type (string, number, email, location, etc) then store the value in the context flow and pass through the output pin (in <code>msg.payload</code>)</p>
<p>Available parse type are: - <strong>string</strong>: any payload of type string will be accepted </p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>boolean</strong>: returns <code>true</code> for any words like <em>yes</em>, <em>true</em>, <em>ok</em>, etc </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>email</strong>: extract a valid email in the incoming message </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>date</strong>: extract a valid date from the incoming message </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>integer-number</strong>: extract a integer number (written in numbers or plain english)</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>location</strong>: extract the location from a <code>location</code> chat message (the one sent by the chat client when the user shares the position). The value extracted will be something like <code>{latitude: 45.001, longitude: 21.001}</code> </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>contact</strong>: extract the phone number from a contact type message (a user that shares a contact) </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>photo</strong>: extract the image from a chat message containing a picture, the resulting payload is suitable to be sent to file node (a NodeJS Buffer) </p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>audio</strong>: extract the audio payload from an audio chat message, the resulting payload is suitable to be sent to file node. Audio format depends on platform (for example <strong>Telegram</strong>: <em>Ogg Vorbis (*.ogg)</em></p>
</li>
</ul>
</script>