Hook to send a message to a stream. Can be used to send a message to a channel or a dm/group dm.

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Imports

import { useSendMessage } from '@towns-protocol/react-sdk'

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Definition

function useSendMessage(
  streamId: string,
  config?: ActionConfig<Channel["sendMessage"]>,
): {
    data: {
        eventId: string;
    } | undefined;
    error: Error | undefined;
    isPending: boolean;
    isSuccess: boolean;
    isError: boolean;
    sendMessage: (message: string, options?: {
        threadId?: string;
        replyId?: string;
        mentions?: PlainMessage<ChannelMessage.Post.Mention>[];
        attachments?: PlainMessage<ChannelMessage.Post.Attachment>[];
    } | undefined) => Promise<{
        eventId: string;
    }>;
}

Source: useSendMessage

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Parameters

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streamId

  • Type: string

The id of the stream to send the message to.

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config

  • Type: ActionConfig<Channel["sendMessage"]>
  • Optional

Configuration options for the action.

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Return Type

The sendMessage action and the status of the action.

{
    data: {
        eventId: string;
    } | undefined;
    error: Error | undefined;
    isPending: boolean;
    isSuccess: boolean;
    isError: boolean;
    sendMessage: (message: string, options?: {
        threadId?: string;
        replyId?: string;
        mentions?: PlainMessage<ChannelMessage.Post.Mention>[];
        attachments?: PlainMessage<ChannelMessage.Post.Attachment>[];
    } | undefined) => Promise<{
        eventId: string;
    }>;
}