Component

Component is the basic unit of a message on YOCTOL.AI

YOCTOL.AI supports Facebook Messenger and LINE’s conversation components.

A message can contain several components. Every platform has its own regulations on the number of components in a single message. LINE limits bots up to 5 components per message, whereas Messenger does not have a limit on the number of components.

Messenger Conversation Component

Component Names	Description
Text	Plain text or plain text with buttons. Maximum of 3 buttons, and the buttons can do tasks like dialing a number, opening a webview or triggering other messages.
Images	You can only have one image in one image component. Buttons are not available for images. Caution: Since there are limits as to image sizes, images may be automatically cropped.
Carousels	Carousels, (Generic Template, also known as regular templates) Maximum of 10 blocks of carousel per message. Each carousel block can have a maximum of 3 buttons.
Quick replies	After clicking a quick reply, the content of the quick reply will be pasted on the user’s input box. Each Messenger message has a maximum of 11 quick replies. After clicking on a quick reply button, the button disappears in the conversation. Quick replies are only allowed to appear after other components; in other words, they cannot appear at start of conversations. Quick replies cannot open WebViews.
Continuing Item	In each message content, you can use existing messages as a continuous response that follows other components in the message. A continuing item leads the conversation to another already made message, so that when the same content is needed in different messages, you don’t have to do it again.
Random Component	Random Components are a set of components. The system will randomly pick one as response.
JSON API	JSON API allows your chatbot to communicate with your backend server in order to achieve flexible responses and additional functions.

LINE Conversation Components

Component Names	Description
Text	Plain text or plain text with buttons. Max of 3 buttons and the buttons can do tasks like dialing a number, opening a webview or triggering other messages.
Image	You can only have 1 image in one image component. Buttons are not available for images. Caution: Since there are limits as to image sizes, images may be automatically cropped.
Carousels	Maximum of 10 blocks of carousel per message. Each carousel block can have a maximum of 3 buttons.
Imagemap	An Imagemap is made of multiple images combined as one. You can configure the style of your imagemap. You can also add an action for each section of the imagemap, such as opening a WebView or sending a message. Notice: imagemaps are not the same as rich menus A rich menu is a persistent menu below conversations that consists of options to pick from. To setup rich menus, please navigate to “Menu” under “Dialogue”
Quick replies	After clicking a quick reply, the content of the quick reply will be pasted on the user’s input box. A LINE message can have a maximum of 13 quick replies. After clicking on a quick reply button, the button disappears in the conversation. Quick replies are only allowed to appear after other components; in other words, they cannot be the start of conversations. Quick replies cannot open WebViews.
Continuing Item	In each message content, you can use existing messages as a continuous response that follows other components in the message. A continuing item leads the conversation to another already made message, so that when the same content is needed in different messages, you don’t have to do it again.
Random Component	Random Components are a set of components. The system will randomly pick one as response.
JSON API	JSON API allows your chatbot to communicate with your backend server in order to achieve flexible responses and additional functions.