How can my bot initiate the conversation before user types

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I am building a chatbot using DialogFlow and node.js. Need to have my bot to initiate the conversation before user types a message. It would something like welcome message as soon as user clicks on Bot icon. Can this be achieved via events in default welcome intent and how? any samples would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '19 at 10:27

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Yes it can be done.
When the user clicks on the bot icon, you need to send an event to Dialogflow which will trigger the welcome intent.

answered Feb 14 '19 at 10:27

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 18:38

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This cannot be done because the conversation has not started until the user sends a message.

answered Feb 13 '19 at 18:38

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How can my bot initiate the conversation before user types

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