The Action class is designed to create and manage actions to be sent and displayed in the chatbot user interface. Actions consist of buttons that the user can interact with, and these interactions trigger specific functionalities within your app.

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Attributes

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name
str

Name of the action, this should match the action callback.

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payload
Dict

The payload associated with the action.

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icon
str

The lucide icon name for the action button. See https://lucide.dev/icons/.

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label
str

The label of the action. This is what the user will see. If no label and no icon is provided, the name is display as a fallback.

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tooltip
str

The description of the action. This is what the user will see when they hover the action.

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Usage

import chainlit as cl

@cl.action_callback("action_button")
async def on_action(action):
    await cl.Message(content=f"Executed {action.name}").send()
    # Optionally remove the action button from the chatbot user interface
    await action.remove()

@cl.on_chat_start
async def start():
    # Sending an action button within a chatbot message
    actions = [
        cl.Action(name="action_button", payload={"value": "example_value"}, label="Click me!")
    ]

    await cl.Message(content="Interact with this action button:", actions=actions).send()