Ask for the user to take an action before continuing. If the user does not answer in time (see timeout), a TimeoutError will be raised or None will be returned depending on raise_on_timeout parameter. If a project ID is configured, the messages will be uploaded to the cloud storage.

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Attributes

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content
str
The content of the message.
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actions
List[Action]
The list of Action to prompt the user.
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author
str
The author of the message, defaults to the chatbot name defined in your config.
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timeout
int
default:90
The number of seconds to wait for an answer before raising a TimeoutError.
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raise_on_timeout
bool
default:"False"
Whether to raise a socketio TimeoutError if the user does not answer in time.

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Returns

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response
AskActionResponse | None
required
The response of the user.

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Example

import chainlit as cl


@cl.on_chat_start
async def main():
    res = await cl.AskActionMessage(
        content="Pick an action!",
        actions=[
            cl.Action(name="continue", payload={"value": "continue"}, label="✅ Continue"),
            cl.Action(name="cancel", payload={"value": "cancel"}, label="❌ Cancel"),
        ],
    ).send()

    if res and res.get("payload").get("value") == "continue":
        await cl.Message(
            content="Continue!",
        ).send()