Create Custom Variable

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "user.preferred_language",
  "sourceType": "user_metadata",
  "description": "The preferred language of the user",
  "sourcePath": "language",
  "constantValue": "en",
  "defaultValue": "en"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom"

payload = {
    "name": "user.preferred_language",
    "sourceType": "user_metadata",
    "description": "The preferred language of the user",
    "sourcePath": "language",
    "constantValue": "en",
    "defaultValue": "en"
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'user.preferred_language',
    sourceType: 'user_metadata',
    description: 'The preferred language of the user',
    sourcePath: 'language',
    constantValue: 'en',
    defaultValue: 'en'
  })
};

fetch('https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'user.preferred_language',
    'sourceType' => 'user_metadata',
    'description' => 'The preferred language of the user',
    'sourcePath' => 'language',
    'constantValue' => 'en',
    'defaultValue' => 'en'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "_id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "appId": "my-app-id",
  "name": "user.plan",
  "description": "The user subscription plan",
  "sourceType": "user_metadata",
  "sourcePath": "metadata.plan",
  "constantValue": "",
  "defaultValue": "free",
  "category": "custom",
  "createdAt": 1700000000000,
  "updatedAt": 1700000000000
}

POST

ai-agents

agent-builder

agents

variables

custom

Create Custom Variable

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "user.preferred_language",
  "sourceType": "user_metadata",
  "description": "The preferred language of the user",
  "sourcePath": "language",
  "constantValue": "en",
  "defaultValue": "en"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom"

payload = {
    "name": "user.preferred_language",
    "sourceType": "user_metadata",
    "description": "The preferred language of the user",
    "sourcePath": "language",
    "constantValue": "en",
    "defaultValue": "en"
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'user.preferred_language',
    sourceType: 'user_metadata',
    description: 'The preferred language of the user',
    sourcePath: 'language',
    constantValue: 'en',
    defaultValue: 'en'
  })
};

fetch('https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'user.preferred_language',
    'sourceType' => 'user_metadata',
    'description' => 'The preferred language of the user',
    'sourcePath' => 'language',
    'constantValue' => 'en',
    'defaultValue' => 'en'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appid}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/agents/variables/custom")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"user.preferred_language\",\n  \"sourceType\": \"user_metadata\",\n  \"description\": \"The preferred language of the user\",\n  \"sourcePath\": \"language\",\n  \"constantValue\": \"en\",\n  \"defaultValue\": \"en\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "_id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "appId": "my-app-id",
  "name": "user.plan",
  "description": "The user subscription plan",
  "sourceType": "user_metadata",
  "sourcePath": "metadata.plan",
  "constantValue": "",
  "defaultValue": "free",
  "category": "custom",
  "createdAt": 1700000000000,
  "updatedAt": 1700000000000
}

Authorizations

apikey

string

header

required

API Key (i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Body

application/json

name

string

required

Unique variable name. Must start with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and dots.

Maximum string length: 50

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*$

Example:

"user.preferred_language"

sourceType

enum<string>

required

Source from which the variable value is resolved

Available options:

message_metadata,

user_metadata,

constant

Example:

"user_metadata"

description

string

Human-readable description of the variable

Maximum string length: 200

Example:

"The preferred language of the user"

sourcePath

string

Dot-notation path to extract the value from the source metadata

Maximum string length: 100

Example:

"language"

constantValue

string

Fixed value used when sourceType is constant

Maximum string length: 500

Example:

"en"

defaultValue

string

Fallback value used when the source path does not resolve

Maximum string length: 200

Example:

"en"

Response

200 - application/json

Custom variable created successfully

_id

string

Example:

"507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"

appId

string

Example:

"my-app-id"

name

string

Example:

"user.plan"

description

string

Example:

"The user subscription plan"

sourceType

string

Example:

"user_metadata"

sourcePath

string

Example:

"metadata.plan"

constantValue

string

Example:

""

defaultValue

string

Example:

"free"

BYO Agent APIs

Agent Builder APIs

Create Custom Variable

Authorizations

Body

Response