Reputation: 10263
Trying to mention a user in Microsoft Teams using the NodeJs SDK:
I'm saving a ref. to the conversation and then restoring it. When restored, filling entities
with - what I understand - it's a Mention
object.
const message = "Konnichi wa";
const conversation = await .... // restored from db
await adapter.continueConversation(conversation, async (context) => {
const topLevelMessage = MessageFactory.text(message);
topLevelMessage.entities = [
{
type: "Mention", // have tried with "mention" as well
mentioned: context.activity.from,
text: `@${context.activity.from.name}`,
},
];
await context.sendActivity(topLevelMessage);
});
this code is actually sending to the emulator an activity with the expected data:
{
"type": "message",
"serviceUrl": "https://b9372952.ngrok.io",
"channelId": "emulator",
"from": {
"id": "0c00d490-99db-11ea-a447-1de8c692dbf4",
"name": "Bot",
"role": "bot"
},
"conversation": {
"id": "0e086460-99db-11ea-a447-1de8c692dbf4|livechat"
},
"recipient": {
"id": "4c2e3fee-fb06-43a1-b9bb-279cc67ed6e6",
"role": "user"
},
"text": "Konnichi wa",
"inputHint": "...",
"entities": [
{
"type": "Mention",
"text": "@User",
"mentioned": {
"id": "4c2e3fee-fb06-43a1-b9bb-279cc67ed6e6",
"name": "User",
"role": "user"
}
}
],
"replyToId": "...",
"id": "...",
"localTimestamp": "...",
"timestamp": "...",
"locale": "..."
}
But the shown activity is just a regular message with no mention at all. What am I missing?
=== EDIT ===
Another try has been using TextEncoder
and <at>
as this sample:
const encodedUserName = new TextEncoder().encode(context.activity.from.name);
const mention = {
type: "mention",
mentioned: context.activity.from,
text: `<at>${encodedUserName}</at>`,
};
const topLevelMessage = MessageFactory.text(`${mention.text}: ${message}`);
topLevelMessage.entities = [mention];
await context.sendActivity(topLevelMessage);
Upvotes: 2
Views: 414
Reputation: 10263
Posting the final answer so anyone can copy-paste it quickly.
await adapter.continueConversation(conversation, async (context) => {
const encodedUserName = new TextEncoder().encode(context.activity.from.name);
const mention = {
type: "mention",
mentioned: context.activity.from,
text: `<at>${encodedUserName}</at>`,
};
const topLevelMessage = MessageFactory.text(`${message} ${mention.text}`);
topLevelMessage.entities = [mention];
await context.sendActivity(topLevelMessage);
});
Upvotes: 3