Posts By: Ish Jindal

Adding a Gambit

by Ish Jindal

You will now be in your Bot Canvas and this is where you are going to create your chat flow. The first step is to click on “Add Gambit”. Gambit means one single back and forth conversation between the bot and user.


Creating a new bot

by Ish Jindal

This is the first step. Once you are in the dashboard, click on “Create a new convBot” to enter the Bot Canvas. Give your bot a name and you are good to go.  


Geolocation

by Ish Jindal

In TARS bot builder creators have the option of taking input in the form of user location This can be selected from the Input Type dropdown. The end result will look like this:


File Upload

by Ish Jindal

In TARS bot builder creators have the option of taking input in the form of an image or a file. This can be selected from the Input Type dropdown. The end result will look like this:


Scrollers

by Ish Jindal

We also understand that it is hard to receive certain info like dates and times from users in a standardised format if input was left to the user. We also understand that typing out full times and dates can be a hassle for the user. As such, TARS bot builder allows bot creators to use […]


Star Rating

by Ish Jindal

In TARS bot builder bot creators can take user input in the form of ratings. This can be used for collecting feedback for example. Perhaps the most ubiquitous way of rating something is by using a star based rating system. As such we have added this as an input UI option. Within this UI option […]


Buttons

by Ish Jindal

Perhaps the most popular input method on TARS bot platform is quick-reply buttons. Within this input UI, people can create new buttons using the add option feature and change the text of each button by replacing the default text. Under these buttons users can toggle several options on and off: Send on tap– when this […]


Text Input

by Ish Jindal

Using the text input option convBots can accept text from users. Within this option however, creators will find several options for configuring what type of text is taken in. The first option that creators have is to customise the Input Type. Each of these configurations accepts text in a different form Full Name- Will accept […]