Dynamic Carousel Action

This action will display a dynamically generated carousel based on standard Connect Action Model Json content from either a Url or a variable.

Settings

The action uses the following settings:

Setting	Description	Parsed
Data Source	Select if the dynamic carousel data model will be downloaded from an Url or retrieved from a variable.	⛔
Xenioo Action Model URL	The Url from which the dynamic carousel data will be retrieved.	✅
Xenioo Action Model Variable Source	The variable that holds the dynamic carousel model.	✅
Postback target variable	The variable that will hold any postback command caused by postback buttons inside the dynamic carousel.	✅
Default Image Source	The source of the default card image, if non is supplied inside the model.	⛔
Default Element Image	The url of the image to be used as default card image.	✅

Remarks

The Dynamic Carousel Action will be activated by a very specific JSON model that represents the carousel cards and buttons. The model can be retrieved from an external source or from a runtime variable.

The following source shows a brief sample of a complete dynamic carousel JSON:

{
  "image_aspect_ratio":"horizontal",
  "items":[
      {
	        title: "Chevrolet Corvette",
	        subtitle: "Buy your Chevrolet Corvette!",
	        image_url:"https://someserver.com/corvette.jpg",
			view_size:"compact",
	        buttons:[
	          {
	              type:'postback',
		          payload: "buy_corvette",
		          text:'Buy Now'
	          },
	          {
	              type:'url',
		          url: "https://www.chevrolet.comr",
		          text:'Visit Website',
			      view_size:'full'
	          }
          ]
      }
  ]
}

The above items collection holds all of the different cards that will be created dynamically. The view_size parameter can have the following values:

Value	Description
compact	The web view will be about half the size of the available mobile screen.
tall	The web view will cover most of the available mobile screen.
full	The webb view will be full screen.

The image_aspect_ratio parameter can have the following values:

Value	Description
horizontal	The image will have a 1:1.91 aspect ratio
square	The image will have a 1:1 aspect ratio.

Aspect ratio parameter is currently supported on on Facebook Messenger channel.

The type parameter for each button can have the following values:

Value	Description
postback	Defines a postback button.
url	Defines an Url button.
phone	Defines a Phone button.
share	Defines a Share button.

If no button type is specified Connect will display a postback button.

Trigger

On Postback. This action will trigger any child operation as the user click any postback button.

Variables

This action does not produce any variable.

Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

Channel	Availability
Facebook	Fully Available.
WhatsApp	Not Available.
Telegram	Fully Available.
Web	Fully Available.
Alexa	Device Dependant.
Google Assistant	Device Dependant.
Slack	Fully Available.
API	Fully Available.

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions. Any account can use this action regardless of subscription level.