Amazon Lex - Link Out

Amazon Lex - Link Out

With Blahbox, it's possible to send a Link Out Button to the virtual assistant's user using Amazon Lex.


To make Blahbox display Link Out Button, the JSON code below must be pasted in the "Custom Markup" of the appropriate "Response", in Amazon Lex Console:


  1.  {
  2.  "bbox_linkOut": {
  3.       "uri": "https://blahbox.net/",
  4.       "destinationName": "Link to Blahbox"
  5.     }
  6. }

JSON Description



bbox_linkOut
uriURL to link out
destinationNameButton Label
orderInteger number that shows the order of the element when there is more than one element


Blahbox interprets every element of the JSON and shows it to the user as is shown below:

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