How to use bot Variables : Quriobot Academy

Using Variables throughout your bot is something an advanced bot can't do without! On the Bot Settings > Variables section you can add them, name them and connect to a step in your bot or even a custom JavaScript function! Easy as that!

Please note that the Variables are case-sensitive and thus need to be written exactly the same!

Choosing the right Variable type

Name your variable and then selectthe desired variable type and set its settings:
- Step variable type: Gets the value from the answer of the chosen step:
- String variable type:
  - Gets the value from the entered static string (for example for storing often used phrases like addresses or company names)
- Script variable type:
  - Gets the value from the provided javascript function, which can optionally access other variables allowing greater flexibility.
  - In this example custom asynchronous function provides a value for the variable script2:
  - If you need to use other variable's value in your script variable function, use variables argument.
  - In this example script variable named script3 uses value of the other variable named one:
  - If you need the textual value of the variable, not the actual value, you can use variables.<name>.text syntax
  - Please note that in case your script variable needs to use another script variable in order to calculate the result, you need to call the value with a callback.
  - In this example script variable named script uses the value of another variable named script3 to calculate the result:
  - If you need to get values from more than one script variables in order to perform the calculation, you can make use of the quriobot.async utility:
  - ```
  function(callback, variables)  {
  quriobot.async.mapValuesSeries({
        script3: variables.script3.value, 
        script4: variables.script4.value
  }, function(getValue, key, cb) {
      getValue(function (res) { 
          cb(null, res);
      }, variables)
  }, function(err, results) {
      callback(results.script3 + results.script4)
  });
  }
```

Important note: Please keep in mind that the script-function scope is limited to it's arguments plus the following utility functions:

quriobot.ajax(url, callback, data, headers, options) - perform http requests (GET if no data parameter is passed)
- url - request URL
- data - data to send as a request body (when set, the request method is set to POST
- headers - headers object to apply as request headers
- options - options object which currently supports:
  - method - request method
quriobot.dotObject - imported dot-object package
quriobot.URL - imported url-parse package
quriobot.flatten - imported flat package
quriobot.mustache - imported mustache package
quriobot.moment - imported moment package
quriobot.numeral - imported numeral package
quriobot.async - imported async package
quriobot.store- storage object for saving persistent values between the visits and pages, if needed:
- quriobot.store.get(key: string) - get value by key
- quriobot.store.set(key, value, [expires]) - set value by the key, optional expires parameter is in seconds

quriobot.Cookies - imported js-cookiespackage:

Create a cookie, valid across the entire site:

quriobot.Cookies.set('name', 'value')

Create a cookie that expires 7 days from now, valid across the entire site:

quriobot.Cookies.set('name', 'value', { expires: 7 })

Create an expiring cookie, valid to the path of the current page:

quriobot.Cookies.set('name', 'value', { expires: 7, path: '' })

Read cookie:

quriobot.Cookies.get('name') // => 'value'
quriobot.Cookies.get('nothing') // => undefined

Where can you use these Variables? Almost everywhere!

Use them in your Chat Messages:
Use them as parameters in your redirect URL:
Use them within your Script messages or HTML fields:
Use them in Action responses to easily connect the bot other services, such as your CRM, Slack, MailChimp newsletter signup or email automation to name just a few examples!

How can I store the variable value along with the chat transcript, or use it in the jump logic?

It is possible to store the variable value for the chat transcript and/or the jump logic by adding a Goto step with that variable's in the value setting: