Quoted messages

Quote previous messages to provide context when responding to older messages in a conversation.

Quote message

Use SendText() with the QuotedMessage parameter to quote a message. There is no dedicated quoting method.

Method signature

Blueprint

C++ / Input parameters

1Channel->SendText(
2    FString Message, 
3    FSendTextParams SendTextParams = FSendTextParams()
4);

* required

Parameter	Description
Message Type: FString Default: n/a	Text that you want to send to the selected channel.
SendTextParams Type: FSendTextParams Default: n/a	Struct providing additional parameters.
→ QuotedMessage Type: UPubnubMessage* Default: n/a	Message object added to a message when you quote another message. This object stores the following info about the quoted message: { timetoken: quotedMessage.timetoken, text: quotedMessage.text, userId: quotedMessage.userId }, where timetoken is the time when the quoted message was published, text contains the original message content, and userId is the identifier of the user who published the quoted message.

Output

This method doesn't return any value.

Sample code

Quote the message with the 16200000000000001 timetoken.

1#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"
2#include "PubnubChatSubsystem.h"
3

4UGameInstance* GameInstance = UGameplayStatics::GetGameInstance(this);
5UPubnubChatSubsystem* PubnubChatSubsystem = GameInstance->GetSubsystem<UPubnubChatSubsystem>();
6

7UPubnubChat* Chat = PubnubChatSubsystem ->InitChat("demo", "demo", "my_user");
8

9UPubnubChannel* Channel = Chat->GetChannel("support");
10

11FString Timetoken = "16200000000000001";
12

13// Fetch the message
14UPubnubMessage* Message = Channel->GetMessage(Timetoken);
15

16FSendTextParams SendTextParams;
17SendTextParams.QuotedMessage = Message;
18Channel->SendText("Quoting this:", SendTextParams);

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Get quoted message

QuotedMessage() returns the original quoted message.

Blueprint

C++ / Input parameters

1Message->QuotedMessage();

Output

Type	Description
UPubnubMessage*	The quoted message object.

Sample code

Return a quote from the message with the 16200000000000001 timetoken.

1#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"
2#include "PubnubChatSubsystem.h"
3

4UGameInstance* GameInstance = UGameplayStatics::GetGameInstance(this);
5UPubnubChatSubsystem* PubnubChatSubsystem = GameInstance->GetSubsystem<UPubnubChatSubsystem>();
6

7UPubnubChat* Chat = PubnubChatSubsystem ->InitChat("demo", "demo", "my_user");
8

9UPubnubChannel* Channel = Chat->GetChannel("support");
10

11FString Timetoken = "16200000000000001";
12

13// Fetch the message
14UPubnubMessage* Message = Channel->GetMessage(Timetoken);
15

16UPubnubMessage* QuotedMessage = Message->QuotedMessage();

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