Message Threads

Threads let you group messages together. Think of them like an array of messages.

To create a thread, create a new MessageThread, optionally with a unique id:

thread = WitBot::MessageThread.new #=> WitBot::MessageThread
thread = WitBot::MessageThread.new("12345") #=> WitBot::MessageThread

Or, for convenience:

thread = WitBot.thread #=> WitBot::MessageThread

Now, when creating a message, pass the thread as the first parameter:

message = WitBot::Message.new thread, "This is a cool test."

Or, for convenience:

message = thread.create_message "This is a cool test."

Threads are extremely useful for storing a conversation, and are messages even grouped together in wit.ai logs. With wit_bot, threads also store context information, like state.

Here's an example script taking advantage of threads and context.