initFileTransfer()

Initiates the process of transferring a file from a customer to an agent. Available in API version 31.0 or later.

Syntax

sforce.console.chat.initFileTransfer(chatKey:String, entityId:String, (optional)callback:Function)

Arguments

Name Type Description
chatKey String The chat key for the chat the file is transferred from.
entityId String The ID of the transcript object to attach the transferred file to.
callback function JavaScript method that is called when the method is completed.

Sample Code–Visualforce

<apex:page>
    <apex:includeScript value="/support/console/63.0/integration.js"/>
    <a href="#" onClick="testInitFileTransfer();return false;">Init file transfer</a> 

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function testInitFileTransfer() {
            //Gets the value for 'myChatKey'from the getChatRequests() or onChatRequested() methods. 
            //These values are for example purposes only.
            var chatKey = 'myChatKey';  var entityId = 'myEntityId';
            sforce.console.chat.initFileTransfer(chatKey, entityId, fileSuccess);
        }
        
        function fileSuccess(result) {
            //Reports whether initiating the file transfer was successful.
            if (result.success == true) {
                alert('Initiating file transfer was successful.');
            } else {
                alert('Initiating file transfer was not successful.');
            }
        };
    </script>
</apex:page>

Response

This method is asynchronous so it returns its response in an object in a callback method. The response object contains the following properties:

Name Type Description
success Boolean true if the request to transfer a file was sent successfully; false if the request wasn’t sent successfully.

A value of true doesn’t necessarily mean that the file was successfully transferred to an agent. Rather, it indicates that the request to begin a file transfer was sent successfully.

Note