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api.chat.sendNotificationToVisitor

Send a notification message to the visitor. The message will look like a notification, and will not show up as coming from a particular operator.

• options.body the contents of the notification to send the visitor

Examples

Assure a visitor that the operator will be back later if there is no response from an operator in 60 seconds:

var lastMessageTimeout;
olark('api.chat.onMessageToVisitor', function(){
    clearTimeout(lastMessageTimeout);
    lastMessageTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
        olark('api.chat.sendNotificationToVisitor', {body: "the operator just stepped out for a moment"})
    }, 60000);
});

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