Begin the conversation

# This code updates the conversational settings of a Business Messages agent.
# Read more: https://developers.google.com/business-communications/business-messages/reference/business-communications/rest/v1/brands.agents/patch

# Replace the __BRAND_ID__, __AGENT_ID__ and __LOCALE__
# Make sure a service account key file exists at ./service_account_key.json

curl -X PATCH \
"https://businesscommunications.googleapis.com/v1/brands/__BRAND_ID__/agents/__AGENT_ID__?updateMask=businessMessagesAgent.conversationalSettings.__LOCALE__" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "User-Agent: curl/business-communications" \
-H "$(oauth2l header --json ./service_account_key.json businesscommunications)" \
-d '{
  "businessMessagesAgent": {
    "conversationalSettings": {
      "__LOCALE__": {
        "welcomeMessage": {
          "text": "My first welcome message"
        },
        "offlineMessage": {
          "text": "My first offline message"
        },
        "privacyPolicy": {
          "url": "https://www.your-company-website.com/privacy"
        },
        "conversationStarters": [
          {
            "suggestion": {
              "reply": {
                "text": "Suggestion 1",
                "postbackData": "post_back_suggestion_1"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}'
update-agent-bm-conversationalSettings.sh

/**
 * This code snippet updates the conversationalSettings of a Business Messages agent.
 * Read more: https://developers.google.com/business-communications/business-messages/reference/business-communications/rest/v1/brands.agents/patch
 *
 * This code is based on the https://github.com/google-business-communications/nodejs-businesscommunications Node.js
 * Business Communications client library.
 */

/**
 * Edit the values below:
 */
const BRAND_ID = 'EDIT_HERE';
const AGENT_ID = 'EDIT_HERE';
const LOCALE = 'en';
const PATH_TO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY = './service_account_key.json';

const businesscommunications = require('businesscommunications');
const {google} = require('googleapis');

// Initialize the Business Communications API
const bcApi = new businesscommunications.businesscommunications_v1.Businesscommunications({});

// Set the scope that we need for the Business Communications API
const scopes = [
  'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/businesscommunications',
];

// Set the private key to the service account file
const privatekey = require(PATH_TO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY);

async function main() {
  const authClient = await initCredentials();

  const agentName = 'brands/' + BRAND_ID + '/agents/' + AGENT_ID;

  if (authClient) {
    // Setup the parameters for the API call
    const apiParams = {
      auth: authClient,
      name: agentName,
      updateMask: 'businessMessagesAgent.conversationalSettings.' + LOCALE,
      resource: {
        businessMessagesAgent: {
          conversationalSettings: {
            [LOCALE]: {
              privacyPolicy: { url: 'https://www.your-company-website.com/privacy' },
              welcomeMessage: { text: 'My updated welcome message' },
              offlineMessage: { text: 'My updated offline message' },
              conversationStarters: [
                {
                  suggestion: {
                    reply: {
                      'text': 'Suggestion 2',
                     'postbackData': 'post_back_suggestion_2',
                    },
                  },
                }
              ],
            },
          }
        }
      }
    };

    bcApi.brands.agents.patch(apiParams, {}, (err, response) => {
      if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
        console.dir(err);
      } else {
        // Agent found
        console.log(response.data);
      }
    });
  }
  else {
    console.log('Authentication failure.');
  }
}

/**
 * Initializes the Google credentials for calling the
 * Business Messages API.
 */
 async function initCredentials() {
  // Configure a JWT auth client
  const authClient = new google.auth.JWT(
    privatekey.client_email,
    null,
    privatekey.private_key,
    scopes,
  );

  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    // Authenticate request
    authClient.authorize(function(err, tokens) {
      if (err) {
        reject(false);
      } else {
        resolve(authClient);
      }
    });
  });
}

main();
update-agent-bm-conversationalSettings.js

import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredential;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.businesscommunications.v1.BusinessCommunications;
import com.google.api.services.businesscommunications.v1.model.*;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;

class Main {
  /**
   * Initializes credentials used by the Business Communications API.
   */
  private static BusinessCommunications.Builder getBusinessCommunicationsBuilder() {
    BusinessCommunications.Builder builder = null;
    try {
      GoogleCredential credential = GoogleCredential
            .fromStream(new FileInputStream("PATH_TO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY"));

      credential = credential.createScoped(Arrays.asList(
          "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/businesscommunications"));

      credential.refreshToken();

      HttpTransport httpTransport = GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport();
      JacksonFactory jsonFactory = JacksonFactory.getDefaultInstance();

      // Create instance of the Business Communications API
      builder = new BusinessCommunications
          .Builder(httpTransport, jsonFactory, null)
          .setApplicationName(credential.getServiceAccountProjectId());

      // Set the API credentials and endpoint
      builder.setHttpRequestInitializer(credential);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return builder;
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    try {
      // Create client library reference
      BusinessCommunications.Builder builder = getBusinessCommunicationsBuilder();

      String agentName = "brands/BRAND_ID/agents/AGENT_ID";

      Agent agent = new Agent().setBusinessMessagesAgent(
          new BusinessMessagesAgent().setConversationalSettings(ImmutableMap.of("LOCALE",
              new ConversationalSetting()
                  .setPrivacyPolicy(new PrivacyPolicy().setUrl("PRIVACY_POLICY_URL"))
                  .setWelcomeMessage(new WelcomeMessage().setText("WELCOME_MESSAGE"))
                  .setOfflineMessage(new OfflineMessage().setText("OFFLINE_MESSAGE"))
                  .setConversationStarters(Arrays.asList(
                      new ConversationStarters().setSuggestion(new Suggestion()
                          .setReply(new SuggestedReply()
                              .setText("REPLY_TEXT")
                              .setPostbackData("POSTBACK_DATA"))),
                      )))));

      BusinessCommunications.Brands.Agents.Patch request = builder
          .build().brands().agents().patch(agentName, agent);

      request.setUpdateMask("businessMessagesAgent.conversationalSettings.LOCALE");

      Agent updatedAgent = request.execute();
      System.out.println(updatedAgent.toPrettyString());
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

"""This code updates the conversational settings of a Business Messages agent.

Read more: https://developers.google.com/business-communications/business-messages/reference/business-communications/rest/v1/brands.agents/patch

This code is based on the https://github.com/google-business-communications/python-businessmessages
Python Business Messages client library.
"""

from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials
from businesscommunications.businesscommunications_v1_client import BusinesscommunicationsV1
from businesscommunications.businesscommunications_v1_messages import (
    Agent,
    BusinessMessagesAgent,
    ConversationStarters,
    ConversationalSetting,
    OfflineMessage,
    PrivacyPolicy,
    WelcomeMessage,
    NegativeBotFeedbackMessage,
    BusinesscommunicationsBrandsAgentsPatchRequest,
)

# Edit the values below:
BRAND_ID = 'EDIT_HERE'
AGENT_ID = 'EDIT_HERE'
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/businesscommunications']
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE = './service_account_key.json'

credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(
    SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE, scopes=SCOPES)

client = BusinesscommunicationsV1(credentials=credentials)

agents_service = BusinesscommunicationsV1.BrandsAgentsService(client)

agent_name = 'brands/' + BRAND_ID + '/agents/' + AGENT_ID

agent=Agent(
                businessMessagesAgent=BusinessMessagesAgent(
                        conversationalSettings=BusinessMessagesAgent.ConversationalSettingsValue(
                        additionalProperties=[BusinessMessagesAgent.ConversationalSettingsValue.AdditionalProperty(
                            key='en',
                            value=ConversationalSetting(
                                privacyPolicy=PrivacyPolicy(url='https://www.your-company-website.com/privacy'),
                                welcomeMessage=WelcomeMessage(text='Welcome to Business Messages'),
                            offlineMessage=OfflineMessage(text='This is an offline message'),
                                conversationStarters=[
                                    ConversationStarters(
                                        suggestion=Suggestion(
                                           reply=SuggestedReply(text='Option 1',
                                  postbackData='option_1')
                                        )
                                    )]
                                )
                            )
                        ]
                    )
                )
)

updated_agent = agents_service.Patch(
        BusinesscommunicationsBrandsAgentsPatchRequest(
            agent=agent,
            name=agent_name,
            updateMask='businessMessagesAgent.conversationalSettings.en'
        )
    )

print(updated_agent)
update-agent-bm-conversationalSettings.py