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Intent - You can choose the intents for which this Pre hook request node should be triggered. The Prehook request node will be triggered for the intents listed in this field irrespective of the state.

Prehook handler

To handle the requests from the prehook, place the below code in the function node after the Pre Hook Request node.

msg.payload.handleRequest = false;
msg.payload.preHookData = {name: 'arun'};
return msg;

The msg.payload.handleRequest takes boolean values.

• If set to true, the corresponding intent will not get triggered

• If set false, the corresponding intent will get triggered appending the data stored in msg.payload.preHookData

Pre Hook Response node

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Name - Custom name given to the node.

Prehook usage

In the below example, using login intent will invoke the login directive if the user is not logged in.

When the Login intent is invoked by the chatbot user, the prehook node is invoked and checks if the user is logged in or not. If the user is not logged in, the login directive will be invoked.handleRequest - true, the actual flow wont get executed.
handleRequest - false, preHookData is filled, then it will get triggered before the actual response.

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