Can we get the name of the Facebook user at the time of initiating the chat?

XO Platform
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We would like to retrieve the user information at the time of initiating the chat.

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Hi @yogaramya.mendu,

Below is the information Facebook passes to the chatbot when user is communicating via fb messenger:

First Name, Last Name and PSID

PSID - When a person interacts with a business via Messenger, an ID is created for the specific Page associated with the bot in Messenger, which is called Page-scoped ID. This means, for the same person, the IDs across different communication channels are different. Keep in mind, app-scoped IDs are created when a user logs on with your app, so you won’t see app-scoped IDs for users that haven’t installed, and signed in with, your app.

Below is the data available under BotUserSession for user having fb linked as channel.

"identities": [

{

"profileInfo": {

"page": {

"location": {

"city": "Hyderabad",

"country": "India",

"latitude": 17.39488,

"longitude": 78.47077,

"street": "hyderabad"

},

"name": "Incremental spirit",

"category": "Performance Art Theatre"

},

"firstName": "Subrahmanyam",

"lastName": "Donepudi",

"profImage": "https://platform-lookaside.fbsbx.com/platform/profilepic/?psid=2294665313907440&width=1024&ext=1536295676&hash=AeQ3PgFgYBB3Eduo",

"profileInfoLastUpdated": 1533703647816

},

"val": "st-5c2e9efc-8c0a-58e6-9518-708f060dc42f/facebook/2294665313907440",

"type": "mapped"

}

]