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Learn how to connect and configure a LINE Messaging API channel in Chatwik.
You can manage your LINE Official Account customer conversations directly from Chatwik using the LINE Messaging API.
Prerequisites
Before connecting your LINE channel to Chatwik, make sure you have:
- A LINE Developer Account (sign up at the LINE Developer Console).
- A Provider created in the LINE Developer Console.
- A Messaging API Channel (Bot) created under your provider.
- A Chatwik workspace with the LINE feature enabled.
How to Create a LINE Inbox in Chatwik?
Follow the step-by-step process below to connect your LINE channel:
Set Up LINE Developer Console
- Log into the LINE Developer Console.
- Create a Provider if you haven't created one already.
- Under your provider, click Create a new channel and select Messaging API.
- Fill in the required channel details to finish creating your bot.
Retrieve LINE Credentials
From your newly created Messaging API channel settings page, copy the following parameters:
- LINE Channel ID
- LINE Channel Secret
- LINE Channel Access Token (long-lived token)
Go to Inbox Settings in Chatwik
Navigate to Settings → Inboxes → click Add Inbox.
Select LINE Channel
Click on the LINE icon from the list of available channel options.
Fill In Channel Details
Enter your Channel Name, LINE Channel ID, LINE Channel Secret, and LINE Channel Token, then click Create LINE Channel.
Add Agents
Assign team members to your LINE inbox so they can view and respond to incoming customer messages.
Configure Webhook in LINE Console
- Return to your Messaging API channel in the LINE Developer Console.
- Scroll to the Messaging API tab and locate the Webhook settings section.
- Enter the Webhook URL provided by Chatwik.
- Click Verify to test the connection.
- Enable the Use webhook toggle.
Ensure you enable the "Use webhook" toggle in the LINE Developer Console, otherwise incoming messages sent to your LINE Official Account will not reach Chatwik.
Additional Inbox Settings
To customize your LINE channel settings, go to Settings → Inboxes and click the gear icon next to your LINE inbox.
General Settings
- Enable Channel Greeting: Sends an automated welcoming message when a customer initiates a new conversation on LINE.
- Enable CSAT: Automatically prompts customers with a Customer Satisfaction survey when a conversation is resolved.
- Reauthorize Token: Update your LINE Channel Secret or Channel Access Token if they are ever regenerated in the LINE Developer Console.
Managing Collaborators
- Open the Collaborators tab.
- Add or remove agents assigned to this LINE inbox.
- Enable or disable Automatic Assignment of new incoming conversations to assigned agents.
- Click Update to save changes.
Business Availability
- Open the Business Hours tab.
- Check Enable business availability for this inbox to specify operating hours.
- Customise the Unavailability Message displayed to customers messaging outside business hours.
Wik AI Note
When Wik AI is enabled on an inbox, the unavailability message is automatically suppressed. Wik AI handles customer inquiries directly outside business hours unless explicitly handed off to a human agent.
- Set working hours for each day of the week along with your time zone.
- Click Update Business Hour Setting.