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# Initiate chat

> This endpoint will initiate a chat with your copilot, it will the copilot name, metdata, and other info.

### Body

<ParamField header="X-Bot-Token" type="string">
  Your copilot uniuqe token, can be obtained from the dashboard or from `get` copilot endpoint
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="X-Session-Id" type="string">
  The session id, you can generate a new session id for each chat, or use the same session id for the same chat
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="type" type="string">
  The copilot response type, currently it only support `text`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="response" type="object">
  copilot information

  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="text" type="string">
      The copilot response, formatted in Markdown by default
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Example Request
  curl --location 'https://api.opencopilot.so/backend/chat/init' \
    --header 'X-Bot-Token: BOT_TOKEN' \
    --header 'X-Session-Id: SESSION_ID' \
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response
  {
      "type": "text",
      "response": [
          "text" "The copilot response!"
      ]
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>