Connect LINE (Messaging API)

LINE is one of the top messaging apps in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan. Connect it once and every message your LINE bot receives shows up in the Omnifox Inbox like any other conversation.

Requirements

• A Messaging API channel created at developers.line.biz
• The Channel Access Token (long-lived) and Channel Secret for that channel
• The "Manage channels" permission in Omnifox

Steps to connect

1. In the LINE Developers Console, open your Messaging API channel and issue a long-lived Channel Access Token.
2. Grab the Channel Secret from the Basic settings tab.
3. In Omnifox, go to Channels → Connect New Channel and pick LINE.
4. Paste the Channel Access Token and Channel Secret into the form.
5. Copy the webhook URL Omnifox shows you and paste it into LINE Developers Console under Webhook settings, then turn on "Use webhook".
6. Save and run the connection test from the same wizard.

Configuration

• Channel Access Token: authenticates outbound sends to the LINE API.
• Channel Secret: verifies the signature on inbound events.
• Webhook URL: /api/webhooks/line — you paste this into LINE yourself, it isn't registered automatically.

Example

A user in Bangkok adds your bot as a friend by scanning your official account's QR code and writes "Hello, do you ship to Thailand?". That message lands in the Inbox as a LINE conversation, with the same assignment and reply flow as any other channel.

Tips

• Users must add your account as a friend (via QR or ID) before they can message you — you can't start the conversation.
• Keep the Channel Secret safe: without it Omnifox can't confirm inbound events genuinely come from LINE.

Troubleshooting

• Connection test fails: check whether the Access Token was regenerated in LINE Developers — that invalidates the old one.
• No messages arriving: confirm you pasted the full webhook URL and that "Use webhook" is toggled on in LINE.