Time picker in Apple Messages for Business

A time picker sends an event, such as Oil change at Lumen Auto Eastside, with a list of start times and durations. The card shows the date; tapping it opens the available slots.

The customer picks a slot and sends it. Your webhook receives the chosen time, ready to write to your calendar or booking system.

1. 01

   The event card

   A bubble with the event title, location, and a calendar date badge.

2. 02

   The slot list

   Tapping opens the open times, grouped by day.

3. 03

   The confirmation

   The chosen time comes back as the customer's reply, and your bot confirms the booking.

• Introduce the picker with a short text bubble.
• Send real availability only, so every slot can be booked.
• Confirm the booking in text after the customer picks.
• Durations are in seconds; start times are ISO-8601 and Blooio converts them for Apple.

Apple checks these during the Experience Review and after launch. Every rule for every feature is in the Experience Review checklist.

One call to POST /v4/messages from your Apple Messages for Business sender. Full field reference in the Time picker in the interactive messages guide.

curl -X POST https://api.blooio.com/v4/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bl_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "from": "support",
    "to": "opaque-amb-customer-id",
    "interactive": {
      "kind": "time_picker",
      "received_message": { "title": "Pick a time for your oil change" },
      "event": {
        "title": "Oil change",
        "location": { "title": "Lumen Auto Eastside" },
        "timeslots": [
          { "startTime": "2026-10-16T16:00:00Z", "duration": 1800 },
          { "startTime": "2026-10-16T18:30:00Z", "duration": 1800 }
        ]
      }
    }
  }'