# Introducing Interactive Command

Watch these feature updates from our YouTube channel if you are a visual learner.

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# Introduction

Until now, NotifyXF allows you to use commands
to request certain data directly from Telegram like this. 

![Screenshot 2022-03-28 at 10.52.50 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1648479191452/4vGSHBcab.png)

This has worked very well for very simple cases where you could just directly send a request to your API endpoint.

However, there are times when you would like to request some form of data based on dynamic info like this.

![Screenshot 2022-03-28 at 10.54.56 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1648479345889/CdPqdPShk.png)

This is now possible with our new feature **Command with Parameter**.
When you create a command, you now have the option to add parameters.

If you have no idea how **command** works, I've written all about it in our article 
[Display custom metrics and text in Telegram](https://blog.notifyxf.com/display-custom-metrics-and-text-in-telegram)


It's very easy to use parameters. Now, whenever you are creating a new command, you have the option to add parameters.

![Screenshot 2022-03-28 at 11.08.02 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1648480096965/iJLu_-VfT.png)

Click on *Add Parameters*

![Screenshot 2022-03-28 at 11.09.21 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1648480174660/u8RcuPGRB.png)

You will be able to fill in 3 inputs.

- Key
- Question in Telegram
- Example Value

**Key** refers to the name of the parameter used when sending request to api endpoint.

**Question in Telegram** contains the question that NotifyXF bot (Kayla) will ask in Telegram to get the value for the above **key**.

**Example Value** is the value to use for this particular page when we would like to simulate a request later on. 

You can also choose which request method you would like to use. 
- GET
- POST
- DELETE
- PUT

Here's an example of how this request will look like in Laravel 


```php
<?php
 
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 
$response = Http::post("https://notifyxf.com/api/command", [
    'user_id' => "25",
]);
``` 

and here's an example in node
```js
const axios = require('axios')
 
axios.post('https://notifyxf.com/api/command', {
    user_id: "25",
})
```


That's all! It's as easy as that!

This feature though looks seemingly simple at the front end has some complexity at the back end. It may have taken a bit of time *(about 3 months)* to get this feature ready. 
But I'm really excited about this as it opens up even more possibilities of what this could do.

I'm going to be writing a future article on example use cases and **actual** use cases of how I use this feature.

Till then. Thank you for reading till the end!

You can also give it a try by heading over to [NotifyXF](https://notifyxf.com) and sign up! It's free!