# Url Action

This action will forward a link to the user to click. The link will open in another page or in a subview of the current chat channel provider.

![](/files/-LewMSFU9YoUPDHvQqwP)

### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                 | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Url                       | The action URL                                                                                                                                                                              | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Caption                   | The caption of the link. If left empty, the full Url will be displayed                                                                                                                      | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Description               | The extended description of the link                                                                                                                                                        | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |
| Redirect To Floating Area | If enabled and supported, the link will be displayed inside the channel floating area. Currently only [Web Channel](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/web.md) supports the floating area. | :no\_entry:                                          |
| Image                     | Url or Storage based source for the link image                                                                                                                                              | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |

### Remarks

There are no remarks for this action.

### Trigger

This action has no triggers.

### Variables

This action does not produce any variable.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability                                                                   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Facebook         | Fully Available. Link data will be read from URL and not from action settings. |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available.                                                               |
| Telegram         | Fully Available. Link data will be read from URL and not from action settings. |
| Web              | Fully Available                                                                |
| Alexa            | **Not Available.**                                                             |
| Google Assistant | **Not Available.**                                                             |
| Slack            | Fully Available. Link data will be read from URL and not from action settings. |
| API              | Fully Available                                                                |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions. Any account can use this action regardless of [subscription level](/basic-concepts/your-account/the-free-plan.md).


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