> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cometchat-22654f5b-docs-rn-guide-message-privately.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Action Entity

> Action Entity — CometChat documentation.

Base class for defining the type of actions that can be performed on `BaseInteractiveElement`

Various types of Actions:

## Plugin Configuration

| Action             | Description                                                                                         | Key           |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| **Api Action**     | To perform Post, PUT, DELETE, PATCH type of API actions on the user-defined APIs with given payload | apiAction     |
| **URL Navigation** | To open any defined action on given URL                                                             | urlNavigation |
| **Custom Action**  | To set a custom action on the front end                                                             | customAction  |

### Api Action

**Api Action**

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Swift">
    ```swift theme={null}
    let action = APIAction()
    action.url = "url" //Replace this with the required url
    action.method = .post,//replace this with the type of method
    action.dataKey: "cometchatData",//replace this with the key , if you want to replace the key oin which all the data for form will be sent
    action.headers = header,//set the header for the request
    action.payload = payload//set the payloaf forn the request"\
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

**URL Navigation**

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Swift">
    ```swift theme={null}
    let navigation = URLNavigationAction()
    navigation.url = "https://www.cometchat.com/"
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>