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# Action Entity

> Action Entity — CometChat documentation.

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

Various types of Actions:

| 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 custom action on front end                                                                    | customAction  |

**Api Action**

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  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript theme={null}
    const apiAction = new APIAction(
      url,//Replace this with the required url
    	HTTPSRequestMethods.POST //replace this with the type of method
    );

      apiAction.setPayload(payload); //set the payloaf forn the request

      apiAction.setHeaders(headers); //set the header for the request

      apiAction.setDataKey("cometchatData"); //replace this with the key , if you want to replace the key oin which all the data for form will be sent
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

**URL Navigation**

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  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript theme={null}
    const urlNavigation = new URLNavigationAction( 
      url: "https://www.cometchat.com/",//Replace this with the required url
    );
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>