# Views

## What are views?

Views are reusable handlers. You can create a view and call it at any time. View can send messages using the **Answer class**. For example, you can create your bot's menu using views

## Create view

View is a simple function that has a name in format NameView. To create view, just export function

{% hint style="info" %}
View function takes argument: [Answer](/nestgram/nestgram-features/answer-class.md) class

View function must have a name in NameView format
{% endhint %}

{% code title="menu.view\.ts" %}

```typescript
export async function MenuView(answer: Answer): Promise<void> {
  await answer.send('Menu');
}
```

{% endcode %}

## Call view

At first, you need to use view, import it to `views` field in your **module file**

{% code title="app.module.ts" %}

```typescript
import { Answer, Module } from 'nestgram';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';
import { MenuView } from './menu.view.ts';

@Module({
  controllers: [AppController],
  services: [AppService],
  views: [MenuView],
})
export class AppModule {}
```

{% endcode %}

Then you can call it using `.view` **answer method**

{% hint style="info" %}
.view answer method takes argument: view id, e.g. for MenuView class it will be 'menu'. If you try to enter a view with haven't id, you will get an error
{% endhint %}

{% code title="app.controller.ts" %}

```typescript
import { Answer, Controller, GetAnswer, OnCommand } from 'nestgram';
import { AppService } from './app.service';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  constructor(private readonly appService?: AppService) {}

  @OnCommand('start')
  async start(@GetAnswer() answer: Answer) {
    await answer.view('menu');
  }
}
```

{% endcode %}


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