---
summary: "LINE Messaging API plugin setup, config, and usage"
read_when:
  - You want to connect OpenClaw to LINE
  - You need LINE webhook + credential setup
  - You want LINE-specific message options
title: LINE
---

LINE connects to OpenClaw via the LINE Messaging API. The plugin runs as a webhook
receiver on the gateway and uses your channel access token + channel secret for
authentication.

Status: downloadable plugin. Direct messages, group chats, media, locations, Flex
messages, template messages, and quick replies are supported. Reactions and threads
are not supported.

## Install

Install LINE before configuring the channel:

```bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/line
```

Local checkout (when running from a git repo):

```bash
openclaw plugins install ./path/to/local/line-plugin
```

## Setup

1. Create a LINE Developers account and open the Console:
   [https://developers.line.biz/console/](https://developers.line.biz/console/)
2. Create (or pick) a Provider and add a **Messaging API** channel.
3. Copy the **Channel access token** and **Channel secret** from the channel settings.
4. Enable **Use webhook** in the Messaging API settings.
5. Set the webhook URL to your gateway endpoint (HTTPS required):

```
https://gateway-host/line/webhook
```

The gateway responds to LINE's webhook verification (GET) and acknowledges signed
inbound events (POST) immediately after signature and payload validation; agent
processing continues asynchronously.
If you need a custom path, set `channels.line.webhookPath` or
`channels.line.accounts.<id>.webhookPath` and update the URL accordingly.

Security note:

- LINE signature verification is body-dependent (HMAC over the raw body), so OpenClaw applies strict pre-auth body limits and timeout before verification.
- OpenClaw processes webhook events from the verified raw request bytes. Upstream middleware-transformed `req.body` values are ignored for signature-integrity safety.

## Configure

Minimal config:

```json5
{
  channels: {
    line: {
      enabled: true,
      channelAccessToken: "LINE_CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      channelSecret: "LINE_CHANNEL_SECRET",
      dmPolicy: "pairing",
    },
  },
}
```

Public DM config:

```json5
{
  channels: {
    line: {
      enabled: true,
      channelAccessToken: "LINE_CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      channelSecret: "LINE_CHANNEL_SECRET",
      dmPolicy: "open",
      allowFrom: ["*"],
    },
  },
}
```

Env vars (default account only):

- `LINE_CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN`
- `LINE_CHANNEL_SECRET`

Token/secret files:

```json5
{
  channels: {
    line: {
      tokenFile: "/path/to/line-token.txt",
      secretFile: "/path/to/line-secret.txt",
    },
  },
}
```

`tokenFile` and `secretFile` must point to regular files. Symlinks are rejected.

Multiple accounts:

```json5
{
  channels: {
    line: {
      accounts: {
        marketing: {
          channelAccessToken: "...",
          channelSecret: "...",
          webhookPath: "/line/marketing",
        },
      },
    },
  },
}
```

## Access control

Direct messages default to pairing. Unknown senders get a pairing code and their
messages are ignored until approved.

```bash
openclaw pairing list line
openclaw pairing approve line <CODE>
```

Allowlists and policies:

- `channels.line.dmPolicy`: `pairing | allowlist | open | disabled`
- `channels.line.allowFrom`: allowlisted LINE user IDs for DMs; `dmPolicy: "open"` requires `["*"]`
- `channels.line.groupPolicy`: `allowlist | open | disabled`
- `channels.line.groupAllowFrom`: allowlisted LINE user IDs for groups
- Per-group overrides: `channels.line.groups.<groupId>.allowFrom`
- Static sender access groups can be referenced from `allowFrom`, `groupAllowFrom`, and per-group `allowFrom` with `accessGroup:<name>`.
- Runtime note: if `channels.line` is completely missing, runtime falls back to `groupPolicy="allowlist"` for group checks (even if `channels.defaults.groupPolicy` is set).

LINE IDs are case-sensitive. Valid IDs look like:

- User: `U` + 32 hex chars
- Group: `C` + 32 hex chars
- Room: `R` + 32 hex chars

## Message behavior

- Text is chunked at 5000 characters.
- Markdown formatting is stripped; code blocks and tables are converted into Flex
  cards when possible.
- Streaming responses are buffered; LINE receives full chunks with a loading
  animation while the agent works.
- Media downloads are capped by `channels.line.mediaMaxMb` (default 10).
- Inbound media is saved under `~/.openclaw/media/inbound/` before it is passed
  to the agent, matching the shared media store used by other bundled channel
  plugins.

## Channel data (rich messages)

Use `channelData.line` to send quick replies, locations, Flex cards, or template
messages.

```json5
{
  text: "Here you go",
  channelData: {
    line: {
      quickReplies: ["Status", "Help"],
      location: {
        title: "Office",
        address: "123 Main St",
        latitude: 35.681236,
        longitude: 139.767125,
      },
      flexMessage: {
        altText: "Status card",
        contents: {
          /* Flex payload */
        },
      },
      templateMessage: {
        type: "confirm",
        text: "Proceed?",
        confirmLabel: "Yes",
        confirmData: "yes",
        cancelLabel: "No",
        cancelData: "no",
      },
    },
  },
}
```

The LINE plugin also ships a `/card` command for Flex message presets:

```
/card info "Welcome" "Thanks for joining!"
```

## ACP support

LINE supports ACP (Agent Communication Protocol) conversation bindings:

- `/acp spawn <agent> --bind here` binds the current LINE chat to an ACP session without creating a child thread.
- Configured ACP bindings and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like other conversation channels.

See [ACP agents](/tools/acp-agents) for details.

## Outbound media

The LINE plugin supports sending images, videos, and audio files through the agent message tool. Media is sent via the LINE-specific delivery path with appropriate preview and tracking handling:

- **Images**: sent as LINE image messages with automatic preview generation.
- **Videos**: sent with explicit preview and content-type handling.
- **Audio**: sent as LINE audio messages.

Outbound media URLs must be public HTTPS URLs. OpenClaw validates the target hostname before handing the URL to LINE and rejects loopback, link-local, and private-network targets.

Generic media sends fall back to the existing image-only route when a LINE-specific path is not available.

## Troubleshooting

- **Webhook verification fails:** ensure the webhook URL is HTTPS and the
  `channelSecret` matches the LINE console.
- **No inbound events:** confirm the webhook path matches `channels.line.webhookPath`
  and that the gateway is reachable from LINE.
- **Media download errors:** raise `channels.line.mediaMaxMb` if media exceeds the
  default limit.

## Related

- [Channels Overview](/channels) — all supported channels
- [Pairing](/channels/pairing) — DM authentication and pairing flow
- [Groups](/channels/groups) — group chat behavior and mention gating
- [Channel Routing](/channels/channel-routing) — session routing for messages
- [Security](/gateway/security) — access model and hardening
