@livechat/moments-sdk

Moments SDK

Moments SDK is the library to integrate web application used as moments with Chat Widget. It's not necessary to use Moments SDK inside moments web applications, but it provides more chat widget integration options - It allows you to send messages as a visitor, set visitor attributes or close Moment.

Getting Started

To simply get started with creating your moments app add @livechat/moments-sdk as dependency to your project:

npm install @livechat/moments-sdk

and then import createMomentsSDK function which is exported as default from package.

import createMomentsSDK from '@livechat/moments-sdk'

API Reference

createMomentsSDK

Default method exported by the library. It's initializing connection with chat widget. You can pass additional properties:

• title - Application title, will be placed on moments title bar
• icon - URL to Application icon, will be placed on moments title bar
• isFragile - Boolean value, when set to true widget will require additional confirmation from user in order to close the moment.

import createMomentsSDK from '@livechat/moments-sdk'
createMomentsSDK({ title: 'My App', icon: 'https://img.com/my-icon.png' }).then(
    momentsSDK => {
        // your code
    },
)

sendMessage

Sends a message as a visitor in currently active chat. Parameters:

• text - Message text

momentsSDK.sendMessage({ text: 'Chosen date: 19.12.2009' })

sendSystemMessage

Sends a system message in the currently active chat. Parameteres:

• text - Message text
• recipients - Optional, defines those who can display the message: all (default) or agents

momentsSDK.sendSystemMessage({ text: 'Survey submitted', recipients: 'agents' })

setAttributes

Set customer's attributes. Parameters:

• customProperties - Customer's additional data object

momentsSDK.setAttributes({ clientId: 'SJ3CJ6JVNMK42A', source: 'Organic' })

setExternalLink

Sets the external link for the fullscreen version of the app, which will be opened in the new tab. Parameters:

• link - URL of the fullscreen version

momentsSDK.setExternalLink('https://livechat.com')

close

Close moments app. Parameters:

This method has no parameters.

momentsSDK.close()

setIsFragile

Set isFragile value. It can be provided in initalization and changed later with this function. Parameters:

• value - Boolean

momentsSDK.setIsFragile(true)

LauncherData

Data passed from the Chat Widget. It is available since the moment of SDK initialization. It consists of:

• licenseId - ID of the license for which Moment has been initialized
• chatId - ID of customer's chat (returns undefined if no chat)
• groupId - ID of customer's group

Feedback

In case of any issues or feature requests send them on https://www.livechatinc.com/community