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@mintlify/widget
Advanced tools
The Mintlify chat widget
First you'll need to get an API key by visiting the Mintlify dashboard and generating a new API key.
You can add the widget by copy-pasting these script tags into your site's <head>...<head/> tag.
<script>
window.mintlifyWidgetSettings = {
connection: {
apiKey: 'Your API key here'
},
};
</script>
<script>
(function () {
if (!document.getElementById('mintlify-widget')) {
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.id = 'mintlify-widget';
script.src = 'https://unpkg.com/@mintlify/widget@^0';
script.onload = () => MintlifyWidget.init();
document.head.appendChild(script);
}
})();
</script>
To use the widget in React and Next.js apps, please check out the React component from the @mintlify/widget-react package on NPM.
In the first script tag, you can customize the appearance and other settings of the widget. mintlifyWidgetSettings accepts the following props:
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
connection | MintlifyWidgetConnectionProps | Information needed to connect to our API. Required. |
display? | MintlifyWidgetDisplayProps | Configurations for the widget appearance and interactions. |
tracking? | MintlifyWidgetTrackingFunctions | Callback functions for tracking analytics. |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
apiKey | string | Widget API key generated from Mintlify dashboard. Required. |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
trigger? | MintlifyWidgetDisplayTriggerProps | Appearance of the trigger. |
colors? | MintlifyWidgetDisplayColorsProps | Colors used across the widget. |
chat? | MintlifyWidgetDisplayChatProps | Configs specific to AI chat. |
isDarkMode? | boolean | Controlled dark mode appearance. Defaults to OS preference. |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
type? | 'button'|'input' | Type of the trigger to display. Defaults to button. |
buttonIcon? | 'chat'|'sparkles'|'mintlify' | Icon used in the trigger. Only available for the button trigger. Defaults to chat. |
iconOnly? | boolean | Only show icon in the trigger or not. Defaults to false. |
Here is an overview of what the trigger looks like with different configurations.
type='input' | |
|---|---|
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type='button' | 'chat' | 'sparkles' | 'mintlify' |
|---|---|---|---|
iconOnly=false | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
iconOnly=true |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
primary? | string | Primary color used in the widget. Defaults to #0D9373. |
primaryLight? | string | Primary color in dark mode. Defaults to #55D799. |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
openCitationInSameTab? | boolean | Open the citation url in the same tab or not. Defaults to false. |
exampleQueries? | string[] | Example queries to prompt the user to ask. Defaults to []. |
| Prop | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
trackChatEnter | ()=> void | Triggered when the user opens the chat widget. |
trackCitationClick | (title: string, url: string)=> void | Triggered when the user clicks on a citation. |
trackChatThumbsUp | (query: string, response: string)=> void | Triggered when the user thumbs up on a response. |
trackChatThumbsDown | (query: string, response: string)=> void | Triggered when the user thumbs down on a response. |
trackChatFollowup | (query: string)=> void | Triggered when the user asks a question. |
trackChatClose | (queriesCount: number)=> void | Triggered when the user exits the chat widget. |
If you have any questions or need support on using the widget, please reach out to us via support@mintlify.com.
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FAQs
The Mintlify chat widget
The npm package @mintlify/widget receives a total of 186 weekly downloads. As such, @mintlify/widget popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @mintlify/widget demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 9 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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