blip-chat-webview

Running

• npm install
• npm start
• Project will be running on http://localhost:3002

WebView

Control BLiP Chat's webview from your web page. You may need to have some control over BLiP Chat's webview once you have added it to your web page. This script extension allows you to that.

Usage

To import the script just copy and paste the following code:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/blip-chat-widget" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script>
    (function () {
        window.onload = function () {
          var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
        }
    })();
</script>

You should create an instance of BlipChatExtension and operate on it.

Closing the WebView

You may need to close BLiP Chat's webview after an event or transaction has finished. To close the webview use the method closeWebView from the instanced object.

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
WebView.closeWebView()

Sending a message to the chatbot

If the chatbot's conversation state has stopped and you need to update that state (after some interaction with your web page, for example) use the method sendMessage to send a message to the chatbot.

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
// Sending a simple text message
WebView.sendMessage("My simple text message")

If you need to send a complex message, you can send an object with the properties payload and preview. They are used to specify what is sent to chatbot and what is shown to user respectively.

Examples

Should you need to send your location to the chatbot but only a simple text like I'm here is to be shown to the user, you can do it as follows:

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
// Sending Location card to chatbot and showing a text message to user
WebView.sendMessage({
  "payload": {
    "content": {
      "latitude": -19.918899,
      "longitude": -43.959275,
      "altitude": 853,
      "text": "Take's place"
    },
    "type": "application/vnd.lime.location+json"
  },
  "preview": {
    "type": "text/plain",
    "content": "Im here"
  }
})

Or maybe you have some sensitive content to be trafficked that the user should not see. For that you should send the object keeping the payload but omitting the preview property.

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
// Sending a message to the chatbot that the user will not see it's content
WebView.sendMessage({
  "payload": {
    "content": "Sensitive content",
    "type": "text/plain"
  }
})

Override Webview's Close Method

With the method overrideOnClose you can, for example, guarantee that a form is submitted before the user closes the webview. The function to be executed when the user tries to close the webview is passed as a parameter to the method:

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
WebView.overrideOnClose(() => {
  alert('Please complete the form before leaving')
  return false // Prevent webview from closing
})

The overrideOnClose method has a return that determines whether the webview should be closed or not . By returning true the webview's closing method will proceed normally and by returning false it will be blocked.

var WebView = new BlipChatExtension()
WebView.overrideOnClose(() => {
  WebView.sendMessage('Webview will close')
  return true // Webview will close
})

Methods

Methods	Description	Parameters
closeWebView	Close the webview	None
sendMessage	Send a message to bot in name of the user	string or { preview: {}, payload: {} }
overrideOnClose	Override webview's default close function	function