/EmbeddedChat

An easy to use full-stack component (ReactJS) embedding Rocket.Chat into your webapp

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EmbeddedChat

An easy to use full-stack component (ReactJS + backend behaviors) embedding Rocket.Chat into your webapp.

EmbeddedChat is a full-stack React component node module of the RocketChat application that is fully configurable, extensible, and flexible for use. It is tightly bound with the RocketChat server using Rocket.Chat nodejs SDK and its UI using RocketChat's Fuselage Design System.

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Installation

npm i embeddedchat

Usage

Just import the component,

import { RCComponent } from 'embeddedchat';

and use it,

<RCComponent
  isClosable={true}
  setClosableState={setClosableState}
  moreOpts={true}
  width="100%"
  height="40vh"
  GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID={process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}
  host={'http://localhost:3000'}
  roomId={'GENERAL'}
  channelName="Customer Service"
  anonymousMode={false}
  showAvatar={false}
  showRoles={false}
/>

Props

Read this wiki page for more info on each prop.

prop description
isClosable is the component closable?, defaults to false.
setClosableState the reusable setState, which will track the opening and closing of EmbeddedChat. It is a setState fn => which toggles the previous state.
moreOpts it adds a kebab menu with added functionalities like showing pinned, starred, thread messages
width width of the component
height height of the component (based on the ChatBody)
host your Rocket.Chat host domain, defaults to http://localhost:3000 (the dev server)
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID it is the google client id that you will receive after creating a project in google console
roomId the public room's id that you want to subscribe to
channelName the fallback channel name to be present on the chat header
anonymousMode if the user can see the chat without logging in
showAvatar show the user's avatar in the chat component, defaults to false
showRoles show the user's roles in the chat component, defaults to false

Setting up Authentication

Follow this documentation to receive the GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID as well as to setup Google SSO for EmbeddedChat.

Development

For development,

npm i
cd playground && npm i
npm run dev # at the root folder --> EMBEDDEDCHAT

It will open up a playground react app at http://localhost:4000. Make a .env file in the playground directory following the .env[example] file.