This is repository for full XMPP chat support in Live Helper Chat. Standalone and Automated hosting enviroments are supported. Folders structure
- ejabberd_mod - contains two ejabberd mods required for chat integration
- ejabberd_xmlrpc - optional if rpc as handler is used. Recommended way.
- node - node server used by LHC PHP extension
- xmppservice - LHC extenstion which have to be installed in lhc itself.
- https://www.ejabberd.im/ with mod_admin_extra enabled 15.04v
- https://livehelperchat.com/
- [Optional] https://nodejs.org
- [Optional, but recommended] Advanced linux skills. This stuff is not for amateurs!!!
- Option to create an XMPP users and assign operators to them.
- It should be able to handle three types of accounts, [chat]/[online visitor]/[operator]
- Online visitors/chats account should be expirable
- Admin can select should selected operator receives new chat request's or not.
- If operator sends a message to chat but chat has already another owner, operator is informed that chat was already accepted
- If operator writes a message to chat and chat is still pending chat owner becames XMPP sender and his message is send to user.
- It supports automated hosting also.
- visitors.[visitor_id]@xmpp.example.com
- visitors.[chat_id].chat@xmpp.example.com
- Shared roasters should be constructed like
- visitors
- operators
- LHC extension checks does passed online user has assigned XMPP user.
- If user does not exists create xmpp account
- Visitor status should be appeneded with online information. It should come from request to NodeJS server.
- Visitor status should be online for 5 minutes since last page view
- To nodejs server is provided request to register XMPP account and set it as active
- Operator writes message to user using XMPP client.
- Intercept message at ejabberd lhc extension and there execute callback to lhc module.
- Mod should send messages only if sender is an operator.
- If we find active chat [based on assigned chat_id to online visitor] we append message to chat if not we write this as invitation to chat to online visitor.
- First we check does chat has assigned online visitor id and if online visitor has a xmpp account record under it.
- We send message to all online operator who have permission to handle user department and have associated XMPP account.
- If chat does not have associated online visitor XMPP account we create a new account based on chat itself.
- We issue request to NodeJS to register this account and then we send message to all operators.
- Connect as user and send message to assigned operator if it exists.
- If we cannot find active XMPP account associated with chat we send request to register XMPP account.
- Once we do this, we just send http request to nodejs api or directly from PHP and send a message to ejabberd. Basically we login as visitor and send message to assigned operator xmpp user.
- We intercept a message and send post request to lhc module, which based on online visitor id, determines a chat and publishes a message to chat.
- Messages from visitors to operators should be ignored and not send to LHC callbacks
- This ejabberd module monitors statuses and sends pings to provided URL in JSON content
- Callback is send also then operator logins
- Callback is also send then operator logouts
- Pings to online visitors should be ignored and pings only for operators should be send
- mod_lhc also handles offline messages and forwards them to HTTP
- Each operator in instrance will get username contructed in [username].[instance_name]@xmpp.example.com
- Each visitor instance will get username constructed like visitor.[visitor_id].[instance_name]@xmpp.example.com
- [instance_name] cannot be "chat"
- Each direct chat xmpp username should be constructed like visitor.[chat_id].chat.[instance_name]@xmpp.example.com
- Each instance will have two shared roasters, they should be constructed following this pattern
- visitors.[instance_name]
- operators.[instance_name]
- Then instance is created extension should precreate these two shared roasters
- Once instance is destroyed shared roasters and users should be unregistered from ejabberd