Blip-plugin

BLiP plugin

BLiP plugin it's a technology-agnostic way to plug unnoficial features to enhance the portal capabilities.

This project aims to give the initial skill needed to develop and build your own plugins.

Getting started from sample

This sample was made using the React framework.

  1. Download or clone the project from git(the recommended way):

git clone https://github.com/takenet/blip-plugin-sample.git

  1. Install all packages from npm:

cd sample && npm install

  1. Run the project:

npm start

  1. Now just add the plugin to your chatbot and enjoy!

Good to know

  • All the communication between your plugin and portal should be made using the browser message API. We highly recommend you to use our official package which was been designed to that communication.
  • We recomend you to create plugins with components and colors similar to our design system, we have a official package to help with that.
  • After the first render of plugin, if the window size is too small, you will have to change it through the HeightChange message.
  • We have some guidelines to create new pages, we recommend you to follow their(it's in portuguese):

Page guidelines 1

Page guidelines 2

Page guidelines 3

Possible message types

SendCommand

⚠ ⚠ ⚠ Warning! Commands sent to 'msging.net' will soon be discontinued and the domain 'blip.ai' should be used instead.

Send a blip command. Destination defines the domain which it should send(msging.net or blip.ai), if you don't know which to choose, leave the default.

{
    command: Lime.Command,
    destination?: 'BlipService' | 'MessagingHubService',
    timeout?: number
}

StartLoading

Start a loading screen on portal.

StopLoading

Stop the loading screen.

HeightChange

Change the iframe height.

height: number

ShowModal

Show a modal to user.

{
    title: string,
    body: HTMLString,
    confirm: string,
    cancel: string
}

HideNavbar

Hide the navbar.

ShowNavbar

Shows the navbar.

GetCurrentLanguage

Get the user current language.

Toast

Create a toast.

{
    type: 'info' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'danger' | 'refresh',
    message: string
}

GetApplication

Get an application or the current application.

applicationId?: string

HasPermissions

Check if user has some permission.

{
    permissionType: string,
    customArea?: string,
    customShortName?: string
}

GetPermissionsObject

Get the entire permission object.