overview

To initialize the ChatBot widget, create an instance using the following code snippet:

const chat = new ChatBot(html_container, config);

This parameter specifies the container where the ChatBot widget will be rendered. It accepts the following types:

• HTMLElement: Directly pass an HTML element which will act as the container for the widget.
• CSS Locator String: Use a CSS selector string to specify the container. Only the first match will be used as the widget container.
  • #some - Selects an element by its ID.
  • .some - Selects an element by its class name.

This optional parameter is a configuration object that allows customizing the widget's behavior.

interface ChatBotConfig {
    activeAgent?: TID; // Define which agent will respond to the user's messages
    activeChat?: TID; // Define which chat is active (selected)
    agents?: Agent[]; // Provide list of agents for the chat
    chats?: Chat[]; // Provide list of chats previously created by current user
    focus?: boolean; // Control auto-focus ability of chat, set as true by default
    format?: "text" | "markdown"; // Use plain text or markdown format for messages
    messages?: Message[]; // Define initial messages in the chat
    readonly?: boolean; // Allow or deny data changes, set as false by default
    render?: "blocks" | "cards" | "bubbles" | "flow"; // Render messages in chat with specified template
    sidebar?: boolean; // Define will sidebar will be visible or hidden, set as true by default
    user?: User; // Define information about current user
    withCache?: boolean; // Define will chat store user's messages locally or depend on server side
}

ChatBot API overview

Methods

addChat	initializes a new chat within the ChatBot widget
addMessage	adds a new message to the chat UI
appendMessage	appends additional text to an existing message in the chat interface
deleteChat	removes a chat session identified by its unique ID
getConfig	dynamically updates the ChatBot widget configuration
intercept	allows interception of specific widget events
on	registers event listeners for chat-related events
provideMessages	provides updated messages to the chat widget
requestMessages	requests the messages for a specific chat identified by its unique ID
selectChat	selects a specific chat session by its unique identifier and optionally specifies the agent
setConfig	returns current configuration of the ChatBot widget
typeMessage	changes the typing state for a given message

Properties

activeAgent	agent response control
activeChat	active chat control
agents	configuration and management of chat agents
chats	list of chats previously created by the current user
focus	auto-focus functionality
format	message display format control
messages
readonly	chatbot widget's data modification control
render	visual template configuration
sidebar	visibility control
user	information about the current user
withCache	message storage configuration

Actions

add_chat	new chat creation
add_message	new message detection and interception
append_message	event to detect text addition to existing message
delete_chat	chat deletion event detection
provide_messages	message provisioning
request_messages	message retrieval action
select_chat	new chat selection detection
type_message	message typing state change