The Paphus Live Chat SDK

The Paphus Live Chat SDK is a Software Development Kit that makes it simple to add live chat, chat bots, forums and chatrooms to your own mobile application or website.

The SDK currently provides two components. The first is a Java Connection API that makes it easy to access Paphus Live Chat from a Java environment such as Android, or a Java web server. The second component is a set of Android activities that you can add to your own Android app, or copy/customize in your own app.

The SDK is developed under Project Libre an open source project hosted on GitHub
https://github.com/paphus/Project-Libre

Connection API

You can create a connection to the Paphus Live Chat server using the SDKConnection class. You need to pass your connection Credentials, which includes your application ID. You can obtain an application from the Paphus Live Chat website, from your user details page.

SDKConnection connection =
        new SDKConnection(new PaphusCredential("12345");

The SDK includes a set of data objects that represent the Paphus Live Chat object model.
The data objects are in the com.paphus.sdk.config package, and include the following,

• UserConfig - Defines a user's credentials and info.
• BrowseConfig - Defines a search query criteria.
• ChannelConfig - Defines a live chat channel's details.
• InstanceConfig - Defines a bot's details.
• ForumConfig - Defines a forum's details.
• ForumPostConfig - Defines a forum post.
• DomainConfig - Defines a domain's details.
• ChatConfig - Input for chat bot messaging.
• VoiceConfig - Defines a chat bot's voice.
• ChatResponse - Response for chat bot messaging.
• ContentConfig - Defines a tag/category request.

Users

The API allows you to connect a user, or create a new user.

Use the connect() API to connect a user, the user's details will be returned, or an error message if the connect fails. The returned user details will not include the password, but will include a token, that can be used in place of the password. After connecting a connection, all subsequent requests will use the user credentials, until you call disconnect().

UserConfig user = new UserConfig();
user.user = "test";
user.password = "password";
user = connection.connect(user);

Use the create() API to create a new user. A user id and password are required. You can also pass the user's name, email, bio, and other details. The user details are returned, with a token in place of the password.

UserConfig user = new UserConfig();
user.user = "test";
user.password = "password";
user.name = "Test Account";
user.email = "test@test.com";
user = connection.create(user);

Bots

The API allows you to browse bots, get a bot's details, and chat with a bot.

The browse() API is used to browse or search the set of channels in the domain.

BrowseConfig browse = new BrowseConfig();
browse.type = "Bot";
browse.typeFilter= "Public";
browse.tag= "cool";
browse.sort = "name";
List bots = connection.browse(browse);

The fetch() API is used to get a bot's details.

InstanceConfig bot = new InstanceConfig();
bot.id = "12345";
bot = connection.fetch(bot);

The chat() API is used to chat with a bot.

ChatConfig chat = new ChatConfig();
chat.instance = "12345";
chat.message = "Hello bot";
ChatResponse response = connection.chat(chat);

Live Chat

The API allows you to browse channels, and get channel details.

The browse() API is used to browse or search the set of channels in the domain.

BrowseConfig browse = new BrowseConfig();
browse.type = "Channel";
browse.typeFilter= "Public";
browse.tag= "cool";
browse.sort = "name";
List channels = connection.browse(browse);

The fetch() API is used to get a channel's details.

ChannelConfig channel = new ChannelConfig();
channel.id = "12345";
channel = connection.fetch(channel);

The LiveChatConnection class is used to chat in a channel. It can be created using the openLiveChat() API on the SDKConnection class. You must pass the ChannelConfig with its id set, and an implementation of LiveChatListener that will receive the chat messages. Once you have a connection established, you can send and receive messages.

ChannelConfig channel = new ChannelConfig();
channel.id = "12345";
LiveChatConnection livechat = connection.openLiveChat(channel, myListener);
livechat.sendMessage("Hello World");

Android Activities

The SDK includes a set of Android activities you can reuse, or modify in your own app. The MainActivity contains the SDKConnection and some shared data, so you will need to include it even if not using the activity. The bot activities include, ChooseBotActivity, InstanceActivity, BrowseActivity, and ChatActivity. The live chat activities include, ChooseChannelActivity, ChannelActivity, ChannelBrowseActivity, and LiveChatActivity.

Here is an example of launching a bot InstanceActivity.

MainActivity.current = new MainActivity();
InstanceConfig config = new InstanceConfig();
config.id = "12345";
HttpAction action = new HttpFetchAction(this, config);
action.execute();

Note, because of the way Android does its packaging, you will need to search/replace the "com.paphus.sdk.activity.R" import with your own application's unique package. This will resolve the generated R class dependencies.

You can use the SDK to access any of your content on Paphus Live Chat.