Creating a conversation

The first thing you probably want to do is create a conversation and add some participants.
I will assume you have an initialised SDK at this point.

To create a conversation, you should use the ConversationBuilder class in conjunction with the createConversation() method.

A unique ConversationId is required to create a conversation. This is up to the integrator to provide.
The ConversationBuilder interface will automatically create a guid for this when it is instantiated.
You can override this behaviour and specify your own id using the withId("myConversationId") method.

Note that the methods on this interface can be chained together. See the SDK docs for a complete list of options.

ES6

Here is an ES6 sample


import { ConversationBuilder } from "@comapi/sdk-js-foundation";

let conversationConfig= new ConversationBuilder().withName("Support").withDescription("Support related chat").withUsers(["johnSmith", "joeBloggs"]);

sdk.services.appMessaging.createConversation(conversationConfig)
    .then(conversationInfo => {
        console.log("conversation created", conversationInfo);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        fail("conversation creation failed: ", error);
    });

Classical

var conversationConfig = new COMAPI.ConversationBuilder().withName("Support").withDescription("Support related chat").withUsers(["johnSmith", "joeBloggs"]);

sdk.services.appMessaging.createConversation(conversationConfig)
    .then(function(conversationInfo) {
        console.log("conversation created", conversationInfo);
    })
    .catch(function(error) {
        fail("conversation creation failed: ", error);
    });

These samples are basically the same bar the import of ConversationBuilder which is available from the COMAPI global.

Adding participants to a conversation

Participants can be added when the conversation is created or on the fly at a later date. To add a participant, you need to specify 2 pieces of information :

profileId - the profileId of the user to add
role - the role of the participant ["member"|"owner"]

i.e.

    var participants = [
        {
            id: "johnSmith",
            role: "member",
        }, {
            id: "joeBloggs",
            role: "member",
        }
    ];

the addParticipantsToConversation() method takes a conversationId and an array of participant objects

return sdk.services.appMessaging.addParticipantsToConversation(conversationInfo.id, participants)
    .then(result => {
        console.log("addMembersToConversation() succeeded", result);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error("addMembersToConversation() failed", error);
    });

Removing participants from a conversation

To delete a participant, you use the deleteParticipantsFromConversation() method. You can specify a list of users to remove.

sdk.services.appMessaging.deleteParticipantsFromConversation(conversationInfo.id, ["joeBloggs", "johnSmith"])
    .then(result => {
        console.log("deleteParticipantsFromConversation() succeeded", result);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error("deleteParticipantsFromConversation() failed", error);
    });

Listing participants in a conversation

To query all the participants in a conversation, you use the getParticipantsInConversation method.
An array of participants is returned in the Promise result.

sdk.services.appMessaging.getParticipantsInConversation(conversationInfo.id)
    .then(result => {
        console.log("getParticipantsInConversation() succeeded", result);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error("getParticipantsInConversation() failed", error);
    });

Deleting a conversation

To delete a conversation, you simply use the deleteConversation() method.

sdk.services.appMessaging.deleteConversation(conversationInfo.id)
    .then(result => {
        console.log("deleteConversation() succeeded", result);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error("deleteConversation() failed", error);
    });

Conversation related events

All of these methods will generate events which can be handled in your app. There is a specific events section where I will cover this in more detail particularly in terms of event payloads. Events are especially useful when there is more than one user of your app, so all devices / users get notified of any conversation related changes.

Event	Details
conversationDeleted	The conversation has been deleted
conversationUndeleted	The conversation has been un-deleted
conversationUpdated	The conversation has been updated (name / description changed)
participantAdded	A participant has been added to a conversation
participantRemoved	A participant has been removed from a conversation
participantTyping	A participant is `typing` in a conversation