Microsoft Omnichannel Chat SDK


Keywords
SDK, chat, livechat, support, bot, headless, customer
License
MIT
Install
npm install @microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk@1.9.3-main.e6d51f2

Documentation

Omnichannel Chat SDK πŸ’¬

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❗ We recommend using official release versions in production as listed here. Support will be provided only on official versions.

πŸ“’ Try out our new React component library omnichannel-chat-widget with Chat SDK

Headless Chat SDK to build your own chat widget against Dynamics 365 Omnichannel Services.

Please make sure you have a chat widget configured before using this package or you can follow this link

Table of Contents

Live Chat Widget vs. Chat SDK

Omnichannel offers a live chat widget (LCW) by default. You can use the Chat SDK to build your custom chat widget if:

  • You want to fully customize the user interface of the chat widget to conform with your branding.
  • You want to integrate Omnichannel into your mobile app using React Native.
  • You want to integrate additional functionalities that LCW does not offer.
  • Some other cool ideas. Please share with us what you've achieved with the Chat SDK! πŸ™‚

Feature Comparisons

Feature Live Chat Widget Chat SDK Notes
Bring Your Own Widget ❌ βœ”
Web Support βœ” βœ”
React Native Support ❌ βœ”
Escalation to Voice & Video βœ” βœ” Only supported on Web
Co-browse βœ” 3rd party add-on Only supported on Web
Screen Sharing βœ” 3rd party add-on Only supported on Web
Authenticated Chat βœ” βœ”
Pre-chat Survey βœ” βœ”
Post-chat Survey βœ” βœ”
Download Transcript βœ” βœ”
Email Transcript βœ” βœ”
Data Masking βœ” βœ”
File Attachments βœ” βœ”
Custom Context βœ” βœ”
Proactive Chat βœ” BYOI *
Persistent Chat βœ” βœ”
Chat Reconnect βœ” βœ”
Operating Hours βœ” βœ”
Get Agent Availability βœ” βœ”
Queue Position βœ” βœ” No SDK method. Handled as system message
Average Wait Time βœ” βœ” No SDK method. Handled as system message

* BYOI: Bring Your Own Implementation

Releases

New releases are published on a regular basis to ensure the product quality.

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Installation

npm install @microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk --save

Installation on React Native

The following steps will be required to run Omnichannel Chat SDK on React Native:

  1. Install node-libs-react-native

    npm install node-libs-react-native --save-dev
    
  2. Install react-native-randomBytes

    npm install react-native-randombytes --save-dev
    
  3. Install react-native-get-random-values

    npm install react-native-get-random-values --save-dev
    
  4. Install react-native-url-polyfill

    npm install react-native-url-polyfill --save-dev
    
  5. Install @azure/core-asynciterator-polyfill

    npm install @azure/core-asynciterator-polyfill --save-dev
    
  6. Update metro.config.js to use React Native compatible Node Core modules

    module.exports = {
        // ...
        resolver: {
            extraNodeModules: {
                ...require('node-libs-react-native'),
                net: require.resolve('node-libs-react-native/mock/net'),
                tls: require.resolve('node-libs-react-native/mock/tls')
            }
        }
    };
  7. Add the following import on top of your entry point file

    import 'node-libs-react-native/globals';
    import 'react-native-get-random-values';
    import 'react-native-url-polyfill/auto';
    import '@azure/core-asynciterator-polyfill';

SDK Methods

Initialization

It handles the initialization of ChatSDK internal data.

import OmnichannelChatSDK from '@microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk';

const omnichannelConfig = {
    orgUrl: "",
    orgId: "",
    widgetId: ""
};

const chatSDKConfig = { // Optional
    dataMasking: {
        disable: false,
        maskingCharacter: '#'
    }
};

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);

const optionalParams = {
    getLiveChatConfigOptionalParams: {
        sendCacheHeaders: false // Whether to send Cache-Control HTTP header to GetChatConfig call
    }
};

await chatSDK.initialize(optionalParams);

Start Chat

It starts an Omnichannel conversation.

const customContext = {
    'contextKey1': {'value': 'contextValue1', 'isDisplayable': true},
    'contextKey2': {'value': 12.34, 'isDisplayable': false},
    'contextKey3': {'value': true}
};

const optionalParams = {
    preChatResponse: '', // PreChatSurvey response
    liveChatContext: {}, // EXISTING chat context data
    customContext, // Custom Context
    sendDefaultInitContext: true // Send default init context ⚠️ Web only
};

await chatSDK.startChat(optionalParams);

End Chat

It ends the current Omnichannel conversation.

await chatSDK.endChat();

Get Pre-Chat Survey

It gets the Pre-Chat Survey from Live Chat Config. Pre-Chat Survey is in Adaptive Card format.

Option 1

const preChatSurvey = await getPreChatSurvey(); // Adaptive Cards JSON payload data

Option 2

const parseToJSON = false;
const preChatSurvey = await getPreChatSurvey(parseToJSON); // Adaptive Cards payload data as string

Get Live Chat Config

It fetches the Live Chat Config.

const liveChatConfig = await chatSDK.getLiveChatConfig();

Get Current Live Chat Context

It gets the current live chat context information to be used to reconnect to the same conversation.

const liveChatContext = await chatSDK.getCurrentLiveChatContext();

Get Data Masking Rules

It gets the active data masking rules from Live Chat Config.

const dataMaskingRules = await chatSDK.getDataMaskingRules();

Get Chat Reconnect Context

It gets the current reconnectable chat context information to connect to a previous existing chat session.

Reconnection options is required. See documentation

const optionalParams = {
    reconnectId: '', // reconnect Id
};

const chatReconnectContext = await chatSDK.getChatReconnectContext(optionalParams);

Get Conversation Details

It gets the details of the current conversation such as its state & when the agent joined the conversation.

const optionalParams = {
    liveChatContext: {}, // EXISTING chat context data
};

const conversationDetails = await chatSDK.getConversationDetails(optionalParams);

Get chat Token

It gets the chat token used to initiate a chat with Omnichannel messaging client.

const chatToken = await chatSDK.getChatToken();

Get Calling Token

It gets the calling token used to initiate a Voice & Video Call.

const callingToken = await chatSDK.getCallingToken();

Get Messages

It gets all the messages of the current conversation.

const messages = await chatSDK.getMessages();

Send Messages

It sends a message to Omnichannel.

import {DeliveryMode, MessageContentType, MessageType, PersonType} from '@microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk';

...

const displayName = "Contoso"
const message = "Sample message from customer";
const messageToSend = {
    content: message
};

await chatSDK.sendMessage(messageToSend);

On New Message

It subscribes to new incoming messages of the current conversation such as system messages, client messages, agent messages, adaptive cards and attachments.

const optionalParams = {
    rehydrate: true, // Rehydrate all previous messages of existing conversation (false by default)
}

chatSDK.onNewMessage((message) => {
    console.log(`[NewMessage] ${message.content}`);
    console.log(message);
}, optionalParams);

On Typing Event

It subscribes to an agent typing event.

chatSDK.onTypingEvent(() => {
    console.log("Agent is typing...");
})

On Agent End Session

It subscribes to an agent ending the session of the conversation.

chatSDK.onAgentEndSession(() => {
    console.log("Session ended!");
});

Send Typing Event

It sends a customer typing event.

await chatSDK.sendTypingEvent();

Email Live Chat Transcript

It sends an email of the live chat transcript.

const body = {
    emailAddress: 'contoso@microsoft.com',
    attachmentMessage: 'Attachment Message'
};
await chatSDK.emailLiveChatTranscript(body);

Get Live Chat Transcript

It fetches the current conversation transcript data in JSON.

const optionalParams = {
    liveChatContext: {}, // EXISTING chat context data
};

await chatSDK.getLiveChatTranscript(optionalParams);

Upload File Attachment

It sends a file attachment to the current conversation.

const fileInfo = {
    name: '',
    type: '',
    size: '',
    data: ''
};
await chatSDK.uploadFileAttachment(fileInfo);

Download File Attachment

It downloads the file attachment of the incoming message as a Blob response.

const blobResponse = await chatsdk.downloadFileAttachment(message.fileMetadata);

...

// React Native implementation
const fileReaderInstance = new FileReader();
fileReaderInstance.readAsDataURL(blobResponse);
fileReaderInstance.onload = () => {
    const base64data = fileReaderInstance.result;
    return <Image source={{uri: base64data}}/>
}

Create Chat Adapter

⚠️ Currently supported on web only

It creates a chat adapter to use with BotFramework-WebChat.

const chatAdapter = await chatSDK.createChatAdapter();

Get Voice & Video Calling

⚠️ Currently supported on web only

⚠️ Please ensure voice & video call is stopped before leveraging endChat SDK method

It fetches the SDK for Escalation to Voice & Video.

try {
    const VoiceVideoCallingSDK = await chatSDK.getVoiceVideoCalling();
    console.log("VoiceVideoCalling loaded");
} catch (e) {
    console.log(`Failed to load VoiceVideoCalling: ${e}`);

    if (e.message === 'UnsupportedPlatform') {
        // Voice Video Calling feature is not supported on this platform
    }

    if (e.message === 'FeatureDisabled') {
        // Voice Video Calling feature is disabled on admin side
    }
}

Get Post Chat Survey Context

It gets the participant type that should be used for the survey and both the default and bot survey details.

const postChatSurveyContext = await chatSDK.getPostChatSurveyContext();

Get Agent Availability

It gets information on whether a queue is available, and whether there are agents available in that queue, as well as queue position and average wait time. This call only supports authenticated chat.

const agentAvailability = await chatSDK.getAgentAvailability();

Common Scenarios

Pre-Chat Survey

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/configure-pre-chat-survey?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter on how to set up pre-conversation surveys

    import * as AdaptiveCards, { Action } from "adaptivecards";

    ...

    const preChatSurvey = await chatSDK.getPreChatSurvey();

    ...

    // Web implementation
    const renderPreChatSurvey = () => {
        const adaptiveCard = new AdaptiveCards.AdaptiveCard();
        adaptiveCard.parse(preChatSurvey); // Parses Adaptive Card JSON data
        adaptiveCard.onExecuteAction = async (action: Action) => { // Adaptive Card event handler
            const preChatResponse = (action as any).data;
            const optionalParams: any = {};
            if (preChatResponse) {
                optionalParams.preChatResponse = preChatResponse;
            }
            await chatSDK.startChat(optionalParams);
        }

        const renderedCard = adaptiveCard.render(); // Renders as HTML element
        return <div ref={(n) => { // Returns React element
            n && n.firstChild && n.removeChild(n.firstChild); // Removes duplicates fix
            renderedCard && n && n.appendChild(renderedCard);
        }} />
    }

Post-Chat Survey

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/configure-post-conversation-survey?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter on how to set up post-conversation surveys

❗ chatSDK.getPostChatSurveyContext() needs to be called before chatSDK.endChat() is called

// 1. Start chat
await chatSDK.startChat();

// 2. Save post chat survey context before ending chat
try {
    const context = await chatSDK.getPostChatSurveyContext();
    if (context.participantJoined) { // participantJoined will be true if an agent has joined the conversation, or a bot has joined the conversation and the bot survey flag has been turned on the admin side.
        // formsProLocale is the default language you have set on the CustomerVoice portal. You can override this url parameter with any locale that CustomerVoice supports.
        // If "&lang=" is not set on the url, the locale will be English.
        const link = context.participantType === "Bot" ? context.botSurveyInviteLink : context.surveyInviteLink;
        const locale = context.participantType === "Bot" ? context.botFormsProLocale : context.formsProLocale;
        const linkToSend = link + "&lang=" + locale;
        // This link is accessible and will redirect to the survey page. Use it as you see fit.
    }
} catch (ex) {
    // If the post chat should not be shown for any reason (e.g. post chat is not enabled), promise will be rejected.
}

// 3. End chat
await chatSDK.endChat();

// 4. Display Post Chat

Reconnect to existing Chat

await chatSDK.startChat(); // Starts NEW chat

const liveChatContext = await chatSDK.getCurrentLiveChatContext(); // Gets chat context

cache.saveChatContext(liveChatContext); // Custom logic to save chat context to cache

...

// Page/component reloads, ALL previous states are GONE

...

const liveChatContext = cache.loadChatContext() // Custom logic to load chat context from cache

const optionalParams = {};
optionalParams.liveChatContext = liveChatContext;

await chatSDK.startChat(optionalParams); // Reconnects to EXISTING chat

...

const messages = await chatSDK.getMessages(); // Gets all messages from EXISTING chat
messages.reverse().forEach((message: any) => renderMessage(message)); // Logic to render all messages to UI

Authenticated Chat

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/create-chat-auth-settings?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter#create-a-chat-authentication-setting-record on how to set up an authenticated chat

const chatSDKConfig = {
    getAuthToken: async () => {
        const response = await fetch("http://contosohelp.com/token");
        if (response.ok) {
            return await response.text();
        }
        else {
            return null
        }
    }
}

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

// from this point, this acts like a regular chat widget

Persistent Chat

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/persistent-chat on how to set up persistent chat

const chatSDKConfig = {
    persistentChat: {
        disable: false,
        tokenUpdateTime: 21600000
    },
    getAuthToken: async () => {
        const response = await fetch("http://contosohelp.com/token");
        if (response.ok) {
            return await response.text();
        }
        else {
            return null
        }
    }
}

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

// from this point, this acts like a persistent chat

Chat Reconnect with Authenticated User

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/configure-reconnect-chat?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter#enable-reconnection-to-a-previous-chat-session on how to set up chat reconnect

const chatSDKConfig = {
    chatReconnect: {
        disable: false,
    },
    getAuthToken: async () => {
        const response = await fetch("http://contosohelp.com/token");
        if (response.ok) {
            return await response.text();
        }
        else {
            return null
        }
    }
}

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

...

const chatReconnectContext = await chatSDK.getChatReconnectContext();

if (chatReconnectContext.reconnectId) {
    // Add UX with options to reconnect to previous existing chat or start new chat
}

// Reconnect chat option
const optionalParams = {};
optionalParams.reconnectId = chatReconnectContext.reconnectId;
chatSDK.startChat(optionalParams);

// Start new chat option
chatSDK.startChat();

Chat Reconnect with Unauthenticated User

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/configure-reconnect-chat?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter#enable-reconnection-to-a-previous-chat-session on how to set up chat reconnect

const chatSDKConfig = {
    chatReconnect: {
        disable: false,
    },
}

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

....

const optionalParams: any = {};

// Retrieve reconnect id from the URL
const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
const reconnectId = urlParams.get('oc.reconnectid');

const params = {
    reconnectId
};

// Validate reconnect id
const chatReconnectContext = await chatSDK.getChatReconnectContext(params);

// If the reconnect id is invalid or expired, redirect URL if there is any URL set in the configuration
if (chatReconnectContext.redirectURL) {
    window.location.replace(chatReconnectContext.redirectURL);
}

// Valid reconnect id, reconnect to previous chat
if (chatReconnectContext.reconnectId) {
    await chatSDK.startChat({
        reconnectId: chatReconnectContext.reconnectId
    });
} else {  // Reconnect id from URL is not valid, start new chat session
    await chatSDK.startChat();
}

Operating Hours

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/create-operating-hours?tabs=customerserviceadmincenter on how to set up operating hours

const chatConfig = await chatSDK.getLiveChatConfig();
const {LiveWSAndLiveChatEngJoin: liveWSAndLiveChatEngJoin} = liveChatConfig;
const {OutOfOperatingHours: outOfOperatingHours} = liveWSAndLiveChatEngJoin;

if (outOfOperatingHours === "True") {
    // Handles UX on Out of Operating Hours
} else {
    await chatSDK.startChat();
    // Renders Custom Chat Widget
}

⚠️ Currently supported on web only

Minimum Requirement Checklist

  1. Initialize ChatSDK
  2. Start new conversation
  3. Create Chat Adapter
  4. Create WebChat store with default middlewares
    1. Send Default Channel Message Tags using Store Middleware (See here) ❗ Required
  5. Render WebChat
import OmnichannelChatSDK from '@microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk';
import ReactWebChat, {createStore} from 'botframework-webchat';

// 1. ChatSDK Initialization
const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

// 2. Start new conversation
await chatSDK.startChat();

// 3. Create chat adapter
const chatAdapter = await chatSDK.createChatAdapter();

// 4. Create WebChat store with middlewares
const store = createStore(
    {}, // initial state
    sendDefaultMessagingTagsMiddleware // ❗ Required
);

// 5. Render WebChat
<ReactWebChat
    store={store}
    userID="teamsvisitor"
    directLine={chatAdapter}
    sendTypingIndicator={true}
/>

Escalation to Voice & Video

⚠️ Currently supported on web only

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-service/call-options-visual-engagement on how to set up calling options

import OmnichannelChatSDK from '@microsoft/omnichannel-chat-sdk';

...

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

let VoiceVideoCallingSDK;
try {
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK = await chatSDK.getVoiceVideoCalling();
    console.log("VoiceVideoCalling loaded");
} catch (e) {
    console.log(`Failed to load VoiceVideoCalling: ${e}`);

    if (e.message === 'UnsupportedPlatform') {
        // Voice Video Calling feature is not supported on this platform
    }

    if (e.message === 'FeatureDisabled') {
        // Voice Video Calling feature is disabled on admin side
    }
}

await chatSDK.startChat();

const chatToken: any = await chatSDK.getChatToken();

// Initialize only if VoiceVideoCallingSDK is defined
if (VoiceVideoCallingSDK) {
    try {
        await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.initialize({
            chatToken,
            selfVideoHTMLElementId: 'selfVideo', // HTML element id where video stream of the agent will be rendered
            remoteVideoHTMLElementId: 'remoteVideo', // HTML element id where video stream of the customer will be rendered
            OCClient: chatSDK.OCClient
        });
    } catch (e) {
        console.error("Failed to initialize VoiceVideoCalling!");
    }

    // Triggered when there's an incoming call
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.onCallAdded(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Triggered when local video stream is available (e.g.: Local video added succesfully in selfVideoHTMLElement)
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.onLocalVideoStreamAdded(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Triggered when local video stream is unavailable (e.g.: Customer turning off local video)
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.onLocalVideoStreamRemoved(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Triggered when remote video stream is available (e.g.: Remote video added succesfully in remoteVideoHTMLElement)
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.onRemoteVideoStreamAdded(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Triggered when remote video stream is unavailable (e.g.: Agent turning off remote video)
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.onRemoteVideoStreamRemoved(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Triggered when current call has ended or disconnected regardless the party
    VoiceVideoCalling.onCallDisconnected(() => {
        ...
    });

    // Check if microphone is muted
    const isMicrophoneMuted = VoiceVideoCallingSDK.isMicrophoneMuted();

    // Check if remote video is available
    const isRemoteVideoEnabled = VoiceVideoCallingSDK.isRemoteVideoEnabled();

    // Check if local video is available
    const isLocalVideoEnabled = VoiceVideoCallingSDK.isLocalVideoEnabled();

    // Accepts incoming call
    const acceptCallConfig = {
        withVideo: true // Accept call with/without video stream
    };
    await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.acceptCall(acceptCallConfig);

    // Rejects incoming call
    await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.rejectCall();

    // Ends/Stops current call
    await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.stopCall();

    // Mute/Unmute current call
    await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.toggleMute()

    // Display/Hide local video of current call
    await VoiceVideoCallingSDK.toggleLocalVideo()

    // Clean up VoiceVideoCallingSDK (e.g.: Usually called when customer ends chat session)
    VoiceVideoCallingSDK.close();
}

Feature Comparisons

Web

Custom Control WebChat Control
Features
Chat Widget UI Not provided Basic chat client provided
Data Masking Embedded Requires Data Masking Middleware implementation
Send Typing indicator Embedded Requires sendTypingIndicator flag set to true
PreChat Survey Requires Adaptive Cards renderer Requires Adaptive Cards renderer
Display Attachments Requires implementation Basic interface provided & Customizable
Incoming messages handling IC3 protocol message data DirectLine activity data

React Native

Custom Control Gifted Chat Control WebChat Control
Features Currently not supported
Chat Widget UI Not provided Basic chat client provided X
Data Masking Embedded Embedded X
Send Typing indicator Embedded Requires Implementation X
PreChat Survey Requires Adaptive Cards renderer Requires Adaptive Cards renderer X
Display Attachments Requires implementation Embedded X
Incoming messages handling IC3 protocol message data IC3 protocol message data X

Telemetry

Omnichannel Chat SDK collects telemetry by default to improve the feature’s capabilities, reliability, and performance over time by helping Microsoft understand usage patterns, plan new features, and troubleshoot and fix problem areas.

Some of the data being collected are the following:

Field Sample
Organization Id e00e67ee-a60e-4b49-b28c-9d279bf42547
Organization Url org60082947.crm.oc.crmlivetie.com
Widget Id 1893e4ae-2859-4ac4-9cf5-97cffbb9c01b
Browser Name Edge
Os Name Windows
Anonymized IP Address (last octet redacted) 19.207.000.000

If your organization is concerned about the data collected by the Chat SDK, you have the option to turn off automatic data collection by adding a flag in the ChatSDKConfig.

const omnichannelConfig = {
    orgUrl: "",
    orgId: "",
    widgetId: ""
};

const chatSDKConfig = {
    telemetry: {
        disable: true // Disable telemetry
    }
};

const chatSDK = new OmnichannelChatSDK.OmnichannelChatSDK(omnichannelConfig, chatSDKConfig);
await chatSDK.initialize();

Contributing

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