This is a great sample for first-time Web Chat users.
A simple web page with a maximized Web Chat and hosted using React. This sample makes changes that are based off of the full-bundle CDN sample.
- Fork this repository
- Navigate to
/Your-Local-WebChat/samples/03.a.host-with-reactin command line - Run
npx serve - Browse to http://localhost:5000/
- Type
help: you should see a full list of MockBot features - Type
markdown: you should see the sample of Markdown - Type
card weather: you should see a weather card built using Adaptive Cards - Type
layout carousel: you should see a carousel of cards- Resize the window and see how the carousel change its size
Jump to completed code to see the end-result
index.html.
This sample has two main goals:
- To import React and Babel standalone from unpkg.com
- To render Web Chat via React component
We'll start by adding React and Babel to the head or our template, based off of the full-bundle CDN sample.
We will use standalone versions of Babel and React. In your production code, you should setup Babel to precompile code.
<head>
+ <script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone@7.6.2/babel.min.js"></script>
+ <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16.8.6/umd/react.development.js"></script>
+ <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16.8.6/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.botframework.com/botframework-webchat/latest/webchat.js"></script>
</head>The core of this code both creates and renders the React component that displays Web Chat.
(async function() {
const res = await fetch('https://webchat-mockbot.azurewebsites.net/directline/token', { method: 'POST' });
const { token } = await res.json();
+ const { createDirectLine, ReactWebChat } = window.WebChat;
- window.WebChat.renderWebChat(
- {
- directLine: window.WebChat.createDirectLine({ token })
- },
- document.getElementById('webchat')
- );
+ window.ReactDOM.render(
+ <ReactWebChat directLine={createDirectLine({ token })} />,
+ document.getElementById('webchat')
+ );
})().catch(err => console.error(err));Here is the finished index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<title>Web Chat: Integrate with React</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone@7.6.2/babel.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16.8.6/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16.8.6/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.botframework.com/botframework-webchat/latest/webchat.js"></script>
<style>
html,
body {
height: 100%;
}
body {
margin: 0;
}
#webchat {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="webchat" role="main"></div>
<script type="text/babel">
(async function() {
const res = await fetch('https://webchat-mockbot.azurewebsites.net/directline/token', { method: 'POST' });
const { token } = await res.json();
const { createDirectLine, ReactWebChat } = window.WebChat;
window.ReactDOM.render(
<ReactWebChat directLine={createDirectLine({ token })} />,
document.getElementById('webchat')
);
document.querySelector('#webchat > *').focus();
})().catch(err => console.error(err));
</script>
</body>
</html>View the list of available Web Chat samples