@tiledesk/tiledesk-chat21-app v1.1.8

Introduction

Tiledesk-server is the server engine of Tiledesk. Tiledesk is an Open Source Live Chat platform with integrated ChatBot written in NodeJs and Express. Build your own customer support with a multi-channel platform for Web, Android and iOS. More info here https://www.tiledesk.com.

Prerequisites

• Nodejs and npm installed

Installation

Steps to run locally:

npm install -g @tiledesk/tiledesk-server mongodb-runner
mongodb-runner start
FIREBASE_CONFIG_FILE=<FIREBASE_CONFIG_PATH.json> DATABASE_URI=mongodb://localhost/test tiledesk-server  

Note: If installation with -g fails due to permission problems (npm ERR! code 'EACCES'), please refer to this link.

Running Tiledesk Server elsewhere

Install from source code

• Clone this repo
• Install dependencies with 'npm install'
• Configure Firebase
  • Set Firebase "databaseURL" in config/firebase.js file
  • Set the chat21 "url" in config/chat21.js file
  • Download a firebase private key from Firebase Console and copy it under the root folder of the project
  • (Optionally)Set the following Firebase parameters: process.env.FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEK, process.env.FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL, process.env.FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID;
• Configure MongoDb account in config/database.js file
• Run the app with the command 'npm start' or with 'nodemon' if you want monitoring and auto reload. Install nodemon with 'npm install -g nodemon'

Deploy on Heroku

Deploy with button:

To see the log run :

heroku logs  -n 2000 --tail -a tiledesk-server

REST API

See the Tiledesk REST API here