ember-cli-slack-chat v0.0.5

Ember-cli-slack-chat

Ember-cli-slack-chat makes it easy to add a support chat backed by Slack to your ember-cli app.

Installation

• npm install ember-cli-slack-chat --save-dev
• Setup a server component to interact with Slack (Node.js example provided here)
• Add the component and provide options as per documentation below {{ember-slack-chat options=options}}

Options

The component supports following options:

{
  serverUrl: '', // Url to your Slack server component
  widgetState : 'closed|closed', // Have the component start opened or closed

  headerText: 'How can we help?', // Text in the widget header
  headerImage: 'https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/2f96c7e4839ffc2faf65052234f534f0?s=100', // Path to profile image

  emptyChatTopic: 'Support chat', // Topic to show inside empty chat
  emptyChatText: 'Questions? Just type it below and we\'ll answer you..', // Text to show inside empty chat
  
  inputPlaceholderText: 'Write message here...', // Placeholder for the text input

  supportUsername: 'Wingmen', // Name to show support replies under
  chatUserName: 'Me', // Name to show before user messages
}

The below screenshot illustrates how the options affect the component:

TODO

• Online indicator
• Show more details about the user on channel creation (general info & allow passing user info in options array)
• Indicator for received messages if panel is closed