Vue-chat-bot NPM

Vue Chat Bot

For the one who is finding a customizable chatbot UI.

I build for my private project, but I tried to bring as many options as I think someone need it, so feel free to use it.

Install

npm i vue-chat-bot

// or

yarn add vue-chat-bot

Usage

Import & register the component

import { VueChatBot } from 'vue-chat-bot'

export default {
  components: {
    VueChatBot,
  },
  ...
}

And use it:

<VueChatBot
  :messages="data"
  :options="botOptions"
  @msg-send="messageSendHandler"
/>

data () {
  return {
    data: [], // See Data example below
    botOptions: {
      // See the list of options below
    }
  }
}

Props

List of available props to use in the component:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`messages`	Array	[]	Required. Data of Messages
`options`	Object	see below	Some options to customize UI
`bot-typing`	Boolean	false	If `true`, the bot typing indicator will show
`input-disable`	Boolean	false	If `true`, message input will be disabled
`is-open`	Boolean	false	If `true`, the board will open from init

Options

List of available options to customize UI:

Name	Type	Default	Description
`botTitle`	String	'Chatbot'	The bot name that will be shown on header of the board
`colorScheme`	String	'#1b53d0'	Background color of bubble button & board header
`textColor`	String	'#fff'	Color of bubble button icon & board header title
`bubbleBtnSize`	Number	56	Size of bubble button (px)
`animation`	Boolean	true	Set to `false` to disable animation of bubble button icon & board showing
`boardContentBg`	String	'#fff'	Background color of board messages box
`botAvatarSize`	Number	32	Size of bot avatar (px)
`botAvatarImg`	String	'http://placehold.it/200x200'	Avatar image
`msgBubbleBgBot`	String	'#f0f0f0'	Background color of Bot message
`msgBubbleColorBot`	String	'#000'	Text color of Bot message
`msgBubbleBgUser`	String	'#4356e0'	Background color of user message
`msgBubbleColorUser`	String	'#fff'	Text color of user message
`inputPlaceholder`	String	'Message'	The placeholder for message input
`inputDisableBg`	String	'#fff'	Background color for the disabled input, mixed with `opacity: 0.2`
`inputDisablePlaceholder`	String	null	Placeholder message for disabled input

Components & Events

This is the most important part you need to know, because you need these to integrate your bot API. Take a look my App.vue file if you need an example.

Events

Name	Params	Description
`init`		Fire the first time the board is opened
`open`		Fire everytime the board is opened
`msg-send`	value (Object)	Fire when user hit Send or select an option
`destroy`		Fire when board is closed

Use msg-send to get the message from user and trigger request to bot API.

Components

Common pattern / Example data:

const messages = [
  {
    agent: 'bot', // Required. 'bot' or 'user'
    type: 'text', // Required. Bubble message component type: 'text' / 'button'
    text: 'Hello. How can I help you', // Required. The message
    disableInput: false, // Disable message input or not
    ...
  },
  {
    agent: 'user',
    type: 'text', // always
    text: 'I need a new laptop',
  },
  ...
]

Component list:

Current components supported by this package, path to files: components/MessageBubble/..

SingleText - type: 'text'

{
  agent: 'bot',
  type: 'text',
  text: 'Hello. How can I help you',
  disableInput: false,
}

ButtonOptions - type: 'button'

{
  agent: 'bot',
  type: 'button',
  text: 'Select the option below',
  disableInput: true,
  options: [
    {
      text: 'Open Google',
      value: 'https://google.com',
      action: 'url'
    },
    {
      text: 'Submit Support Ticket',
      value: 'submit_ticket',
      action: 'postback' // Request to API
    },
    ...
  ],
}

Other components are coming soon...

Slots

List of available slots:

Name	Description
`header`	Board header, that contains Bot name.
`actions`	The slot beside Send button in the input message. You can add extra actions here (emoji, attach,...)
`sendButton`	Send button icon, you can change it to text.
`bubbleButton`	Bubble button that contains BubbleIcon & CloseIcon as default.
`botTyping`	Bot Typing message bubble that contains 3 dots indicator as default.

Not found what your need?

You can overwrite the CSS by class name. Each type and state has separate class for you to customize.

Feature request: Feel free to open an issue to ask for a new feature.

Developers / Build

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/JuzSer/vue-chat-bot

# Install packages
yarn

# Development & Demo - http://localhost:1901
yarn serve

# Build main library
yarn build-bundle