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- .. _development:
- ===========
- Development
- ===========
- .. contents:: Table of Contents
- :depth: 2
- :local:
- If you want to work with the non-minified Javascript and CSS files you'll soon
- notice that there are references to a missing *components* folder. Please
- follow the instructions below to create this folder and fetch Converse's
- 3rd-party dependencies.
- .. note::
- Windows environment: We recommend installing the required tools using `Chocolatey <https://chocolatey.org/>`_
- You will need Node.js (nodejs.install), Git (git.install) and optionally to build using Makefile, GNU Make (make)
- If you have trouble setting up a development environment on Windows,
- please read `this post <http://librelist.com/browser//conversejs/2014/11/5/openfire-converse-and-visual-studio-questions/#b28387e7f8f126693b11598a8acbe810>`_
- in the mailing list.:
- Install the development and front-end dependencies
- ==================================================
- We use development tools (`Grunt <http://gruntjs.com>`_ and `Bower <http://bower.io>`_)
- which depend on Node.js and npm (the Node package manager).
- If you don't have Node.js installed, you can download and install the latest
- version `here <https://nodejs.org/download>`_.
- Also make sure you have ``Git`` installed. `Details <http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git>`_.
- .. note::
- Windows users should use Chocolatey as recommended above.:
- .. note::
- Debian & Ubuntu users : apt-get install git npm nodejs-legacy
- Once you have *Node.js* and *git* installed, run the following command inside the Converse.js
- directory:
- ::
- make dev
- On Windows you need to specify Makefile.win to be used by running: ::
- make -f Makefile.win dev
- Or alternatively, if you don't have GNU Make:
- ::
- npm install
- bower update
- This will first install the Node.js development tools (like Grunt and Bower)
- and then use Bower to install all of Converse.js's front-end dependencies.
- The front-end dependencies are those javascript files on which
- Converse.js directly depends and which will be loaded in the browser.
- If you are curious to know what the different dependencies are:
- * Development dependencies:
- Take a look at whats under the *devDependencies* key in
- `package.json <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/package.json>`_.
- * Front-end dependencies:
- See *dependencies* in
- `bower.json <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/bower.json>`_.
- .. note::
- After running ```make dev```, you should now have a new directory *components*,
- which contains all the front-end dependencies of Converse.js.
- If this directory does NOT exist, something must have gone wrong.
- Double-check the output of ```make dev``` to see if there are any errors
- listed. For support, you can write to the mailing list: conversejs@librelist.com
- With AMD and require.js (recommended)
- =====================================
- Converse.js uses `require.js <http://requirejs.org>`_ to asynchronously load dependencies.
- If you want to develop or customize converse.js, you'll want to load the
- non-minified javascript files.
- Add the following two lines to the *<head>* section of your webpage:
- .. code-block:: html
- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="converse.css">
- <script data-main="main" src="components/requirejs/require.js"></script>
- require.js will then let the main.js file be parsed (because of the *data-main*
- attribute on the *script* tag), which will in turn cause converse.js to be
- parsed.
- Without AMD and require.js
- ==========================
- Converse.js can also be used without require.js. If you for some reason prefer
- to use it this way, please refer to
- `non_amd.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/non_amd.html>`_
- for an example of how and in what order all the Javascript files that converse.js
- depends on need to be loaded.
- Before submitting a pull request
- ================================
- Please follow the usual github workflow. Create your own local fork of this repository,
- make your changes and then submit a pull request.
- Before submitting a pull request
- --------------------------------
- Please read the `style guide </docs/html/style_guide.html>`_ and make sure that your code follows it.
- Add tests for your bugfix or feature
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Add a test for any bug fixed or feature added. We use Jasmine
- for testing.
- Take a look at `tests.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html>`_
- and the `spec files <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html>`_
- to see how tests are implemented.
- Check that the tests pass
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Check that all tests complete sucessfully.
- Run ``make check`` in your terminal or open `tests.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html>`_
- in your browser.
- Developer API
- =============
- .. note:: The API documented here is available in Converse.js 0.8.4 and higher.
- Earlier versions of Converse.js might have different API methods or none at all.
- In the Converse.js API, you traverse towards a logical grouping, from
- which you can then call certain standardised accessors and mutators, such as::
- .get
- .set
- .add
- .remove
- This is done to increase readability and to allow intuitive method chaining.
- For example, to get a contact, you would do the following::
- converse.contacts.get('jid@example.com');
- To get multiple contacts, just pass in an array of jids::
- converse.contacts.get(['jid1@example.com', 'jid2@example.com']);
- To get all contacts, simply call ``get`` without any jids::
- converse.contacts.get();
- **Here follows now a breakdown of all API groupings and methods**:
- initialize
- ----------
- .. note:: This method is the one exception of a method which is not logically grouped
- as explained above.
- Initializes converse.js. This method must always be called when using
- converse.js.
- The `initialize` method takes a map (also called a hash or dictionary) of
- :ref:`configuration-variables`.
- Example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.initialize({
- allow_otr: true,
- auto_list_rooms: false,
- auto_subscribe: false,
- bosh_service_url: 'https://bind.example.com',
- hide_muc_server: false,
- i18n: locales['en'],
- keepalive: true,
- play_sounds: true,
- prebind: false,
- show_controlbox_by_default: true,
- debug: false,
- roster_groups: true
- });
- send
- ----
- Allows you to send XML stanzas.
- For example, to send a message stanza:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- var msg = converse.env.$msg({
- from: 'juliet@example.com/balcony',
- to:'romeo@example.net',
- type:'chat'
- });
- converse.send(msg);
- The "archive" grouping
- ----------------------
- Converse.js supports the *Message Archive Management*
- (`XEP-0313 <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0313.html>`_) protocol,
- through which it is able to query an XMPP server for archived messages.
- See also the **message_archiving** option in the :ref:`configuration-variables` section, which you'll usually
- want to in conjunction with this API.
- query
- ~~~~~
- The ``query`` method is used to query for archived messages.
- It accepts the following optional parameters:
- * **options** an object containing the query parameters. Valid query parameters
- are ``with``, ``start``, ``end``, ``first``, ``last``, ``after``, ``before``, ``index`` and ``count``.
- * **callback** is the callback method that will be called when all the messages
- have been received.
- * **errback** is the callback method to be called when an error is returned by
- the XMPP server, for example when it doesn't support message archiving.
- Examples
- ^^^^^^^^
- **Requesting all archived messages**
- The simplest query that can be made is to simply not pass in any parameters.
- Such a query will return all archived messages for the current user.
- Generally, you'll however always want to pass in a callback method, to receive
- the returned messages.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- var errback = function (iq) {
- // The query was not successful, perhaps inform the user?
- // The IQ stanza returned by the XMPP server is passed in, so that you
- // may inspect it and determine what the problem was.
- }
- var callback = function (messages) {
- // Do something with the messages, like showing them in your webpage.
- }
- converse.archive.query(callback, errback))
- **Waiting until server support has been determined**
- The query method will only work if converse.js has been able to determine that
- the server supports MAM queries, otherwise the following error will be raised:
- - *This server does not support XEP-0313, Message Archive Management*
- The very first time converse.js loads in a browser tab, if you call the query
- API too quickly, the above error might appear because service discovery has not
- yet been completed.
- To work solve this problem, you can first listen for the ``serviceDiscovered`` event,
- through which you can be informed once support for MAM has been determined.
- For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.listen.on('serviceDiscovered', function (event, feature) {
- if (feature.get('var') === converse.env.Strophe.NS.MAM) {
- converse.archive.query()
- }
- });
- **Requesting all archived messages for a particular contact or room**
- To query for messages sent between the current user and another user or room,
- the query options need to contain the the JID (Jabber ID) of the user or
- room under the ``with`` key.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- // For a particular user
- converse.archive.query({'with': 'john@doe.net'}, callback, errback);)
- // For a particular room
- converse.archive.query({'with': 'discuss@conference.doglovers.net'}, callback, errback);)
- **Requesting all archived messages before or after a certain date**
- The ``start`` and ``end`` parameters are used to query for messages
- within a certain timeframe. The passed in date values may either be ISO8601
- formatted date strings, or Javascript Date objects.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- var options = {
- 'with': 'john@doe.net',
- 'start': '2010-06-07T00:00:00Z',
- 'end': '2010-07-07T13:23:54Z'
- };
- converse.archive.query(options, callback, errback);
- **Limiting the amount of messages returned**
- The amount of returned messages may be limited with the ``max`` parameter.
- By default, the messages are returned from oldest to newest.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- // Return maximum 10 archived messages
- converse.archive.query({'with': 'john@doe.net', 'max':10}, callback, errback);
- **Paging forwards through a set of archived messages**
- When limiting the amount of messages returned per query, you might want to
- repeatedly make a further query to fetch the next batch of messages.
- To simplify this usecase for you, the callback method receives not only an array
- with the returned archived messages, but also a special RSM (*Result Set
- Management*) object which contains the query parameters you passed in, as well
- as two utility methods ``next``, and ``previous``.
- When you call one of these utility methods on the returned RSM object, and then
- pass the result into a new query, you'll receive the next or previous batch of
- archived messages. Please note, when calling these methods, pass in an integer
- to limit your results.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- var callback = function (messages, rsm) {
- // Do something with the messages, like showing them in your webpage.
- // ...
- // You can now use the returned "rsm" object, to fetch the next batch of messages:
- converse.archive.query(rsm.next(10), callback, errback))
- }
- converse.archive.query({'with': 'john@doe.net', 'max':10}, callback, errback);
- **Paging backwards through a set of archived messages**
- To page backwards through the archive, you need to know the UID of the message
- which you'd like to page backwards from and then pass that as value for the
- ``before`` parameter. If you simply want to page backwards from the most recent
- message, pass in the ``before`` parameter with an empty string value ``''``.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.archive.query({'before': '', 'max':5}, function (message, rsm) {
- // Do something with the messages, like showing them in your webpage.
- // ...
- // You can now use the returned "rsm" object, to fetch the previous batch of messages:
- rsm.previous(5); // Call previous method, to update the object's parameters,
- // passing in a limit value of 5.
- // Now we query again, to get the previous batch.
- converse.archive.query(rsm, callback, errback);
- }
- The "connection" grouping
- -------------------------
- This grouping collects API functions related to the XMPP connection.
- connected
- ~~~~~~~~~
- A boolean attribute (i.e. not a callable) which is set to `true` or `false` depending
- on whether there is an established connection.
- disconnect
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Terminates the connection.
- The "user" grouping
- -------------------
- This grouping collects API functions related to the current logged in user.
- jid
- ~~~
- Return's the current user's full JID (Jabber ID).
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.jid()
- // Returns for example jc@opkode.com/conversejs-351236
- login
- ~~~~~
- Logs the user in. This method can accept a map with the credentials, like this:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.login({
- 'jid': 'dummy@example.com',
- 'password': 'secret'
- });
- or it can be called without any parameters, in which case converse.js will try
- to log the user in by calling the `prebind_url` or `credentials_url` depending
- on whether prebinding is used or not.
- logout
- ~~~~~~
- Log the user out of the current XMPP session.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.logout();
- The "status" sub-grouping
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Set and get the user's chat status, also called their *availability*.
- get
- ^^^
- Return the current user's availability status:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.status.get(); // Returns for example "dnd"
- set
- ^^^
- The user's status can be set to one of the following values:
- * **away**
- * **dnd**
- * **offline**
- * **online**
- * **unavailable**
- * **xa**
- For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.status.set('dnd');
- Because the user's availability is often set together with a custom status
- message, this method also allows you to pass in a status message as a
- second parameter:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.status.set('dnd', 'In a meeting');
- The "message" sub-grouping
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The ``user.status.message`` sub-grouping exposes methods for setting and
- retrieving the user's custom status message.
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.user.status.message.set('In a meeting');
- converse.user.status.message.get(); // Returns "In a meeting"
- The "contacts" grouping
- -----------------------
- get
- ~~~
- This method is used to retrieve roster contacts.
- To get a single roster contact, call the method with the contact's JID (Jabber ID):
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.contacts.get('buddy@example.com')
- To get multiple contacts, pass in an array of JIDs:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.contacts.get(['buddy1@example.com', 'buddy2@example.com'])
- To return all contacts, simply call ``get`` without any parameters:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.contacts.get()
- The returned roster contact objects have these attributes:
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Attribute | |
- +================+=================================================================================================================+
- | ask | If ask === 'subscribe', then we have asked this person to be our chat buddy. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | fullname | The person's full name. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | jid | The person's Jabber/XMPP username. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | requesting | If true, then this person is asking to be our chat buddy. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | subscription | The subscription state between the current user and this chat buddy. Can be `none`, `to`, `from` or `both`. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | id | A unique id, same as the jid. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | chat_status | The person's chat status. Can be `online`, `offline`, `busy`, `xa` (extended away) or `away`. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | user_id | The user id part of the JID (the part before the `@`). |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | resources | The known resources for this chat buddy. Each resource denotes a separate and connected chat client. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | groups | The roster groups in which this chat buddy was placed. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | status | Their human readable custom status message. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | image_type | The image's file type. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | image | The Base64 encoded image data. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | url | The buddy's website URL, as specified in their VCard data. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | vcard_updated | When last the buddy's VCard was updated. |
- +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- add
- ~~~
- Add a contact.
- Provide the JID of the contact you want to add:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.contacts.add('buddy@example.com')
- You may also provide the fullname. If not present, we use the jid as fullname:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.contacts.add('buddy@example.com', 'Buddy')
- The "chats" grouping
- --------------------
- Note, for MUC chat rooms, you need to use the "rooms" grouping instead.
- get
- ~~~
- Returns an object representing a chat box.
- To return a single chat box, provide the JID of the contact you're chatting
- with in that chat box:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.chats.get('buddy@example.com')
- To return an array of chat boxes, provide an array of JIDs:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.chats.get(['buddy1@example.com', 'buddy2@example.com'])
- To return all open chat boxes, call the method without any JIDs::
- converse.chats.get()
- open
- ~~~~
- Opens a chat box and returns an object representing a chat box.
- To open a single chat box, provide the JID of the contact:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.chats.open('buddy@example.com')
- To return an array of chat boxes, provide an array of JIDs:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.chats.open(['buddy1@example.com', 'buddy2@example.com'])
- *The returned chat box object contains the following methods:*
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | Method | Description |
- +=============+==========================================+
- | endOTR | End an OTR (Off-the-record) session. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | get | Get an attribute (i.e. accessor). |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | initiateOTR | Start an OTR (off-the-record) session. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | maximize | Minimize the chat box. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | minimize | Maximize the chat box. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | set | Set an attribute (i.e. mutator). |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | close | Close the chat box. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- | open | Opens the chat box. |
- +-------------+------------------------------------------+
- *The get and set methods can be used to retrieve and change the following attributes:*
- +-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
- | Attribute | Description |
- +=============+=====================================================+
- | height | The height of the chat box. |
- +-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
- | url | The URL of the chat box heading. |
- +-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
- The "rooms" grouping
- --------------------
- get
- ~~~
- Returns an object representing a multi user chat box (room).
- It takes 3 parameters:
- * the room JID (if not specified, all rooms will be returned).
- * a map (object) containing any extra room attributes For example, if you want
- to specify the nickname, use ``{'nick': 'bloodninja'}``. Previously (before
- version 1.0.7, the second parameter only accepted the nickname (as a string
- value). This is currently still accepted, but then you can't pass in any
- other room attributes. If the nickname is not specified then the node part of
- the user's JID will be used.
- * a boolean, indicating whether the room should be created if not found (default: `false`)
- .. code-block:: javascript
- var nick = 'dread-pirate-roberts';
- var create_if_not_found = true;
- converse.rooms.open('group@muc.example.com', {'nick': nick}, create_if_not_found)
- open
- ~~~~
- Opens a multi user chat box and returns an object representing it.
- Similar to chats.get API
- It takes 2 parameters:
- * the room JID (if not specified, all rooms will be returned).
- * a map (object) containing any extra room attributes. For example, if you want
- to specify the nickname, use ``{'nick': 'bloodninja'}``.
- To open a single multi user chat box, provide the JID of the room:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.rooms.open('group@muc.example.com')
- To return an array of rooms, provide an array of room JIDs:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.rooms.open(['group1@muc.example.com', 'group2@muc.example.com'])
- To setup a custom nickname when joining the room, provide the optional nick argument:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.rooms.open('group@muc.example.com', {'nick': 'mycustomnick'})
- close
- ~~~~~
- Lets you close open chat rooms. You can call this method without any arguments
- to close all open chat rooms, or you can specify a single JID or an array of
- JIDs.
- The "settings" grouping
- -----------------------
- This grouping allows you to get or set the configuration settings of converse.js.
- get(key)
- ~~~~~~~~
- Returns the value of a configuration settings. For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.settings.get("play_sounds"); // default value returned would be false;
- set(key, value) or set(object)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Set one or many configuration settings. For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.settings.set("play_sounds", true);
- or :
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.settings.set({
- "play_sounds", true,
- "hide_offline_users" true
- });
- Note, this is not an alternative to calling ``converse.initialize``, which still needs
- to be called. Generally, you'd use this method after converse.js is already
- running and you want to change the configuration on-the-fly.
- The "tokens" grouping
- ---------------------
- get
- ~~~
- Returns a token, either the RID or SID token depending on what's asked for.
- Example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.tokens.get('rid')
- .. _`listen-grouping`:
- The "listen" grouping
- ---------------------
- Converse.js emits events to which you can subscribe from your own Javascript.
- Concerning events, the following methods are available under the "listen"
- grouping:
- * **on(eventName, callback)**:
- Calling the ``on`` method allows you to subscribe to an event.
- Every time the event fires, the callback method specified by ``callback`` will be
- called.
- Parameters:
- * ``eventName`` is the event name as a string.
- * ``callback`` is the callback method to be called when the event is emitted.
- For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.listen.on('message', function (event, messageXML) { ... });
- * **once(eventName, callback)**:
- Calling the ``once`` method allows you to listen to an event
- exactly once.
- Parameters:
- * ``eventName`` is the event name as a string.
- * ``callback`` is the callback method to be called when the event is emitted.
- For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.listen.once('message', function (event, messageXML) { ... });
- * **not(eventName, callback)**
- To stop listening to an event, you can use the ``not`` method.
- Parameters:
- * ``eventName`` is the event name as a string.
- * ``callback`` refers to the function that is to be no longer executed.
- For example:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.listen.not('message', function (event, messageXML) { ... });
- Events
- ======
- .. note:: see also :ref:`listen-grouping` above.
- Event Types
- -----------
- Here are the different events that are emitted:
- cachedRoster
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The contacts roster has been retrieved from the local cache (`sessionStorage`).
- ``converse.listen.on('cachedRoster', function (event, items) { ... });``
- See also the `roster` event further down.
- callButtonClicked
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a call button (i.e. with class .toggle-call) on a chat box has been clicked.
- ``converse.listen.on('callButtonClicked', function (event, connection, model) { ... });``
- chatBoxInitialized
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat box has been initialized. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatBoxInitialized', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- chatBoxOpened
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat box has been opened. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatBoxOpened', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- chatRoomOpened
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat room has been opened. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatRoomOpened', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- chatBoxClosed
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat box has been closed. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatBoxClosed', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- chatBoxFocused
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When the focus has been moved to a chat box. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatBoxFocused', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- chatBoxToggled
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat box has been minimized or maximized. Relevant to converse-chatview.js plugin.
- ``converse.listen.on('chatBoxToggled', function (event, chatbox) { ... });``
- connected
- ~~~~~~~~~
- After connection has been established and converse.js has got all its ducks in a row.
- ``converse.listen.on('connected', function (event) { ... });``
- contactRequest
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Someone has requested to subscribe to your presence (i.e. to be your contact).
- ``converse.listen.on('contactRequest', function (event, user_data) { ... });``
- contactRemoved
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The user has removed a contact.
- ``converse.listen.on('contactRemoved', function (event, data) { ... });``
- contactStatusChanged
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat buddy's chat status has changed.
- ``converse.listen.on('contactStatusChanged', function (event, buddy) { ... });``
- contactStatusMessageChanged
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a chat buddy's custom status message has changed.
- ``converse.listen.on('contactStatusMessageChanged', function (event, data) { ... });``
- disconnected
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- After converse.js has disconnected from the XMPP server.
- ``converse.listen.on('disconnected', function (event) { ... });``
- initialized
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Once converse.js has been initialized.
- ``converse.listen.on('initialized', function (event) { ... });``
- See also `pluginsInitialized`_.
- messageSend
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- When a message will be sent out.
- ``storage_memoryconverse.listen.on('messageSend', function (event, messageText) { ... });``
- noResumeableSession
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When keepalive=true but there aren't any stored prebind tokens.
- ``converse.listen.on('noResumeableSession', function (event) { ... });``
- pluginsInitialized
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Once all plugins have been initialized. This is a useful event if you want to
- register event handlers but would like your own handlers to be overridable by
- plugins. In that case, you need to first wait until all plugins have been
- initialized, so that their overrides are active. One example where this is used
- is in [converse-notifications.js](https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/src/converse-notification.js).
- ``converse.listen.on('pluginsInitialized', function (event) { ... });``
- reconnected
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- After the connection has dropped and converse.js has reconnected.
- Any Strophe stanza handlers (as registered via `converse.listen.stanza`) will
- have to be registered anew.
- ``converse.listen.on('reconnected', function (event) { ... });``
- roomInviteSent
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- After the user has sent out a direct invitation, to a roster contact, asking them to join a room.
- ``converse.listen.on('roomInvite', function (event, data) { ... });``
- roomInviteReceived
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- After the user has sent out a direct invitation, to a roster contact, asking them to join a room.
- ``converse.listen.on('roomInvite', function (event, data) { ... });``
- roster
- ~~~~~~
- When the roster has been received from the XMPP server.
- ``converse.listen.on('roster', function (event, items) { ... });``
- See also the `cachedRoster` event further up, which gets called instead of
- `roster` if its already in `sessionStorage`.
- rosterPush
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- When the roster receives a push event from server. (i.e. New entry in your buddy list)
- ``converse.listen.on('rosterPush', function (event, items) { ... });``
- statusInitialized
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When own chat status has been initialized.
- ``converse.listen.on('statusInitialized', function (event, status) { ... });``
- statusChanged
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When own chat status has changed.
- ``converse.listen.on('statusChanged', function (event, status) { ... });``
- statusMessageChanged
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When own custom status message has changed.
- ``converse.listen.on('statusMessageChanged', function (event, message) { ... });``
- serviceDiscovered
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When converse.js has learned of a service provided by the XMPP server. See XEP-0030.
- ``converse.listen.on('serviceDiscovered', function (event, service) { ... });``
- Writing a converse.js plugin
- ============================
- Developers are able to extend and override the objects, functions and the
- Backbone models and views that make up converse.js by means of writing plugins.
- Converse.js uses `pluggable.js <https://github.com/jcbrand/pluggable.js/>`_ as
- its plugin architecture.
- To understand how this plugin architecture works, please read the
- `pluggable.js documentation <https://jcbrand.github.io/pluggable.js/>`_
- and to grok its inner workins, please refer to the `annotated source code
- <https://jcbrand.github.io/pluggable.js/docs/pluggable.html>`_.
- You register a converse.js plugin as follows:
- .. code-block:: javascript
- converse.plugins.add('myplugin', {
- // Your plugin code goes in here
- });
- Security and access to the inner workings
- -----------------------------------------
- The globally available ``converse`` object, which exposes the API methods, such
- as ``initialize`` and ``plugins.add``, is a wrapper that encloses and protects
- a sensitive inner object.
- This inner object contains all the Backbone models and views, as well as
- various other attributes and functions.
- Within a plugin, you will have access to this internal
- `"closured" <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Closures>`_
- converse object, which is normally not exposed in the global variable scope. The
- hiding of this inner object is due to the fact that it contains sensitive information,
- such as the user's JID and password (if they logged in manually). You should
- therefore make sure NOT to expose this object globally.
- An example plugin
- -----------------
- .. code-block:: javascript
- (function (root, factory) {
- if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
- // AMD. Register as a module called "myplugin"
- define("myplugin", ["converse"], factory);
- } else {
- // Browser globals. If you're not using a module loader such as require.js,
- // then this line below executes. Make sure that your plugin's <script> tag
- // appears after the one from converse.js.
- factory(converse);
- }
- }(this, function (converse_api) {
- // Commonly used utilities and variables can be found under the "env"
- // namespace of converse_api
- // Strophe methods for building stanzas
- var Strophe = converse_api.env.Strophe,
- $iq = converse_api.env.$iq,
- $msg = converse_api.env.$msg,
- $pres = converse_api.env.$pres,
- $build = converse_api.env.$build,
- b64_sha1 = converse_api.env.b64_sha1;
- // Other frequently used utilities
- var $ = converse_api.env.jQuery,
- _ = converse_api.env._,
- moment = converse_api.env.moment;
- // The following line registers your plugin.
- converse_api.plugins.add('myplugin', {
- initialize: function () {
- // Converse.js's plugin mechanism will call the initialize
- // method on any plugin (if it exists) as soon as the plugin has
- // been loaded.
- // Inside this method, you have access to the protected "inner"
- // converse object, from which you can get any configuration
- // options that the user might have passed in via
- // converse.initialize. These values are stored in the
- // "user_settings" attribute.
- // Let's assume the user might in a custom setting, like so:
- // converse.initialize({
- // "initialize_message": "My plugin has been initialized"
- // });
- //
- // Then we can alert that message, like so:
- alert(this.converse.user_settings.initialize_message);
- },
- myFunction: function () {
- // This is a function which does not override anything in
- // converse.js itself, but in which you still have access to
- // the protected "inner" converse object.
- var converse = this.converse;
- // Custom code comes here
- // ...
- },
- overrides: {
- // If you want to override some function or a Backbone model or
- // view defined inside converse, then you do that under this
- // "overrides" namespace.
- // For example, the inner protected *converse* object has a
- // method "onConnected". You can override that method as follows:
- onConnected: function () {
- // Overrides the onConnected method in converse.js
- // Top-level functions in "overrides" are bound to the
- // inner "converse" object.
- var converse = this;
- // Your custom code comes here.
- // ...
- // You can access the original function being overridden
- // via the __super__ attribute.
- // Make sure to pass on the arguments supplied to this
- // function and also to apply the proper "this" object.
- this.__super__.onConnected.apply(this, arguments);
- },
- XMPPStatus: {
- // Override converse.js's XMPPStatus Backbone model so that we can override the
- // function that sends out the presence stanza.
- sendPresence: function (type, status_message, jid) {
- // The "converse" object is available via the __super__
- // attribute.
- var converse = this.__super__.converse;
- // Custom code can come here
- // ...
- // You can call the original overridden method, by
- // accessing it via the __super__ attribute.
- // When calling it, you need to apply the proper
- // context as reference by the "this" variable.
- this.__super__.sendPresence.apply(this, arguments);
- }
- },
- }
- });
- }));
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