Spaces Chat Bar & IM Integration

[Ali İhsan ÇALIŞKAN]

Hi all,

 

We are trying to integrate an IM & Presence Server with WebCenter Spaces v11.1.1.6.

Although documentation says Beehive is not supported, there is an option to create a connection to Oracle Beehive Server. So we tried our luck with Beehive.

 

The interesting part is that when we make a Beehive Connection, a chat bar is rendered inside Spaces. As you see in the following, there are options to change presence, chat with connections and manage  connection requests. But it doesn’t work. Documentation says nothing about this component or its roadmap. It says a chat client should be installed on local computers to work with certified MS solutions.

 

I want to know if anyone has had experience with IM integration with Spaces or managed to get this component work. Any suggestions about IM Server and integration ways will be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Ali

 

Ali Ihsan Caliskan Middleware Specialist, Manager | Department of Business Applications
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[Mirza Imran]

Hi Ali,

We have used Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 as IMP provider with Spaces 11GPS4 in my last project. Its work with some limitations. The biggest issue our customer face with this IMP provider that they have to install MS. OCS desktop-based-client on each client machine in order to work this component. Spaces does not have web based IMP for any IMP Provider.  

Regards,
Imran Mirza
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[JRSim_UIX]

We have written our own WebCenter Spaces Chat client like facebook & google chat due to concerns with beehive and Presence current capabilities with spaces.

A quick breakdown of current features
- Does not require beehive, presence or XMMP servers for chat just authorised spaces connection
- Authenticates against webcenter and lists your webcenter Connections
- Show User online status
- Can link upto multiple XMPP Servers like the Pidgin Client but within a web browser
- Private Messaging support
- Can create a chat room and collaborate with other users
- Can invite users within a chat room to connect in WebCenter if they are not using XMPP
- Can be used to pass message update notifications ie Workflow notifications from UCM direct to the user.
- Mobile supported messaging as websockets are fully supported on mobile devices ;)
- Chat application also does not need to sit on spaces and can be on WebCenter Sites or Site Studio

The messaging system can be used to - notify users of application updates on WebCenter, CRM well any product to users on Spaces.

[JayJay Zheng]

Hi John,

 

These are great features. Do you mind sharing more details on your chat client implementation? I am more interested in the technical implementation considering the features you listed.

 

Thanks,

JayJay Zheng

Ali Ihsan Caliskan

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[JRSim_UIX]

Sure I'll try to get a blog post up on this in the next couple of weeks over at cfour.fishbowlsolutions.com

A quick breakdown overview of how this works -

I have a websocket server that I use as a layer to handle the messaging.
A XMPP gateway connector to handle connections to multiple XMPP servers ie yahoo messenger etc.
REST API handles the authentication with Spaces and also lists users I'm connected with in Spaces.
Session store of active users is handled by my custom WebSocket Server.
DB to store message history, currently using a seperate noSql instance.
jQuery to handle the events interaction on the front end.

J.

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[JRSim_UIX]

I threw together a quick preview of my Spaces Chat/presence Addon if your still interested -

http://cfour.fishbowlsolutions.com/2012/09/06/addon-webcenter-portal-spaces-real-time-chat-instant-messaging-and-presence-integration-video/

On Monday, June 25, 2012 3:46:11 PM UTC+1, Ali Ihsan Caliskan wrote:

[Chad Thompson]

*Very* cool.  

Out of curiosity - when you mentioned the hosting of the chat server being 'external', is this something custom or is this built on top of an open source (XMPP?) chat server?

(Feel free to file that under 'trade secrets' as well - just curious.  :-) )

- Chad

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