@leadoo/react-bot
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React components for Leadoo bots
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React Bots
React components for Leadoo bots
This UI library provides components and helpers for using Leadoo bots within React environments.
Please note that to use these bot components, you need to have a Leadoo account.
About
Leadoo bots are complex JavaScript applications that render complex UI element trees, and they are usually not directly usable within reactive environments such as React. React can update the DOM, removing and moving elements around, many times a second (in extreme cases). Doing so with a Leadoo bot inside could result in large amounts of errors and memory overflow - but this library is designed to handle that.
These React components wrap Leadoo bots and handle all the cleanup and mount/dismount preparation for you.
Please note that destroying and recreating bot components regularly should be considered an anti-pattern. Do not place bot components in areas or subtrees that are regularly re-rendered.
Bot Types
Currently In-Page (InPageBot
) and Visual (VisualBot
) bots are supported. These bots are containers that can be placed in content areas.
Compatibility
These components are designed for the latest version of React, at least version 18.2
.
The bots used within these components follow internal bot generation configurations - please see your Leadoo contact regarding the version of your bot before using this toolkit.
Important: The modules in this library are built using ESM - They will only work within other ESM environments, or projects with a compatible build phase (Webpack/Rollup etc.). CommonJS exports are no longer supported.
Usage
Install by running the following:
npm install @leadoo/react-bot --save-dev
You can import separate bot components to use in your website:
import { InPageBot } from "@leadoo/react-bot";
export function MyComponent() {
return (
<div>
<InPageBot code="abc123" />
</div>
);
}
Development
Once cloned, execute npm install
in the root of this project using at least NodeJS version 10.
You can develop on this repository, having the files watched for changes, by running npm run dev
. To build a production copy in the dist
directory, run npm run build
. You can run the tests by executing npm test
.
When publishing, make sure to use the np
module, installed globally. Make sure to update the CHANGELOG.md
file beforehand with your changes.
To preview the components in this repository, run npm run storybook
to open the component stories in your browser.
API
InPageBot
In-Page bot wrapper. Import using { InPageBot }
.
Properties:
| Property | Required | Default | Description |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| code
| Yes | None | The bot code (provided by Leadoo). |
| mediaPartner
| | None | Optional Media Partner identifier. Enables Media Partner mode. |
| seamless
| | true
| Whether to run in seamless mode or not. |
Usage is straightforward - import the InPageBot
component and place it in your application using a bot code
:
import { InPageBot } from "@leadoo/react-bot";
const BOT_CODE = "xyz123";
export function MyApp() {
return (
<div>
<InPageBot code={BOT_CODE} seamless={false} />
</div>
);
}
When using a Media Partner configuration, set the mediaPartner
property to the Media Partner identifier used in your system:
import { InPageBot } from "@leadoo/react-bot";
const MEDIA_PARTNER = "MyCompany";
function getSectionCode(): string {
return /^\/blog/.test(window.location.pathname)
? "blog"
: "main";
}
export function MyApp() {
return (
<div>
<InPageBot
code={getSectionCode()}
mediaPartner={MEDIA_PARTNER}
/>
</div>
);
}
Make sure to read the Media Partner concept description.
VisualBot
Visual bot wrapper. Import using { VisualBot }
.
Properties:
| Property | Required | Default | Description |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| code
| Yes | None | The bot code (provided by Leadoo). |
| seamless
| | false
| Whether to run in seamless mode or not. |
Usage is straightforward - import the VisualBot
component and place it in your application using a bot code
:
import { VisualBot } from "@leadoo/react-bot";
const BOT_CODE = "xyz123";
export function MyApp() {
return (
<div>
<VisualBot code={BOT_CODE} seamless />
</div>
);
}
Concepts
Seamless mode
Seamless mode allows the bot to continue expanding, vertically, as content appears within it. This is not the default mode of operation, which is to lock at a certain height and use a scroll-bar to continue viewing content within the bot.
Seamless mode can appear more natural in certain scenarios, as more of the bot content is visible to the user.
Media Partner
The Media Partner configuration is a subset of functionality available for configuring In-Page bots so that they're installation and configuration are handled separately, at different times, and possibly by different teams at a company.
Using a Media Partner setup, bots can be placed on a page using dynamic codes which can be later tied to an actual bot set-up through the UI. Bot scripts that run and do not find an associated bot on that account simply do nothing.