otalk-chat-view

A companion module to otalk-client, this module provides all of the logic necessary for implementing a chat view. You only need to provide the templates.

Installing

$ npm install otalk-chat-view

Using

var templates = require('./templates');
var BasePage = require('./base');

var createChatView = require('otalk-chat-view');
var ChatPage = createChatView(BasePage, {
    templates: {
        base: templates.pages.chat,
        chat: templates.includes.chat,
        chatGroup = tempates.includes.chatWrapper
    }
});

View Markup Assumptions

• chat-input role

  A <div/> or <form/> that also contains a <textarea /> element inside it.

• message-list role

  A <ul/> where all chats will be inserted (where each <li/> is for a group of chats all from the same participant).

• messages-wrapper class

  A wrapping <div/> inside each chat group <li/> where messages will be inserted.

Sample HTML Layout

<div>
  ... your chat view header
  <ul role="message-list">
    <li>
      ... display contact avatar, etc
      <div class="messages-wrapper">
        ... individual message items
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <form role="chat-input">
    <textarea></textarea>
  </form>
</div>

Model Assumptions

A Contact model of some sort is assumed, which provides:

• .messages

  A collection of chat message models.

• .lastSentMessageID

  The ID of the last sent message, which is needed to do message correction.

• .sendChatState(state)

  Sends a typing/paused notification to the contact.

• .sendChat(body, replaceID)

  Creates and sends a new message, optionally marked as a correction edit for the last sent message.

A Message model is assumed to provide:

• .type
• .fromFullJID
• .fromBareJID

License

MIT

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