You can finally test LiveBot yourself, add livebot@msgweb.nl to your contact list. I realize there are still some bugs which need to be fixed and that the bot could be a little bit more user-friendly. I will work on that asap, but at the moment I am glad everything is up and running. With this website you should be able to explore all the features the bot currently offers, and test them in Windows Live Messenger.
Add comment September 14th, 2006
So what can you do with the WebIM feature of LiveBot? Wondering how to retreive your messenger status via a webservice? Or how to let someone start a chat directly from the web? I’ll explain everything in this post.
Step 1: register as webim user
You don’t want to show your IM address all over the web, so the first thing you should do is binding your email address to a webim nickname. Open a conversation with LiveBot, and say something like ‘register for webim’, and you’ll be able to pick a nickname. You can always unregister by saying ‘disable webim’, and you can change your username by saying ’change my webim username’. Let’s say we registered ourselve as John.
Obtaining John’s status
From now on, we’ll be able to get John’s Messenger status. There are three URLs we can use for this.
The status will be either ‘active’, ‘away’, ‘offline’, or ‘unknown’.
Starting a WebIM conversation with John
Let’s say John maintains a website. He can put an iframe on his website, and use http://livebot.msgweb.nl/_api/webim/john/chat/ as source. This is a simple module which shows his status, and prompts his visitor for his name when he wants to start a chat with John. John can also write his own interface asking for his visitor’s name. If Ronald wants to chat with John, John should lead him to http://livebot.msgweb.nl/_api/webim/john/chat/ronald/.
Windows Live Spaces Gadget
Would you like to show your presence information and a WebIM-chat-form on your Windows Live Space? Install the WebIM Gadget on your space!
Sample, contact me!
Here is my WebIM frame:
Add comment September 2nd, 2006
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