Embedded Chat 2023
- Mentors
- Sidharth Mohanty
- Organization
- rocket.chat
- Technologies
- javascript, react, react native
- Topics
- web, communication, Component Library, npm package
A Rocket.Chat channel could be embedded into some existing web applications via the Embedded Chat component. Currently, the available integration surface and features of Embedded Chat are rather limited. This project aims to significantly expand the applicability of Embedded Chat to a wider range of web/mobile applications built on the most popular frameworks such as React, React Native, and more; and hosting platforms such as WordPress and Ghost via HTML embedding.
The goals of the project are:
● Separating various parts of the project into their package - API, react, react native, auth,
etc.
● Reducing the bundle size. Currently, it is very large.
● Replacing HTTP calls with real-time DDP communication wherever necessary.
● Creating libraries for react-native, react, etc.
● Giving more flexibility in authentication methods.
● Slash command support
● Introducing theming for client libraries
● HTML embed