DenshobatoChatPanel, is a official addon for Denshobato Gem, it provides simple chat panel for you. If you don't need any special customization for dialog panel, or if you want to try messaging quickly, you can use chat panel.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'denshobato_chat_panel'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install denshobato_chat_panel
rails g denshobato_chat_panel:installThis command copies assets to vendor/public/assets
#####1. Add method denshobato_chat_panel to your model
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
denshobato_for :customer
denshobato_chat_panel
end#####2. Copy this line to your config/initializers/assets.rb
Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( denshobato.js )#####3. In your application.scss import css
@import 'denshobato';#####4. In layouts/application.erb include javascript file in the bottom
<body>
<div class='container'>
<%= render 'layouts/header' %>
<%= yield %>
</div>
<%= javascript_include_tag 'denshobato' %>
</body>#####5. Mount API route in your routes.rb
mount Denshobato::DenshobatoApi => '/'#####6. On the page with your conversation, e.g localhost:3000/conversation/32, add this helper with arguments
= render_denshobato_messages(@conversation, current_user)
// => When @conversation = Denshobato::Conversation.find(params[:id])
// => and current_user is your signed in user, e.g Devise current_user etc.You need to set up name and image for chat independently. By default, name show a class name of model, e.g Customer, or User, and a gravatar.
Go to your user model and rewrite these methods.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
denshobato_for :user
denshobato_chat_panel
def full_name
"#{first_name}, #{last_name}"
end
def image
avatar.url
end
endBug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ID25/denshobato_chat_panel.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2016 Eugene Domosedov (ID25)