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Webchat

Connection​

To connect your virtual assistant to your website, perform the following steps:

  1. Go to the Integrations section of your account and select the environment you want to connect with your website.

  2. Click Connect below the Web integration.

  3. Customize the settings of your Webchat integration. These settings are the following:

note

By default, a conversation in the Webchat integration stays active for one hour, if the user does not close the window.

The web widget does not load if the user agent (browser) is a bot.

Launcher appearance​

You can select how the webchat launcher looks. Select the style of the launcher, which can either be a circle (default), or a pre-defined box, as shown in the image below. You can also customize your teaser message, to entice interaction with your users. Finally, you can enable the Focus trap, to prevent users from browsing when conversing with your virtual agent, and the Auto open option, so the widget automatically opens when your website loads.

Webchat appearance​

Another set of options is the webchat appearance. Select a title on the header of the webchat, the avatar of the virtual agent, and then customize the theme, by selecting the colors that are consistent with the branding of your company. The default colors are in the following table:

Default colorsPrimary colorText color
DescriptionMoveo blueWhite
HEX code#1B66D6#FFFFFF
RGB value27, 102, 214255, 255, 255

Start behavior​

Select how you want the conversation to start, by picking one of the three available options:

  • User input: The virtual assistant the conversation when a user sends the first message.
  • Autostart: The conversation starts with an auto-send message when the user opens the launcher. In the advanced settings, it is possible to customize the auto-send message relating to the page content.
  • Welcome screen: The virtual assistant displays a screen, with a header and up to 3 frequently asked questions, from which the user can either pick one or write their own text.

Webchat position​

You can select the position you want the virtual assistant to appear in:

  • Livechat (default): The webchat appears in the bottom right of your website.

  • Embed: The webchat renders in a specific location within your page content. You can change the DOM element that renders the widget. You simply need to create an element with the same ID that the webchat will search for — for example you can use document.getElementById("embed"), in order to search for an element with id = "embed".

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@moveo-ai/web-client@latest/dist/web-client.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      MoveoAI.init({
        integrationId: 'YOUR-INTEGRATION-ID',
        element: document.getElementById('embed'),
      })
        .then((desk) => console.log('desk connected'))
        .catch((error) => console.error(error));
    </script>

  • Pop-up: The webchat pops up in the center of your website.

Custom position​

You can customize the position of your webchat by changing the CSS of the class .web-client-container in your website. For example, to display the webchat on the left you can use the following snippet

<style>
  .web-client-container {
    left: 12px;
  }
</style>
suggestion

If the launcher is to be displayed on the left side of the page, removing the teaser message setting is recommended to maintain visual balance.

Visitor information​

You can gather information from the visitor before the conversation starts. You can enable the following options:

  • Collect data before the chat starts: You can ask the user to input the following fields:
FieldVariable
Emailuser.email
Nameuser.display_name
Phoneuser.phone
Addressuser.address
Languageuser.language
  • Disclaimer and data policy: You can ask the user to accept your data policy.

Connect and secure​

Connect the Webchat integration with your website by copying the generated snippet before the </body> tag of the website HTML. The snippet should look like the following, with YOUR-INTEGRATION-ID being the integration ID.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@moveo-ai/web-client@latest/dist/web-client.min.js"></script>
<script>
  MoveoAI.init({ integrationId: 'YOUR-INTEGRATION-ID' })
    .then((desk) => console.log('desk connected'))
    .catch((error) => console.error(error));
</script>

Don't forget to list your trusted domains in the respective field — your webchat is only shown on them.

Advanced settings​

You can configure the following fields in the advanced settings:

  • Activate conversation history, to activate the history and maintain the conversation upon refresh and navigation

  • Gather your users' feedback, by enabling a post-session satisfaction survey.

  • Set the default language of the virtual assistant, overwriting the language set by the browser. Learn more about the webchat language.

  • Activate end-to-end encryption and use your key to encrypt the communications between Moveo and your web integration.

Webchat state​

Set the webchat state to active, in order to receive messages. You can also preview your webchat by clicking on Preview webchat on the top right of your screen.

Use webchat on a mobile application​

Host the webchat on a webpage accessible by a URL, as described here. This page will act as the webchat's host, which you'll embed in your mobile app.

Then you can use an iframe to embed this webpage within your mobile application.

Troubleshooting​

WordPress​

There are cases where inserting the script by WordPress or other CMSs adds a defer attribute to the web-client script. You then need to wait for the script to be loaded before initializing Webchat, by changing the snippet to this:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@moveo-ai/web-client@latest/dist/web-client.min.js"></script>
<script>
  window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
    MoveoAI.init({
      integrationId: 'YOUR_INTEGRATION_ID',
    })
      .then((instance) => console.log('connected'))
      .catch((error) => console.error(error));
  });
</script>

Google Tag Manager​

  1. Create a trigger of DOM Ready type.

  1. Create a custom HTML and insert the following script (now that the trigger will wait for the page to load, and then fetch the web-client code, the DOMContentLoaded listener is not needed).
note

Google Tag Manager doesn't support ES6 features.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@moveo-ai/web-client@latest/dist/web-client.min.js"></script>
<script>
  MoveoAI.init({
    integrationId: 'MY_INTEGRATION_ID',
  })
    .then(function (desk) {
      console.log('desk connected');
    })
    .catch(function (error) {
      console.error(error);
    });
</script>

Local development​

caution

In your local environment, you may encounter some unexpected issues when loading the webchat if your local URL includes localhost ( e.x. http://localhost:3000 ). You should use 127.0.0.1 instead.

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