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Sure @aspiringDevPaul: connecting the widget to other backend is fairly easy. You can start to develop a new "Adapter" based on one of the two I made for Rails Action Cable or Rocket Chat. The interface is very basic and the code on any of those adapters should be easy to follow.

I am planning to write more documentation on how to develop the adapters but meanwhile, feel free to drop me a line/comment if you need help.

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Sorry @catogonzalez, I have one more question. Can this widget be easily embedded in websites that our end users create?

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Yes, running npm run build will create a ./dist folder with the css and js files ready for production. Your clients will need to reference those files in their website(s).

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Hello @catogonzalez, the adapter code is a bit hard to follow for me as a newbie programmer. I was wondering if you could help with some instructions as to how to get started. I could work with the any documentation you have even if it is not yet complete. Thanks so much in advance.

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I have to put together some documentation: will open some space to get that done this week. In the meantime, what would be the backend? There is usually some flavor of websockets involved: do you know what flavor you will use?

Here is an article that might help you get started with the tools involved if your backend is node.js: https://medium.com/@martin.sikora/node-js-websocket-simple-chat-tutorial-2def3a841b61

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The backend is a bot creation tool called Botify. I will be using socket.io for this project

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Thank you in advance for taking time to do the documentation.

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Hi @aspiringDevPaul. I am sorry it took longer than I expected. I have created this wiki page detailing the interface needed to create the new adapters. I hope you can get it working. Let me know if you need anything else.

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