u-wave-web

Web client for üWave.

Dependencies - Setup - Building - Server API - Client API - License

Dependencies

For running in the browser: something modern. The aim is to support ~IE11+ and other modern browsers (recent Chromes and Firefoxes, at least). If you use something reasonably recent and üWave doesn't work, file a bug!

The server parts of üWave require Node version >= 10.13.0.

Getting Things Working

To run the web client, you need an üWave server to connect to. For development, first install the server:

git clone https://github.com/u-wave/core u-wave-core
cd u-wave-core
npm install
npm start

npm start will run the üWave server on port 6042.

Then in a separate terminal do:

git clone https://github.com/u-wave/web u-wave-web
cd u-wave-web
npm install
npm run dev

This will run the web client on port 6041. Visit http://localhost:6041 to use it!

Building

There are two main build scripts: one for development, and one for production.

The development script runs a local üWave server and auto-reloads the web client when you make changes.

npm run dev

When building the üWave web client for use on a server, the production build should be used instead. It removes costly debugging helpers from the code and minifies everything as much as possible.

npm run prod

The prod script doesn't run a local server. To try out your production build, you can use the standalone serve script:

npm run serve

Server API

import createWebClient from 'u-wave-web-middleware';

createWebClient(options={})

Create a Web client middleware for use with express-style server libraries.

Parameters

• options - Client options. See the Client API section.

Example

This is a small example üWave server on top of Express, using ReCaptcha and EmojiOne emoji from u-wave-web-emojione.

import express from 'express';
import createWebClient from 'u-wave-web-middleware';
import emojione from 'u-wave-web-emojione';

const app = express();

app.listen(6041);

app.use('/assets/emoji', emojione.middleware());
app.use('/', createWebClient({
  // Use nginx to send this traffic to the API server.
  apiBase: '/api',
  emoji: emojione.emoji,
  recaptcha: { key: 'my ReCaptcha site key' },
}));

Client API

import Uwave from 'u-wave-web'

const uw = new Uwave(options={})

Create a new üWave web client.

Parameters

• options

  • options.apiBase - Base URL to the mount point of the üWave Web API to talk to. Defaults to /api, but it's recommended to set this explicitly.

  • options.emoji - An object describing the emoji that will be available in the chat. Keys are emoji shortcodes (without :), and values are image filenames.

  • options.recaptcha - An object containing ReCaptcha options used to ensure new user registrations are human. This option should only be passed if the Web API is configured to check for ReCaptcha entries.

    • options.recaptcha.key - ReCaptcha site key. This can be obtained from the "Keys" panel in the ReCaptcha site admin page.

  • options.title - Document title, what's shown in the tab by the browser. Default "üWave".

uw.source(sourceType, sourcePlugin, options={})

Add a media source. Media sources should also be registered with the üWave Core module on the server side.

Parameters

• sourceType - String representing the source type. Must be the same as the one used on the server side.
• sourcePlugin - Factory function for the plugin. This factory function will receive two arguments: the Uwave class instance, and the options object passed to .source().
• options - Options to be passed to the source plugin.

Example

import youTubeSource from 'u-wave-web-youtube';

uw.source('youtube', youTubeSource);

uw.renderToDOM(target)

Start the web client and render it into a DOM element.

Parameters

• target - A DOM element.

Example

uw.renderToDOM(document.getElementById('app'));

License

The üWave web client is licensed under the MIT license.

The default mention sound file comes from a Sonics.io pack and is under the Sonics.io License (archive link).