[WM24] Chat and Chatbot

Greetings everyone,

I want to ask if it is possible to make a chat system on Windev Mobile, if so what do I need to prepare? And another thing, is it possible to also implement a chatbot into the chat system as well? Have anyone tried these two and had experience with it? Thank you


Sincerely,


Robert Leo

of course it's possible...

You need to choose a communication system with your server(s)... it can be :
- direct access to DB (security risk, not a good idea)
- webservice (REST)
- sockets
-...

and then when a user press send, you send to the server, and on a timer you read on the server since last read
And that's it, you have a chat system...

Of course, scalability needs to be considered from the start and the devil WILL be in the details...

As for a chatbot, of course it's possible too... it is very basic logic that you can implement easily. Now, don't take MY word for it as I have never implemented such a system myself, but I remember a conversation I had with Fabrice a few years back on the subject and suddenly the whole thing came to life in my mind like it was nothing...

Robert Leo,

Not exactly a chatbot, but LST113 has a complete working "messenger" example, like Whatsapp.
It works more or less as Argus described, with a backend rest-server and Google or Apple push notifications (both platforms included as well as the code for the rest-server for either WD or W.

Could give you a headstart for 120 euro, even when you don't understand French (all source code included which can be translated by the IDE)

https://www.pcsoft.fr/lst/sommaire.htm

Arie