var clientMessage;
// code to handle message generation
displayMessage(clientMessage);

Leverage Xano’s API to send messages, considered public messages visible to all subscribed users. Note that sensitive information, like account details, should not be sent via this method. For example:

var clientSendMessage;
mainChannel.message(clientSentMessage);

// use mainChannel for the main chatroom

/help: Lists available commands (private bot reply)

/help about: Returns the about us section for Massroom (private bot reply)

/help text: Provides a guide on sending HTML over the input bar (private bot reply)

/help account: Displays account details without navigating to the dashboard (private bot reply)

/help faq: Currently under development

/ai ask *question here*: Returns a response from the AI (private bot reply)

/ai story *story topic here*: Generates a story from the AI (private bot reply)

Here you’ll find a quick-start guide on creating your very own Massroom Chatbots! First, you’ll need a Github account if you don’t already have one, then head to our Github Repo and fork it. Under the directory /js/bots/ create a file and give it a name that represents your bot, it must be in camelCase.

There are many ways to init a chatbot but the most common one is when a user clicks the send button. You’ll need to assign a variable to the input value too! An example is shown below:

// init bot
sendButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
  console.log('bot ready');
  };
});

Tip: the user’s sent message is stored as a message variable!

// inside the event listener
const message = messageInput.value;
if (message === '/command') {
  // do something
}

if (message.startsWith('/command text')) {
    const message = messageInput.value;
    const text = message.slice('/command text'.length).trim();; // slice off the front part
    // do something
  };

Locate the _data folder and edit the file scripts.yml, add:

- name: Bot Name
  path: js/bots/fileName.js

Then, go to search.json @ the root of the repo, then add:

{
    "name": "Bot Name",
    "description": "Bot Desc",
    "init": "/helpcommand for your bot",
    "author": "Your alias, username etc."
  },

Now with the fork you have of our repo, simply open a Pull Request for that branch and after review (up to 7 days), we will merge the PR and your bot will be in Massroom!