Easy Continuous Deployment on AWS

Introduction Recently we started working on a new web based project for one of our customers. The current architecture consists of 2 containers: one containing a REST API, the second containing the SPA web application leveraging the functions of the API. Not the most complex setup, but we prefer to KISS. An extra requirement is……

Sending pro-active notifications to MS Teams with the XQi Engine

Introduction In the previous article (https://xqting.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/creating-an-interactive-chatbot-with-ms-teams-and-the-xqi-engine/) we played around with chatbots. A fun and often useful feature with a lot of possibilities. But when you use a bot, the user in Ms Teams must always initiate the conversation. It lead us to wonder about bots informing Teams users about “events” that happen in a company……

Creating an interactive chatbot with MS Teams and the XQi Engine

Introduction Similar to what we did here earlier with the novomind Messaging API and WhatsApp (check out https://xqting.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/integrating-the-novomind-messaging-api-with-xqi-engine-to-enable-whatsapp-communication/), we are now going to make a similar integration using Microsoft Teams. With Teams we can create a chatbot by routing all incoming messages from users to a webhook. Using the XQi Engine & the HttpServer module,……

Integrating the novomind messaging API with XQi Engine to enable WhatsApp communication

Introduction Our partner novomind AG delivers a modern messaging API. It allows us to send and receive messages via WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger (more things to come in the future, see https://www.novomind.com/en/newsevents/news/detail/new-customer-service-channel-novomind-offers-googles-business-messages/). In this article we’re going to explore this API. We’ll use the power of our very own XQi Engine to integrate with the……

Make innovaphone v13 integrations easy with the XQi Engine.

Introduction In this article we explore some of the WebSocket functionality within our very own XQi Engine. Particularly the WebSocket Server (wsServer) implementation. In this example, we put innovaphone’s AppWebSocket API to good use (see: http://sdk.innovaphone.com/doc/appwebsocket/AppWebsocket.htm). In short, the API acts as a WebSocket Client connecting to a remote WebSocket Server. Innovaphone defines an API……