Kaia-services.js

Services provided by Kaia.ai platform.

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Live Demos

• Browse sample apps for live demos, source code

Installation

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1. Go to kaia.ai, familiarize yourself with how the robot platform works
2. Optional, but highly recommended: if you don't have Kaia.ai account, create an account
3. Go to Google Play, search for "kaia.ai" to find and install Kaia.ai Android app
4. Launch Kaia.ai Android app on your Android smartphone
5. In Kaia.ai Android app: (optional, but highly recommended): sign in, navigate to Kaia.ai App Store
6. Choose a robot app to launch
7. Optionally: click the heart icon to pin the robot app to your launch screen

API Overview

Messaging

• Remote Console sample app, Live Demo, Source
• Remote Debug sample app, Live Demo, Source

let messaging = await createMessaging({ io: io(), eventListener: onMessageEvent, rooms: 'myRoom' });
// Send string or objects
messaging.send('Hello');
messaging.send({ firstName: 'Mary', lastName: 'Jane'});
...
  function onMessageEvent(err, msg) {
    if (err) {
      print ('Error ' + err);
      return;
    }
    
    switch (msg.event) {
      case 'message':
        print(msg.client + ' in room ' + msg.room + ' says ' + msg.message);
        break;
      case 'joined':
        print('  ' + msg.room + ' clients now are ' + msg.clients);
        print(msg.client + ' joined room ' + msg.room);
        break;
      case 'left':
        print('  ' + msg.room + ' clients now are ' + msg.clients);
        print(msg.client + ' left room ' + msg.room);
        break;
      case 'reconnect':
        print('Reconnected');
        break;
      case 'disconnect':
        print('Disconnected');
        break;
    }
  }

Installing

Via npm + webpack/rollup

npm install kaia-messaging.js

Now you can require/import kaia-messaging.js:

import { createMessaging } from 'kaia-messaging.js';

Via <script>

• dist/kaia-services.mjs is a valid JS module.
• dist/kaia-services-iife.js can be used in browsers that don't support modules. kaiaServicesJs is created as a global.
• dist/kaia-services-iife.min.js As above, but minified.
• dist/kaia-services-iife-compat.min.js As above, but works in older browsers such as IE 10.
• dist/kaia-services-amd.js is an AMD module.
• dist/kaia-services-amd.min.js is a minified AMD module.

These built versions are also available on jsDelivr, e.g.:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kaia.js/dist/kaia-services-iife.min.js"></script>
<!-- Or in modern browsers: -->
<script type="module">
  import { createMessaging } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kaia-services.js';
</script>

and unpkg

<script src="https://unpkg.com/kaia.js/dist/kaia-services-iife.min.js"></script>
<!-- Or in modern browsers: -->
<script type="module">
  import { createMessaging } from 'https://unpkg.com/kaia-services.js';
</script>