twilio_chat_conversation

Description:

twilio chat conversation

Introduction #
A Flutter plugin for Twilio Conversations which allows you to build engaging conversational messaging experiences for Android and iOS.
Supported platforms #

Android
iOS

Features #

Generate Twilio Access Token(Only Android)
Create new conversation
Get list of conversations
Fetch list of messages in the conversation
Join an existing conversation
Send Messages
Listen to message update whenever new message is received
Add participants in the conversation
Remove participants from the conversation
Get list of participants from the specific conversation
Listen to access token expiration

Example #
Check out the example
Usage #
Obtain an instance #
final TwilioChatConversation twilioChatConversationPlugin = TwilioChatConversation();
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Generate token (Only Android) #
// Use the Twilio helper libraries in your back end web services to create access tokens for both Android and iOS platform. However you can use this method to generate access token for Android.
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.generateToken(accountSid:credentials['accountSid'],apiKey:credentials['apiKey'],apiSecret:credentials['apiSecret'],identity:credentials['identity'],serviceSid: credentials['serviceSid']);
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Initialize conversation client with the access token #
/// Once you receive the access token from your back end web services, pass it to this method to authenticate the twilio user
final String result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.initializeConversationClient(accessToken: accessToken);
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Create new conversation #
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.createConversation(conversationName:conversationName, identity: identity);
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Get list of conversations for logged in user #
final List result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.getConversations() ?? [];
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Get messages from the specific conversation #
final List result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.getMessages(conversationId: conversationId) ?? [];
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Join an existing conversation #
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.joinConversation(conversationId:conversationId);
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Send message #
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.sendMessage(message:enteredMessage,conversationId:conversationId);
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Add participant in a conversation #
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.addParticipant(participantName:participantName,conversationId:conversationId);
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Remove participant from a conversation #
final String? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.removeParticipant(participantName:participantName,conversationId:conversationId);
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Get participants from the specific conversation #
final List result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.getParticipants(conversationId: conversationId) ?? [];
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Subscribe to message update #
/// Use this method to listen to newly added messages in a conversation
twilioChatConversationPlugin.subscribeToMessageUpdate(conversationSid:widget.conversationSid);
twilioChatConversationPlugin.onMessageReceived.listen((event) {
});
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Unsubscribe to message update #
/// Use this method to receive newly added messages in a conversation
twilioChatConversationPlugin.unSubscribeToMessageUpdate(conversationSid: widget.conversationSid);
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Listen to access token expiration #
twilioChatConversationPlugin.onTokenStatusChange.listen((tokenData) {
if (tokenData["statusCode"] == 401){
generateAndUpdateAccessToken()
}
});
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Update access token #
/// Call this method if your access token is expired or is about to expire.
/// Regenerate the access token in your backend and use this method to update the token.
final Map? result = await twilioChatConversationPlugin.updateAccessToken(accessToken:accessToken);
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License #
MIT License
Issues and feedback #
If you have any suggestions for including a feature or if something doesn't work, feel free to open a Github issue or to open a pull request, you are more than welcome to contribute!
Contributor #

Sachin Pandit (ZingWorks LLP)