Is it possible to use Cisco Jabber as a channel for bots?

[gabriel.piffaretti]

Hello everyone,

Are apps or bots allowed in Cisco Jabber? What I just need is a bot that acts as a contact inside Cisco Jabber. Each message from a user would trigger different automated responses by the bot. I know how to build bots on many other channels (Skype, Skype for Business, Facebook Messenger, Slack, etc), but I don't know anything about Cisco Jabber but there's nothing out there to help me figure this out. I ve seen that Cisco Spark currently allows bots but my customer uses Cisco Jabber and that's quite mandatory.

I have done some research and found that Cisco Jabber is on top of Jabber/XMPP protocol for Instant Messaging (IM), but Cisco Jaber is different to Jabber/XMPP. So if you search 'bots on Jabber', results always refer to building bots via that protocol, not bots for this channel (Cisco Jaber)

Is there any way of achieving that?

Thanks in advance.

PS: This question from two years ago is quite similar https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12573226/cisco-jabber-apis-or-suggestions-client-side-tools

[miroslav.sommer]

I have the same question - haven't found a minimum working example yet.

This looks too complex:

https://github.com/mRse7enNIT/VzBot_BootCamp2017

This look easy, but does it work?

https://communities.cisco.com/thread/72178?start=0&tstart=0

https://github.com/simple-xmpp/node-simple-xmpp/blob/master/examples/echo.js

Hope it helps.

[Jaime Valencia]

The latest VoAM on Jabber 12.0 included the Jabber 12.0 Bot SDK, you can review the material here

https://communities.cisco.com/docs/DOC-16812

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/jabber-bots/

[miroslav.sommer]

Thank you, that is very useful.

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I can load the second page OK.

Is there a chance there will be Azure Bot Service integration too?

[Jaime Valencia]

Your CCO needs certain level of privileges to access the 1st link, most likely you don't meet those.

Roadmap questions are NDA material, you'd need to ask via your SE/AM.

[magdas@avatier.com]

Is there any more information about this now? Is there a partnership program that would allow us to add our bot to Jabber platform?