Applications

An application configures the set of ChatKitty resources related by an application ID and API key.

A ChatKitty application is needed to create users, channels, messages, etc. and interact with ChatKitty on behalf of your app.

note

If you have multiple deploy environments like development, staging, production, etc., we recommened a application per environment to isolate data.

Schema

id required	integer <int64> 64-bit integer identifier associated with this resource
created_time required	string <date-time> ISO date-time this application was created
key required	string Primary API key assigned to this application
required	object Custom properties attached to this application
	Array of objects (Link) Hypermedia control links for this resource

{

• "id": 1,
• "key": "19b458d0-2b50-491c-8f13-65ec12f3978e",
• "properties": { },
• "created_time": "2020-10-02T20:29:25.316Z",
• "_links": {

  • "self": {

    • "href": "https://api.chatkitty.com/v1/applications/1"

    }

  }

}

Creating an application

Create an application using the ChatKitty dashboard.

Application OAuth V2 credentials

ChatKitty expects a valid OAuth V2 Bearer access token issued on behalf of an application, using the client credentials flow to be included in all API requests related to the application.

Retrieve the OAuth V2 client ID and client secret needed to issue access tokens from the Dashboard, from the settings page.

Retrieving the authenticated application

To get the application authenticated, use the Platform API:

GET /v1/application

cURL

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.chatkitty.com/v1/application' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS-TOKEN'

JavaScript

// npm install chatkitty-platform-sdk

const chatkitty = new ChatKitty({
  clientId: 'CLIENT-ID',
  clientSecret: 'CLIENT-SECRET'
})

await chatkitty.Application.retrieveAuthenticatedApplication()

Retrieving application settings

To get the current setting for an application, use the Platform API:

GET /v1/application/settings

cURL

curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.chatkitty.com/v1/application/settings' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS-TOKEN'

JavaScript

// npm install chatkitty-platform-sdk

const chatkitty = new ChatKitty({
  clientId: 'CLIENT-ID',
  clientSecret: 'CLIENT-SECRET'
})

await chatkitty.Application.retrieveAuthenticatedApplicationSettings()

Update application settings

You can change your application's configuration by updating the application's settings.

Using the Platform API:

PUT /v1/application/settings

cURL

curl -X 'PUT' \
  'https://api.chatkitty.com/v1/application/settings' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS-TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "guestUsers": "DISABLED",
  "userCreatedChannels": "DISABLED"
}'

JavaScript

// npm install chatkitty-platform-sdk

const chatkitty = new ChatKitty({
  clientId: 'CLIENT-ID',
  clientSecret: 'CLIENT-SECRET'
})

await chatkitty.Application.updateAuthenticatedApplicationSettings({
  guestUsers: 'DISABLED',
  userCreatedChannels: 'DISABLED'
})

Using the Dashboard

See also

• Platform API Reference Documentation