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<div id="banner"><a href="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/docs/source/quickstart.rst">Edit me on GitHub</a></div>
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Quickstart
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Getting a demo up and running
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=============================
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You can try out the latest version of Converse at `conversejs.org <https://conversejs.org>`_
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for the overlayed version and `conversejs.org/fullscreen.html <https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html>`_
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for the full page version.
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If you want to host and serve Converse yourself, there are a few options available.
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Let your XMPP server serve Converse for you
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If you run your own XMPP server, you might first want to check whether it has
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a plugin or module for hosting Converse.
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* OpenFire has the `inverse <https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/plugin-archive.jsp?plugin=inverse>`_ plugin.
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* Prosody has `mod_conversejs <https://modules.prosody.im/mod_conversejs.html>`_.
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Serving Converse yourself
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Alternative you can serve only Converse without requiring any particular XMPP server.
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To do so, you'll need to get the right files to host, for which you have four options.
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.. note::
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Pro-tip, if you just want to quickly test things locally, you can run ``make serve`` inside a checkout of the Converse repo.
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Converse is then hosted at http://localhost:8000
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Option 1: Use the content delivery network
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Converse has a `CDN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network>`_, provided by `KeyCDN <http://keycdn.com/>`_,
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which hosts its JavaScript and CSS files.
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The latest versions of these files are available at these URLs:
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/dist/converse.min.js
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/dist/converse.min.css
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If you are integrating Converse into an existing website or app, then we recommend
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that you load a specific version of Converse. Otherwise your website or app
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might break when a new backwards-incompatible version of Converse is released.
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To load a specific version of Converse you can put the version in the URL:
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/7.0.1/dist/converse.min.js
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* https://cdn.conversejs.org/7.0.1/dist/converse.min.css
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You can include these two URLs inside the *<head>* element of your website
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via the *script* and *link* tags:
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.. code-block:: html
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="https://cdn.conversejs.org/7.0.1/dist/converse.min.css">
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<script src="https://cdn.conversejs.org/7.0.1/dist/converse.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Option 2: Download the builds from Github
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The `Converse releases page on Github <https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/releases>`_
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has the release notes for every release as well as links to downloadable zip files
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containing all the files you need to host Converse yourself.
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Extract the zip file and include converse.min.js and converse.min.css files in
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the *<head>* element of your page, similar as shown in option 1 above.
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Option 3: Building the files yourself
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Instead of using the CDN, you can also create your own builds and host them yourself.
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Have a look at the :ref:`creating_builds` section on how to create your own builds.
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In short, you should be able to do it by running ``make dist`` inside a
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checkout of the `Converse repo <http://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/>`_.
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To build the files and also start an HTTP server, you can run ``make serve``.
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The distribution files will be added to the ``./dist`` folder inside the repo.
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Initializing Converse
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=====================
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You'll need to initialize Converse with configuration settings relevant to your requirements.
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Take a look at the :ref:`configuration-settings` section for info on all the available settings.
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To quickly get started, you can put the following JavaScript code at the
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bottom of your page (after the closing *</body>* element)::
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<script>
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converse.initialize({
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bosh_service_url: 'https://conversejs.org/http-bind/', // Please use this connection manager only for testing purposes
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show_controlbox_by_default: true
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});
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</script>
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The `index.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/index.html>`_ file inside the
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Converse repository serves as a nice, usable example.
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Fullscreen version
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Converse also comes in a fullscreen version.
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A hosted version is available online at `conversejs.org/fullscreen <https://conversejs.org/fullscreen.html>`_.
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Originally this version was available as a separate build file, but
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as of version 4.0.0 and higher, the difference between the "overlay" and the
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"fullscreen" versions of converse.js is simply a matter of configuring the
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:ref:`view_mode`.
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For example::
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<script>
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converse.initialize({
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bosh_service_url: 'https://conversejs.org/http-bind/', // Please use this connection manager only for testing purposes
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view_mode: 'fullscreen'
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});
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</script>
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Where to go from here?
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======================
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Have a look at the various :ref:`features <features>` that Converse provides, for some of
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them you might have to do more setup work, like configuring an XMPP server or
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webserver.
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You might want to implement some kind of persistent single-session solution for
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your website, where users authenticate once in your website and are then
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automatically logged in to the XMPP server as well. For more info on how this
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can be achieved, read: :ref:`session-support`.
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For end-to-end encryption via OMEMO, you'll need to load `libsignal-protocol.js
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<https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal-protocol-javascript>`_ separately in
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your page. Take a look at the section on :ref:`libsignal <dependency-libsignal>` and the
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:ref:`security considerations around OMEMO <feature-omemo>`.
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Perhaps you want to create your own custom build of Converse? Then head over
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to the :doc:`builds` section, or more generally the :doc:`development <development>`
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documentation.
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Do you want to know how to theme Converse? Then read the :doc:`theming <theming>`
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documentation.
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