Instant messaging (IM) is a form of communication over the Internet, that offers quick transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver.
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How to integrate a chat feature without using the device messaging app
Have 2 apps on separate devices: Rider & Driver.
Let's say, the Driver needs to contact the Rider via messaging, or vice versa, is there a way to do it without using the stocked message app to protect privacy?
My idea was to create on both apps…

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Build a live chat connected with windows live messenger
Live Chat is a very famous tool on websites, and the operators use a special web/windows interface to talk to the clients.
What I want to implement is to specify some email accounts, and when the client click's the live chat and starts typing,…

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What .NET libraries are available for sending instant messages?
What .NET libraries are available for sending instant messages? If you have experience with them, what were your impressions?

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Does there exist a Java library for the Zephyr protocol?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyr_(protocol)
Does there exist a Java library or some sort of Java implementation of the Zephyr protocol? I've tried using Google but haven't managed to find anything.
I guess I'm going to have to port it from…

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In-Site Instant Messaging-Framework?
Is there any instant messaging framework or service that enables in-site chatting like the Facebook chat-bar or the Meebo bar?

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Display text in console while writing to it
I am making a chat program in Java. When a user sends a message to the server, the server sends that message to every other user. The problem is, when a user is typing, he can receive a message, that will be written in the middle of the text he is…

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ASP.NET Web Application Instant Messanging Options
I'm looking into building an IM feature into our internal website (so this is not going to be a commercial application) and I was hoping I could get some ideas regarding already available sort of off-the-self solutions I could use.
I found the…

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Can not retrieve xampp jsxc message history
We are using jsxc javascript client to access openfire chat server. However we have problems loading the chat history.
The history is stored in the database, we just do not know, how to retrieve it.
var url = 'servername';
var domain = 'https://'…

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How can a PHP-backend notifiy a client that he received a message? (read more to understand the background - its not only this topic)
1.) How can I notifiy a client about an event like "you just received a message" in PHP and jquery?
(maybe in the look and feel of stackoverflow)
I don't send the message itself because it is stored in a database.
Read more to understand the…

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iOS - Is there any delete message api available for the Sinch instant message
I have an ios application with Sinch instant message integrated in it.
I want to provide the functionality to delete some chat history of some user.
I went through the Sinch documentation but did not find any api for delete message.
If, anybody who…

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vCard Instant messaging syntax for import into Google Contacts?
Anyone has any idea what is the vCard syntax for Instant Messaging to use when importing the vCard into Google Contacts? or Google Contacts ignore and does not allow Instant Messaging data from vCard to be added in the record?
Google Contacts…

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REST API / SOCKET or both on instant messaging application?
Is it necessary to build REST APIs for instant messaging application?
Or can everything be done with websocket?
For example I found:
- Slack: uses REST API + Socket
- RocketChat: uses only Socket (I did not see any XHR calls on chrome)
Let's say…

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How do I append custom data in the body of a xmpp message in ejabberd?
I have set up a chat setting using Pidgin and Ejabberd. I have written a custom module in ejabberd using the user_send_packet hook:
ejabberd_hooks:add(user_send_packet, _Host, ?MODULE,
myMessage, 95),
The function myMessage is as…

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Open source software for safe chat
I would like to find an open source library or service that can filter inappropriate language for a chat system targeted at children.
Anyone heard of something like this?
Even just remotely related to this? Just the filtering part?
Thanks!
Emmanuel

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how to sanitize mqtt message payload in server side?
I made an instant messaging app using MQTT protocol.
I want to add some extra data about messages in payload like sent time ( server time not client time ) and also provide kind of server side payload sanitizing.
Is it a good idea to add a third…

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