Webex Components is a set of React components following Webex standard styling, aimed at react developers that want to embed the components into their applications.
The Webex Component System is considered to be in beta stage and it's not a generally available product from Webex at this time. This means that the Webex Component System is available for everyone to use but breaking changes may occur as we develop it. We try our best to minimize any breaking changes but they may occur.
While the Webex Component System is not a GA product, we still offer support through all regular channels. However, bug priority is given to products already generally available. We would love for you to use the Webex Component System and be part of the feedback process!
We use Storybook to showcase all supported components. Our Storybook can be found at https://webex.github.io/components/storybook.
npx install-peerdeps @webex/componentsIn addition to the Webex Component System, we also offer the Webex Widgets. The Webex Component System (sometimes shortened as Webex Components) is a set of React components that, while following Webex styling, allow for more granularity in terms of layout and source of data. See usage section.
Webex Widgets are based on Webex Components but include the adapter that uses our Javascript SDK to talk to Webex services for you. This means that the Webex Widgets use the SDK Component Adapter to inject the Webex data. All you need is a valid access token and a few parameters based on the widget you want to use.
You have to take the Widget layout as-is, but the benefit is that there are no configurations needed. Install, copy-paste and you have the power of Webex in your application!
To learn more on the Webex Widgets head to its Github repository at https://github.com/webex/widgets.
There are two ways to do this:
In your index.js, add the following import:
import '@webex/components/dist/css/webex-components.css';
...In the <head> of your index.html, add the following imports:
<head>
...
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="node_modules/@webex/components/dist/css/webex-components.css" />
</head>Webex Components are self-updating, meaning, they know how to fetch the data they need. Data is passed to components via adapter classes (see adapters). Adapters are an uniform interface for the Webex Components to consume. They also know how to map the data from their data source to the data the components need.
To use a Webex Component, start by creating a Webex Adapter:
import {WebexJSONAdapter} from '@webex/components';
const adapter = new WebexJSONAdapter(jsonData);Adapters may interact with different data source types. For instance, as part of the Webex Component repository we distribute a JSON adapter that reads data from JSON files. We also are working on offering an adapter for the Webex browser SDK.
Putting everything together - styles, adapters and components - this is a simple example of how using a component would look like:
import '@webex/components/dist/css/webex-components.css';
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {WebexAvatar, WebexDataProvider, WebexJSONAdapter} from '@webex/components';
// jsonData represents an JSON object with the data to feed components
const adapter = new WebexJSONAdapter(jsonData);
ReactDOM.render(
<WebexDataProvider adapter={adapter}>
<WebexAvatar personID="XYZ" />
</WebexDataProvider>,
document.getElementById('root')
);Happy Coding!
We'd love for you to contribute to our source code and to make Webex Components even better than it is today! Here are some guidelines that we'd like you to follow.
Please open an issue and we will get to it in an orderly manner. Please leave as much as information as possible for a better understanding.
For more developer resources, tutorials and support, visit the Webex developer portal, https://developer.webex.com.