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// } else { // document.getElementById('divchatmain').className = 'main-chat-cont chatmobile'; // isMobile="1"; // } if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mobile")) != -1) { isMobile = "1"; } sessionStorage.setItem("data-bind", document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind")); sessionStorage.setItem("data-org", document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-org")); var iframe = document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton'); if (iframe == null || iframe == undefined) return; var innerDoc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document; //Open Widget if (document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display === 'none' && (type == 1 || type == 2 || type == undefined)) { document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display = "block"; IMIGeneral.checkmobile(); //if ((window.outerWidth < 497) && (document.documentElement.classList.contains('imichatmobile-active') == false) && document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display == "block") { var className = " " + document.documentElement.className + " "; if ((window.outerWidth < 700) && (" " + className + " ").replace(/[\n\t]/g, " ").indexOf("imichatmobile-active") > -1 && document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display == "block") { // if((document.documentElement.classList.value.split(/\s+|\./).filter(word => word === 'imichatmobile-active').length==1) == false){ document.documentElement.classList.remove("imichatmobile-active"); document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className + " imichatmobile-active"; // } } else { document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className.replace(' imichatmobile-active', ''); } document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').style.display = "none"; innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("class", "open-btn state1 " + buttonType + " close-btn"); // innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-label", "Close web chat"); innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-expanded", "true"); document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText = ""; localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_badgecount", 0); localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 0); IMIChatInit.clearmsgcards(); // if (IMIGeneral.getBrowserName() == "safari") { // if (IMIGeneral.detectIOS()) { // document.body.classList.add('chatnoscroll'); // } // } if (type === undefined) { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; msg = { "action": "showiframe", "host": window.location.hostname, "chatmobile": isMobile }; destination.postMessage(msg, domainUrl); document.getElementById("iframechatwindow").setAttribute("aria-hidden","false"); } return; } //Close Widget if (document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display === 'block' && (type == 0 || type == 2 || type == undefined)) { document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className.replace(' imichatmobile-active', ''); //document.body.classList.remove('chatnoscroll'); document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display = "none"; innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("class", "open-btn state " + buttonType); innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false"); innerDoc.getElementById("widgetlbtn").focus(); document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').style.display = "block"; localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 0); document.getElementById("iframechatwindow").setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true"); return; } //var iframeEl = document.getElementById("iframechatwindow"); // Make sure you are sending a string, and to stringify JSON // iframeEl.contentWindow.postMessage("hello", '*'); return; } catch (e) { console.log("LaunchProactiveMsgManager:" + e.msg); } }, clearmsgcards: function () { document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("msg-list").innerHTML = ""; document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("ancclearcards").style.display = "none"; //document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").style.display = "none"; //document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText == ""; localStorage.setItem(fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 0); }, openchat: function (event) { document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal'; var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'openchat', threadid: event.data.threadid, proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id }, '*'); if (parent.IMIChatInit != undefined) { parent.IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(2); } else { IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(2); } }, extractContent: function(s) { var span = document.createElement('span'); span.innerHTML = s; return span.textContent || span.innerText; }, badgecount: function (event) { try { if (document.getElementById("divchatmain").style.display === 'none') { var count = document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText; if (count == 0 || count == "") { count = 1; } else { count = parseInt(count) + 1; } var duplicate = 0; var innerDivs; var innerDivsCount = 0; var refChild; IMIChatInit.clearmsgcards(); var containerDiv = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("msg-list"); if (count > 1) { innerDivs = containerDiv.getElementsByClassName("msg"); if (innerDivs != undefined) { innerDivsCount = innerDivs.length; for (var i = 0; i < innerDivs.length; i++) { if ("msg_" + event.data.msgtransid == innerDivs[i].id) { duplicate = 1; } } refChild = innerDivs[0]; } } var cardcount; var checkbadgecount; if (innerDivs == undefined) { localStorage.setItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", 1); } document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").style.display = "block"; if (duplicate == 0) { if (parseInt(innerDivsCount) == 5) { containerDiv.removeChild(document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementsByClassName('msg')[4]); containerDiv.removeChild(document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementsByClassName('msgclear')[4]); innerDivsCount = innerDivsCount - 1; } if ((parseInt(innerDivsCount) < 1 && event.data.badge_type === undefined) || event.data.badge_type === 2 || event.data.badge_type === 3) { var node = document.createElement("div"); var node1 = document.createElement("div"); var textnode = document.createTextNode(IMIChatInit.extractContent(event.data.msg)); if (textnode.data.length > 45) { if (event.data.badge_type === undefined || event.data.badge_type === 2) { textnode.data = textnode.data.substr(0, 45) + "..."; } else { textnode.data = textnode.data; } } node.className = "msg"; node.style = "cursor:pointer;"; node1.className = "msgclear"; node.id = "msg_" + event.data.msgtransid; // Create a text node node1.id = "msgclear_" + event.data.msgtransid; node1.style = "clear:both;"; node.addEventListener("click", function () { window.parent.postMessage({ action: 'openchat', threadid: event.data.threadid, proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id }, '*'); }); node1.addEventListener("click", function () { window.parent.postMessage({ action: 'openchat', threadid: event.data.threadid, proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id }, '*'); }); if (event.data.msg_from !== undefined && event.data.msg_from !== "") { var span = document.createElement("span"); //var span span.innerHTML = '' + event.data.msg_from + ':'; node.appendChild(span); } else if (event.data.msg_from === undefined || event.data.msg_from == "") { var span = document.createElement("span"); //var span span.innerHTML = 'New Conversation:'; node.appendChild(span); } node.appendChild(textnode); var height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height; if (height == "") { height = 70; } if (innerDivsCount == 0) { height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = "150px"; } /* else if (innerDivsCount == 2) { height = document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = "150px"; } else if (innerDivsCount > 2) {*/ else { document.getElementsByClassName('main-unreadchat-cont')[0].style.height = parseInt(height) + 60 + "px"; } var referenceNode = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("msg-list"); // document.querySelector('#some-element'); if (innerDivsCount == 0) { referenceNode.appendChild(node); referenceNode.appendChild(node1); } else { referenceNode.insertBefore(node, refChild); referenceNode.insertBefore(node1, refChild); if ((window.innerHeight + 100) < (document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height)) { var frame = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame'); var c = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document; c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].offsetHeight = '80%'; c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].style.overflow = "auto"; } } if (event.data.badge_type === 3) { document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height = "100%"; var frame = document.getElementById('chatunread-frame'); var c = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document; c.getElementsByClassName("msg")[0].style.maxHeight = "unset"; var frameheight = c.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].offsetHeight; document.getElementsByClassName("main-unreadchat-cont")[0].style.height = frameheight + "px"; } } else if (event.data.badge_type === 4) { var fullscreen_modal = document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal'); fullscreen_modal.className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal imichat-open'; fullscreen_modal.contentWindow.postMessage({ action: 'bind_data', proactive_id: event.data.proactive_id, threadid: event.data.threadid, msg_from: event.data.msg_from, msg: event.data.msg, btn_chat_now_open: IMILocalisation.getValue(_IMIchat_widget_lang, "proactive_poupup_chat_now_button", "Chat Now"), btn_chat_now_close: IMILocalisation.getValue(_IMIchat_widget_lang, "proactive_poupup_close_button", "Close") }, "*"); } cardcount = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount")) + 1; localStorage.setItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_cardcount", cardcount); localStorage.setItem("fingerprint", event.data.fingerprint); localStorage.setItem(event.data.fingerprint + "_" + _skey + "_badgecount", count); document.getElementById('imi-chatbutton').contentWindow.document.getElementById("chattotalbadge").innerText = count; } document.getElementById('chatunread-frame').contentWindow.document.getElementById("ancclearcards").style.display = (event.data.badge_type === undefined || (event.data.badge_type === 2 || event.data.badge_type === 3)) ? "block" : "none"; } } catch (e) { console.log("badgecount:" + e.msg); } }, message: function (event) { try { if (event.data.action != null) { if (event.data.action == 'openchat') { IMIChatInit.openchat(event); } if (event.data.action == 'badgecount') { IMIChatInit.badgecount(event); } if (event.data.action == 'chatswitchicon') { IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(); //event } if (event.data.action == 'imichat_custom_chat_fields') { if (event.data.type == 'add') { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'](event.data.response); } } else if (event.data.type == 'update') { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'](event.data.response); } }//event } if (event.data.action == 'loadstyles') { IMIChatInit.loadJQuery(_domain_name, function () { IMIChatInit.loadwidgetStyles(event.data.message); try { if (event.data.message != null) { if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'](_attr_key); console.log("imichat-widget:ready fired"); } //eval('imichatWidgetLoaded();'); if (_IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] !== undefined) { _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'](); } } } catch (e) { } IMIChatInit.LaunchProactiveMsgManager(_domain_name, function () { }); IMIChatInit.handleAbandonedChats(); }); } if (event.data.action == 'closemodelpopup') { document.getElementById('imichat-fullscreen-modal').className = 'imichat-fullscreen-modal'; } if (event.data.action == 'setsession') { sessionStorage.setItem(event.data.key, event.data.value); } if (event.data.action == 'setlocal') { localStorage.setItem(event.data.key, event.data.value); } if (event.data.action == 'browserstorage') { document.getElementById("divicw").innerHTML = " "; console.log("Local storage not supported"); } } } catch (e) { } }, resize: function () { try { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'resize', width: window.outerWidth //window.innerWidth//screen.width // document.body.clientWidth }, "*"); IMIGeneral.checkmobile(); } catch (e) { } }, LaunchProactiveMsgManager: function (domainName, callback) { try { var widget_styles = localStorage.getItem("style_" + document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind") + "_" + window.location.hostname); if (widget_styles == null && !JSON.parse(widget_styles).enable_proactive) { callback(); return; } var body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = IMIChatInit.domainName() + '/js/proactive-msg-manager.js'; body.appendChild(script); script.addEventListener('load', function (event) { console.log('proactive manager loaded;'); var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'proactive-manager-loaded', attrkey: document.getElementById("divicw").getAttribute("data-bind"), host: window.location.hostname }, "*"); callback(); }); } catch (e) { console.log("LaunchProactiveMsgManager:" + e.msg); } }, processAbandonedChats: function (type) { var browser_fingerprint = localStorage.getItem("fingerprint"); var url = IMIGeneral.profileUrl() + "livechats/" + _attr_key + "/customers/" + browser_fingerprint + "/abandoned?host=" + window.document.URL; url = url + "&type=" + type; var body = JSON.stringify({ "is_reloaded": false, "is_closechat": true }); var headers = { type: 'application/json' }; var blob = new Blob([body], headers); navigator.sendBeacon(url); }, handleAbandonedChats: function () { // Attach the event keypress to exclude the F5 refresh //jQuery(window).on('keydown', function (e) { window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) { if (e.keyCode == 116) { _IMIchat_IsValidNavigation = true; } }); window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (e) { sessionStorage.setItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check", document.referrer); console.log(document.referrer); //sessionStorage.setItem("imi_tabid", Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)); if (_IMIchat_IsValidNavigation !== undefined && !_IMIchat_IsValidNavigation) { IMIChatInit.processAbandonedChats("unload"); } }); if (window.performance.navigation.type == 1) { IMIChatInit.processAbandonedChats("load"); } }, loadJQuery: function (domainName, callback) { if (typeof (jQuery) !== 'undefined') { callback(); return; } var body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = domainName + '/js/jquery.min.js'; body.appendChild(script); script.addEventListener('load', function (event) { callback(); }); return; }, on: function (func_name, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } switch (func_name) { case 'imichat-widget:ready': _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] = callback; break; } }, checklocalStorage: function () { var test = 'test'; try { localStorage.setItem(test, test); localStorage.removeItem(test); return true; } catch (e) { return false; } }, call_previous_chats: function () { try { var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; msg = { "action": "showiframe", "host": window.location.hostname, "chatmobile": ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mobile")) != -1) ? "1" : "0" }; destination.postMessage(msg, domainUrl); } catch (e) { } }, check_clear_session_chats: function () { if (document.referrer == sessionStorage.getItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check")) { return false; } else if (sessionStorage.getItem(_attr_key + "_imichat-reload-check") == undefined) { return true; } else { console.log("Hey, Thanks for visiting again"); return false; } } }; }(); if (IMIChatInit.checklocalStorage()) { IMIChatInit.init(); } else { document.getElementById("divicw").innerHTML = " "; console.log("Local storage not supported"); } var imichatwidget = { // get hasInitiatedConversation() { // if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == null) // return false; // if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == "1") { // return true; // } else { // return false; // } // }, hasInitiatedChat: function () { if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == null) return false; if (sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist") == "1") { return true; } else { return false; } }, show: function () { //$("#divicw").show();return; document.getElementById("divicw").style.display = 'block'; }, hide: function () { // $("#divicw").hide();return; document.getElementById("divicw").style.display = 'none'; }, /* test:function() { if(sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist")==null) return false; if(sessionStorage.getItem("imichat_hasinitconvexist")=="1") { return true; } else { return false; } },*/ maximizeWindow: function () { IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(1); IMIChatInit.resize(); IMIChatInit.call_previous_chats(); return; }, minimizeWindow: function () { return IMIChatInit.chatswitchicon(0); }, init: function (jsondata, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'imichat_custom_chat_fields', data: jsondata, type: 'add' }, '*'); _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_init'] = callback; }, update: function (jsondata, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } var destination = document.getElementById('iframechatwindow').contentWindow; destination.postMessage({ action: 'imichat_custom_chat_fields', data: jsondata, type: 'update' }, '*'); _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:custom_chat_fields_update'] = callback; }, on: function (func_name, callback) { if (typeof callback != 'function') { console.error('function was expected.'); return; } switch (func_name) { case 'imichat-widget:ready': _IMIchat_callback_dic['imichat-widget:ready'] = callback; break; } } }; /* function imichatWidgetLoaded(){imi imichatwidget.maximizeWindow(); }*/

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