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3.1 What is a bot?The term bot is derived from the word robot, and is used to describe anapplication that can take instructions from an end user and provide a suitableresponse.A Sametime Bot is a powerful extension of this idea, incorporating thefunctionality of a normal bot application with the presence awareness and instantmessaging capability of Sametime. Bots extend the capability of the Sametimeinstant messaging client to allow users to connect with applications as well aspeople. They provide an intuitive, interactive, and text-based interface toback-end information sources.A Sametime Bot is a member of the Sametime community, and therefore has apresence that the rest of the community is aware of. A Sametime Bot appears ina user’s buddylist, just like a regular Sametime user. This means that when thebot is running, it will appear online as just another member of the community.Figure 3-1 shows a Sametime Connect client with a sample buddylist containinga number of bots used internally by IBM.Figure 3-1 Sample buddylist showing Sametime BotsThis presence allows you to create bots that users can actually interact with. Abot can respond to a request for an instant chat, just like a regular Sametimeuser. In this way, a Sametime Bot can represent a virtual person, resembling anever-present expert who can answer questions and execute commandsinstantly.50 Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime-Enabled Applications
As long as it is logged in, a bot is continually available to service requests, andwill respond as long as the Sametime server itself is available. In a multi-servercommunity, the bot is available to any user, regardless of which Sametime serverthey are actually connected to. It is also worth noting that because a SametimeBot manifests itself as just another member of the community, bots are availableto mobile users with no extra programming effort. An end user can interact with abot using a cell phone or PDA in the same manner he would communicate with aregular Sametime user.3.2 Developing botsThe very nature of their client interaction means that most bots are developedusing the Sametime Client Toolkits. These toolkits expose the CommunityServices that allow an application to log in to the Sametime community and tocommunicate with the end user via instant messages. This means you can usethe following toolkits to build your own bots:► Java► C++► COMNote: It is possible to develop bots using the Sametime Community ServerToolkit, but the process is not so straightforward. Using the Server Toolkit isdiscussed in 3.4, “Enhancing the bot framework” on page 79.Bots are written as applications that log in to the Sametime community as aspecific user; for this reason, they require a corresponding entry in whicheverdirectory the Sametime server uses for authentication, whether it be a DominoDirectory or an LDAP server. For each bot that you develop, you should create acorresponding entry in the user directory, and supply the user name andpassword to the bot so it can log in. The server will use these details toauthenticate the bot against the user directory.In addition to the different toolkits that can be used to develop bots, there are anumber of ways that each toolkit can be used. For example, if we consider usingthe Java Client Toolkit, we can create a bot in any of the following ways:► As a stand-alone Java application that runs from the command line.►►As a Java servlet hosted on a Java application server, such as IBMWebSphere Application Server.As a Java applet contained within a standard Web page.Chapter 3. Sametime Bots 51
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Front coverLotus Instant Messaging/
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