/** * This module contains tools and helpers to open HelpScout "Beacon" -- a popup which may contain * an email form, chat, and help docs -- and to include info relevant to support requests. * * Usage: * import {Beacon} from 'app/client/lib/helpScout'; * Beacon('open') * Beacon('prefill', {...}) * It takes care of initialization automatically. * * This is essentially a prettified typescript version of the snippet for the HelpScout Beacon * available under Beacon settings in HelpScout. It offers the API documented at * https://developer.helpscout.com/beacon-2/web/javascript-api/ */ // tslint:disable:unified-signatures import {AppModel, reportError} from 'app/client/models/AppModel'; import {IAppError} from 'app/client/models/NotifyModel'; import {GristLoadConfig} from 'app/common/gristUrls'; import {timeFormat} from 'app/common/timeFormat'; import {ActiveSessionInfo} from 'app/common/UserAPI'; import * as version from 'app/common/version'; import {dom} from 'grainjs'; import identity = require('lodash/identity'); import pickBy = require('lodash/pickBy'); export type BeaconCmd = 'init' | 'destroy' | 'open' | 'close' | 'toggle' | 'search' | 'suggest' | 'article' | 'navigate' | 'identify' | 'prefill' | 'reset' | 'logout' | 'config' | 'on' | 'off' | 'once' | 'event' | 'session-data'; export type BeaconRoute = '/ask/message/' | '/answers/'; export interface IUserObj { name?: string; email?: string; company?: string; jobTitle?: string; avatar?: string; signature?: string; [customKey: string]: string|number|boolean|null|undefined; } interface IFormObj { name?: string; email?: string; subject?: string; text?: string; fields?: Array<{id: number, value: string|number|boolean}>; } interface ISessionData { [key: string]: string; } /** * This provides the HelpScout Beacon API, taking care of initializing Beacon on first use. */ export function Beacon(method: 'init', beaconId: string): void; export function Beacon(method: 'search', query: string): void; export function Beacon(method: 'suggest', articles?: string[]): void; export function Beacon(method: 'article', articleId: string, options?: unknown): void; export function Beacon(method: 'navigate', route: string): void; export function Beacon(method: 'identify', userObj: IUserObj): void; export function Beacon(method: 'prefill', formObj: IFormObj): void; export function Beacon(method: 'config', configObj: object): void; export function Beacon(method: 'on'|'off'|'once', event: 'open'|'close', callback: () => void): void; export function Beacon(method: 'session-data', data: ISessionData): void; export function Beacon(method: BeaconCmd): void; export function Beacon(method: BeaconCmd, options?: unknown, data?: unknown) { initBeacon(); (window as any).Beacon(method, options, data); } // This is essentially what's done by the code snippet that HelpScout suggests to install in every // page. In Grist app pages, we only load HelpScout code when the beacon is opened. function _beacon(method: BeaconCmd, options?: unknown, data?: unknown) { _beacon.readyQueue.push({method, options, data}); } _beacon.readyQueue = [] as unknown[]; function initBeacon(): void { if (!(window as any).Beacon) { const gristConfig: GristLoadConfig|undefined = (window as any).gristConfig; const beaconId = gristConfig && gristConfig.helpScoutBeaconId; if (beaconId) { (window as any).Beacon = _beacon; document.head.appendChild(dom('script', { type: 'text/javascript', src: 'https://beacon-v2.helpscout.net', async: true, })); _beacon('init', beaconId); _beacon('config', {display: {style: "manual"}}); } else { (window as any).Beacon = () => null; reportError(new Error("Support form is not configured")); } } } let lastOpenType: 'error' | 'message' = 'message'; /** * Helper to open a beacon, taking care of setting focus appropriately. Calls optional onOpen * callback when the beacon has opened. * If errors is given, prepares a form for submitting an error report, and includes stack traces * into the session-data. */ function _beaconOpen(userObj: IUserObj|null, options: IBeaconOpenOptions) { const {onOpen, errors} = options; // The beacon remembers its content, so reset it when switching between reporting errors and // sending a message. const openType = errors?.length ? 'error' : 'message'; if (openType !== lastOpenType) { Beacon('reset'); lastOpenType = openType; } Beacon('once', 'open', () => { const iframe = document.querySelector('#beacon-container iframe') as HTMLIFrameElement; if (iframe) { iframe.focus(); } if (onOpen) { onOpen(); } }); Beacon('once', 'article-viewed' as any, () => { // HelpScout creates an iframe with an empty 'src' attribute, then writes to it. In such an // iframe, different browsers interpret relative links differently: Chrome's are relative to // the parent page's URL; Firefox's are relative to the parent page's . // // Here we set a explicitly in the iframe to get consistent behavior of links // relative to the top page's URL (HelpScout then seems to handle clicks on them correctly). const iframe = document.querySelector('#beacon-container iframe') as HTMLIFrameElement; iframe?.contentDocument?.head.appendChild(dom('base', {href: ''})); }); Beacon('once', 'close', () => { const iframe = document.querySelector('#beacon-container iframe') as HTMLIFrameElement; if (iframe) { iframe.blur(); } }); if (userObj) { Beacon('identify', userObj); } const attrs: ISessionData = {}; let route: BeaconRoute; if (errors?.length) { // If sending errors, prefill part of the message (the user sees this and can add to it), and // include more detailed errors with stack traces into session-data. const messages = errors.map(({error, timestamp}) => (timeFormat('T', new Date(timestamp)) + ' ' + error.message)); const lastMessage = errors.length > 0 ? errors[errors.length - 1].error.message : ''; const prefill: IFormObj = { subject: `Application Error: ${lastMessage}`.slice(0, 250), // subject has max-length of 250 text: `\n-- Include your description above --\nErrors encountered:\n${messages.join('\n')}\n`, }; Beacon('prefill', prefill); Beacon('config', {messaging: {contactForm: {showSubject: false}}}); errors.forEach(({error, timestamp}, i) => { attrs[`error-${i}`] = timeFormat('D T', new Date(timestamp)) + ' ' + error.message; if (error.stack) { attrs[`error-${i}-stack`] = JSON.stringify(error.stack.trim().split('\n')); } }); route = options.route || '/ask/message/'; } else { Beacon('config', {messaging: {contactForm: {showSubject: true}}}); route = options.route || '/answers/'; } Beacon('session-data', { 'Grist Version': `${version.version} (${version.gitcommit})`, ...attrs, }); Beacon('open'); Beacon('navigate', route); } export interface IBeaconOpenOptions { appModel: AppModel|null; includeAppErrors?: boolean; onOpen?: () => void; errors?: IAppError[]; route?: BeaconRoute; } /** * Open the helpScout beacon to send us a message. Calls optional onOpen callback when the beacon * has opened. The topAppModel is used to get the current user. * * If includeAppErrors or errors is set, the beacon will open to submit an error report. With * includeAppErrors, it will include stack traces of errors in the notifier into the session-data. * If errors is set, it will include the specified errors. */ export function beaconOpenMessage(options: IBeaconOpenOptions) { const app = options.appModel; const errors = options.errors || []; if (options.includeAppErrors && app) { errors.push(...app.notifier.getFullAppErrors()); } _beaconOpen(getBeaconUserObj(app), {...options, errors}); } function getBeaconUserObj(appModel: AppModel|null): IUserObj|null { if (!appModel) { return null; } // ActiveSessionInfo["user"] includes optional helpScoutSignature too. const user = appModel.currentValidUser as ActiveSessionInfo["user"]|null; // For anon user, don't attempt to identify anything. Even the "company" field (when anon on a // team doc) isn't useful, because the user may be external to the company. if (!user) { return null; } // Use the company name only when it's not a personal org. Otherwise, it adds no information and // overrides more useful company name gleaned by HelpScout from the web. const org = appModel.currentOrg; const company = org && !org.owner ? appModel.currentOrgName : undefined; return pickBy({ name: user.name, email: user.email, company, avatar: user.picture, signature: user.helpScoutSignature, }, identity); }