SDKs Empower IBM Sametime Developers

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Carl Tyler | Director | Epilio

© 2012 IBM Corporation

Carl Tyler
■ Working with IBM Lotus® Notes since 1991
■ Building Sametime solutions for 10+ years
■ 11 ½ years service at IBM/Lotus
─ Worldwide Knowledge Management Manager
─ R5 International Launch Manager
■ Head of IBM Advanced Partner Epilio
─ Offer a number of Free Sametime Plug-ins
‒ Translation
‒ Wallpaper
‒ Plus More
─ Free Sametime Admin Tools
‒ Buddylist Control
‒ Version Login Tester

| © 2012 IBM Corporation

Agenda
■ Why care about Sametime toolkits/SDKs?
■ Sametime Toolkits
■ Toolkit Details and Usage
■ Getting Started


Why care about Sametime toolkits/SDKs?
■ Communications Enabled Business Processes (C.E.B.P.*) add value to your
deployment
■ IM is like Email, everyone has it, integrated IM is where you gain competitive
advantage. There's no advantage in being the same.
■ If you're just using IM it's relatively easy to switch to another IM vendor, if you're
using integrated IM solutions, then it's much more complex and costly.

■ Sametime Toolkit solutions require a full Sametime License. Sametime Entry
License is not entitled to use Toolkit solutions.

* for those of you playing buzzword bingo

Sametime Toolkits
■ Client APIs
─ Sametime Connect Client
─ Connect Web
─ Sametime Helper
─ Sametime Java
─ Sametime Links
─ Sametime Proxy
─ Client Telephony
─ Sametime Meetings Remote Client SDK


Sametime Toolkits
■ Server APIs
─ Sametime Community Server
─ Directory and Data Access Toolkit
─ Gateway
─ Meeting Room Client Extensibility
─ Online Meeting Toolkit
─ Sametime Monitoring and Stats
─ Meetings Compliance API
─ Telephony Conferencing Service Provider Interface (TCSPI)


Retired Sametime Toolkits
■ The following toolkits have been retired, applications built with them still work,
but the toolkits are no longer being maintained by IBM
─ COM
─ C++
─ Java AWT Components


Sametime Connect Client API
■ Used to build Connect Client Plug-ins
■ Java based
■ Eclipse development environment
■ Same model used to develop Notes 8 plugins
■ Cross platform, in most cases plug-ins developed for Sametime windows run on
Macintosh and Linux platforms


Demonstration – Plug-ins


Connect Web Toolkit
■ Connect Web API interacts with the installed Sametime Client
■ Requires Sametime Connect Client to be running
■ Get user awareness, start chat etc.
■ A mini web server is running inside the Sametime Client
─ Some have (me) expressed concerns this exposes Sametime clients to outside misuse*


Awareness is shown on web page


* Handling the security concern

■ Now possible to enable a whitelist or trusted domains
■ Modify file:
─ %NOTES PROGRAM DIRECTORY
%frameworksharedeclipsepluginscom.ibm.collaboration.realtime.webapi_8.0.1.200
81118-0430preferences.ini
─ Note the version number is part of the folder name so it can change.
■ Set the values
─ checkAllowed=true
allowedDomains=www.acme.com,apps.acme.com, www.acmepartner.com
■ This means Connect Web API will only be available to code running on the sites
www.acme.com, apps.acme.com and www.acmepartner.com and not any other
sites.
■ No wildcard available *.acme.com or acme.com for example


Sametime Helper
■ External interfaces to the Connect Client primarily through COM
─ This is not the COM toolkit
■ Perform functions such as Add User, Start Chat, Start Video Chat, Start N-Way
etc.
■ Requires Microsoft Office integration to be installed, even if you don’t use Office
■ Windows Only


Sametime Java
■ The Granddaddy of the toolkits
■ Java based
■ Provides the broadest access to Sametime Services.
■ Can be used to build alternate clients, Sametime Bots, servlets etc.
■ No longer has UI components, AWT components are deprecated


Demonstration – Sametime Bot


Sametime Links
■ An “easy” to use toolkit for adding Sametime awareness to a web page.
■ Small lightweight Java applet.
─ Approximately 30k in size
■ A Collection of HTML files that communicate through a Java Applet with the
Sametime Server.
■ Offers Sametime VP Places support.
■ Disadvantage requires JVM on client, correct level of JVM etc.
■ Use Sametime Proxy instead.


Seamless Integration

■ Appears as part of the page


Sametime Proxy
■ Web Client
■ WAS Server base
■ AJAX based
■ Easily customize through CSS changes
■ Reusable Web Components
■ Restful API
─ JSON
─ Access buddylist
─ Watchlist


Customizable


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Reusable Web UI components

■ Login Panel
■ Buddylist
■ Chat Window
■ Awareness
■ Quickfind
■ Livenames
■ User Information


Reusable Web UI components


Demonstration – Sametime Proxy


Client Telephony
■ Requires same skills as developing a Sametime Plug-in
■ Java based
■ Limits telephony functionality to Sametime Client, does not expose telephony in
web conferences


Sametime Meetings Remote Client SDK
■ Java APIs for room creation and management
■ IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Meetings Server and later
■ Provides functions for the Meeting Center to
─ Create
─ Edit
─ Update
─ Delete Meetings
■ Uses Sametime 8.5.2 REST APIs
■ Does not provide access to realtime capabilities example
─ Attach File
─ Start ScreenShare
─ Delete File


Sametime Community Server
■ Low Level Access to Sametime Server events and Services
■ Java based
■ Requires explicit permission to run if not executed on the Sametime server
■ Warning! Poor code can and will crash your Sametime server!!
■ Access to users LTPA Tokens


Demonstration – Buddylist Manipulation


Directory and Data Access Toolkit
■ Chat Logging SPI
─ Capture on the server all Sametime chats
─ C++ based
■ Token Authentication
─ Develop alternative token authentication
─ C++ based
■ File Transfer
─ Develop virus scanning tools
─ C++ based
■ User Information
─ Develop alternative black box sources for Sametime Business Card information
─ Java based


Gateway Toolkit
■ Works with Sametime Gateway (AOL, Yahoo, GTalk)
■ Plug-ins and Event Consumers
■ Can be used to develop
─ IM compliance solutions
─ Threat protection solutions
─ Enhanced policy enforcement, logging and privacy solutions


Meeting Room Client Extensibility
■ Runs alongside the Sametime Meeting Room Client
■ Javascript Based
■ Can be used to
─ Add menu items to the Sametime Meeting Center
─ Communicate with Sametime Activities
■ Installs on the Sametime Server
■ For Sametime “Classic” meetings not new meeting center.


Online Meeting Toolkit
■ An Online Meeting Toolkit that supports a RESTful interface for
─ Creating meetings
─ Updating meetings
─ Deleting meetings
─ Searching meetings
■ Nothing to install, part of Sametime 7.5 and later
■ For Sametime “Classic” meetings not new meeting center


Sametime Monitoring and Stats
■ Servlet that returns statistical information in XML format
■ Returns information such as:
─ Concurrent Logins
─ Max Concurrent Logins
─ Number of IM Messages
─ Concurrent NWay Chats
─ Started Meetings
■ For Sametime “Classic” meetings not new meeting center.


Meetings Compliance API
■ Provides hooks into various events in Sametime Meetings, enable the
development of server side plug-ins such as the ability to:
─ Block meeting entry based on who is already there.
─ Log meeting entry/exit
─ Log the start/stop of all sharing functions
─ Log all polls
─ Log all sidebar tool content
─ Redact or block the sidebar tool submitted content


Telephony Conferencing Service Provider
Interface (TCSPI)
■ Interfaces for providing telephony integration for
─ Sametime Connect Client
─ Sametime Web Conferencing
■ Installs on the Sametime Server/Media Server
─ Nothing to install on the client
■ Java Based


Demonstration – Telephony Integration


Sametime 8.5.x Server Differences

■ Server APIs
─ Meeting Room Client Extensibility
‒ Totally different API, different methods
─ Online Meeting Toolkit
‒ Totally different, Websphere/DB2 based
‒ Unsure if this toolkit will exist in 8.5
─ Sametime Monitoring and Stats
‒ Now websphere/DB2 based, currently unpublished
‒ Unsure if this toolkit will exist in 8.5
─ Telephony Conferencing Service Provider Interface (TCSPI)
‒ Some potential UI differences


Getting Started

■ Useful Resources
─ IBM Redbooks
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
─ IBM Developer Works
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/
■ Sametime Toolkit
─ http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/downloads/toolkits.html#sametime


Feel free to contact me

■ Blog
─ www.iminstant.com
■ E-mail
─ CTyler@epilio.com
■ Telephone
─ 1-866-9 Epilio
■ Company Website
─ www.epilio.com


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