Instant Messaging for OpenERP v7

This module is based on the socket.io real time implementation. It inherit Of the modules web_longpolling and web_socketio on bitbucket.

How Install the module web_im

Make your Nginx/Apache conf

example conf for nginx:

worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    server {
        listen  80;
        server_name www.myopenerp.fr;
        location /socket.io {
            proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:8068;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;

            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
            proxy_set_header Host $host;

            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;

            proxy_redirect off;
        }
        location / {
            proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:8069;
        }
    }
}

/etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1       www.myopenerp.fr

the port:

8069: the OpenERP server
8068: the SocketIO server

/socketio is the default path to dispatch the poll

With buildout

Example of buildout configuration:

[buildout]
parts = openerp
versions = versions
extensions = gp.vcsdevelop
vcs-extend-develop = git+http://github.com/buildout/buildout.git#egg=zc.buildout
vcs-update = true
develop = web_socketio/oe_web_socketio

[openerp]
recipe = anybox.recipe.openerp[bzr]:server
version = bzr lp:openobject-server/7.0 openerp-server last:1
addons = bzr lp:openobject-addons/7.0 openerp-addons last:1
         bzr lp:openerp-web/7.0 openerp-web last:1 subdir=addons
         hg http://bitbucket.org/anybox/web_socketio web_socketio default
         hg http://bitbucket.org/anybox/web_im web_im default

eggs = oe.web.socketio

openerp_scripts = nosetests=nosetests command-line-options=-d
                  oe_web_socketio=oe_web_socketio

[versions]
lxml = 2.3.3
docutils = 0.9
collective.recipe.sphinxbuilder = 0.7.3
pyparsing = 1.5.6
Werkzeug = 0.8.3

Build the buildout:

bin/buildout -c buildout.cfg

Run the OpenERP server in the first shell:

bin/start_openerp -d mydb -i web_im

Run the Gevent SocketIO server in the second shell:

./bin/oe_web_socketio -d mydb

Without buildout

You must get the modules web_socketio, web_longpolling and web_im:

hg clone http://bitbucket.org/anybox/web_socketio
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/anybox/web_im

Install the python eggs needed for gevent_socketio:

pip install gevent
pip install gevent_psycopg2
pip install gevent_socketio

Run the OpenERP server in the first shell:

oe -d mydb -i web_im

Run the Gevent SocketIO server in the second shell:

python web_socketio/web_socketio/server.py -d mydb

Configuration

In the web client the Instant Massaging is loaded only if the user is connected and this user has got a IM user linked.

By administrator

Only the administrator can add new IM user. You can configure IM user in Instant Messaging/Setting/Users`. Filled the name and the user linked.

In the consiguration of the user, in the page Instant Messaging of the notebook. You can configure the advanced configuration for this user:

• Group of Instant Messaging: The IM group for the IM user, If no group are selected then the user will have the No group group

• Display the other Instant Messaging user (default ALL):

  • All: All the user are display in the user list
  • Ònly connected: Display the connected or busy user.

• Filter (default None): Apply a domain to filter the user in user list

  • None: See all the user
  • User List: Selected the user to see
  • List of user groups: See all the user come from the selected res.groups
  • List from Instant Messaging groups: Sell all the user come from the selected im.group
  • Custom configuration: Need to write a function which return a domain on im.user

The administrator can also create new IM group in Instant Messaging/Setting/Groups.

By user

TODO

Web client interface

Connectio state

TODO

Users list

TODO

Rooms

TODO

ROADMAP

Version: 0.1

• Add documentation to configure and use web_im

Version: 0.2

Refactor the user list:

• Sort the user by connection state

• Add an icon to show the state of the connection of the user list

• let the color of the user in black

• replace the select html by ul and li node

• move the advanced configuration from res.user to im.user

• add image on im.user, if not filled then take on the res.users

• Make 2 view for the im.user

  • Complete: only state is readonly
  • user own configuration: Can change only the name and the image

Update the documentation

Version: 0.3

Add multichater room notion

Update the documentation

Version: 0.4

• Add action bar on the user in user's list and room menu
• Add action webcan, use the webcam module which already exist

Update the documentation