Ok, this post is fairly technical. Read on if you are interested in how bots work in Cisco Spark and how to use them. Disclaimer: the information here is not Cisco official, only my personal evaluations. I have not been directly involved in Cisco’s evaluations and decisions. My views may not represent the Spark API […]
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Bots and Integrations: What’s The Difference? — or really: why should you care?
You may have wondered what the difference is between a bot and an integration! Or probably not, maybe you haven’t really cared…! So, let’s take one step back, why should you care? There are by now a huge number of services that offer APIs as a way to access their services, i.e. that you can […]
The Code Behind Spark Army Knife: the Spark Specific Code
UPDATE July 7, 2016: To simplify getting the Spark Army Knife code, I have established a new code repository that will always mirror what is running at https://spark-army-knife.appspot.com. You can thus easily download the entire Army Knife app, including the right version of the ActingWeb library, from the download section of the repository. This post […]
The Code Behind Spark Army Knife: the ActingWeb Library
UPDATE Oct 22, 2018: This post describes an early version of both the Army Knife app and the ActingWeb library. It is still a good source and introduction to the basics of using ActingWeb to build a bot, but the current version of Army Knife is not available in code form. UPDATE July 7, 2016: […]
The Spark Army Knife – extending Cisco Spark with cool new features
UPDATE!!! June 13, 2016: The code is now posted. If you’re not a developer, here’s the short story: I have made a service that extends the value of Cisco Spark by adding cool things like pinning the latest message in a room (for later actions) and making the room public (everybody can join from a […]