The most common way of integrating Mattermost into another application is via a link or a button that brings up Mattermost in a new browser window or tab, with a link to a specific Mattermost channel to begin discussion.
Optionally, single-sign-on can be added to make the experience seamless.
Save the below HTML code in a file called mattermost-button-example.html then open the file in a browser as an example.
<script>
var myWindow = null;
function openMMWindow() {
myWindow = window.open("https://community.mattermost.com/core/channels/developer", "Mattermost", "top=0,left=0,width=400,height=600,status=no,toolbar=no,location=no,menubar=no,titlebar=no");
}
function closeMMWindow() {
if (myWindow) {
myWindow.close();
}
}
</script>
<html>
<br/>
<br/>
<button onclick="openMMWindow()">Open Developer Channel</button>
<br/>
<br/>
<button onclick="closeMMWindow()">Close Developer Channel</button>
<br/>
<br/>
</html>
Any web application embedded into another using an <iframe> is at risk of security exploits, since the outer application intercepts all user input into the embedded application, an exploit known as Click-Jacking. By default, Mattermost disables embedding. If you choose to embed Mattermost we highly recommend it is done only on a private network that you control.
See this recipe for details.
The open source mobile applications can serve as a guide or starter code to embed Mattermost in mobile applications. The Mattermost Javascript Driver is used to connect with the Mattermost server and product the interactivity for these applications.
The mobile applications also provide full source code for push notifications.