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Overview

Instabot can be integrated into your native iOS app using a full-screen webview.

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Instabot launching in a native iOS webview

Contents

  1. Get your bot microsite URL
  2. Create a full-screen webview

1. Get your bot microsite URL

  1. In the conversations page, find the bot that you want to launch, open the menu, then click 'Share'
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Get your bot's microsite URL

  1. Copy the microsite URL from the page that's launched. You'll need this for the next step!

2. Create a full-screen webview

  1. In your app, create a full-screen webview that will launch your bot's microsite URL
import UIKit
import WebKit

// replace with your own bot microsite URL
let botUrl = "https://YOUR-BOTS-MICROSITE-URL"

class WebViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var webView: WKWebView!
    
    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
        guard let url = URL(string: botUrl) else {
            webView.loadHTMLString("<H1>Bot URL is incorrect</H1>", baseURL: nil)
            return
        }
        webView.load(URLRequest(url: url))
    }
}
  1. That's it!