Add Chat Button to VitePress

What is VitePress

VitePress is a lightweight static site generator based on Vue.

Get an API key

Follow these steps to create an API key for your web integration.

Copy and add the apiKey to your environment variables:

.env

VITE_INKEEP_API_KEY="INKEEP_API_KEY"

Load the script files

Add the below scripts to the config.ts file:

config.ts

export default {
  head: [
    [
      "script",
      {
        src: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@inkeep/cxkit-js@0.5/dist/embed.js",
        type: "module",
        defer: true,
      },
    ],
    ["script", { src: "static/addInkeep.js", type: "module", defer: true }],
  ],
};

Create the addInkeep.js script

Create an addInkeep.js file in your static folder.

touch static/addInkeep.js

Now, configure the chat button component.

const config = {
  baseSettings: {
    apiKey: "INKEEP_API_KEY", // required
    primaryBrandColor: "#26D6FF", // your brand color, widget color scheme is derived from this
    organizationDisplayName: "Inkeep",
    // ...optional settings
  },
  modalSettings: {
    // optional settings
  },
  searchSettings: {
    // optional settings
  },
  aiChatSettings: {
    // optional settings
    aiAssistantAvatar: "/img/logo.svg", // use your own AI assistant avatar
    exampleQuestions: [
      "Example question 1?",
      "Example question 2?",
      "Example question 3?",
    ],
  },
};
 
const inkeepWidget = Inkeep.ChatButton(config);

For a full list of customizations, check out the Chat Button documentation.

Add Chat Button to VitePress

What is VitePress

Get an API key

Load the script files

Create the addInkeep.js script

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