Ottspott by Apidaze @API Days Paris 2015
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The document discusses the evolution of communication tools, emphasizing that slackbots are becoming the new applications, addressing issues like app fatigue and the preference for messaging as a platform. It highlights the capabilities of developing with Apidaze, enabling integration and customization through various APIs, webhooks, and real-time messaging. Additionally, it suggests that both developers and users are increasingly familiar with concepts like events and triggers, which enhance the functionality of these bots.
Ottspott by Apidaze @API Days Paris 2015
- 1. BOTS ARE THE NEW APPS: DISRUPT COMMUNICATIONS WITH SLACKBOTS LUIS BORGES-QUINA CEO @QuinaLuis PHILIPPE SULTAN CTO 👬 !
- 2. BACK IN THE 90s 💾 2!
- 3. 2007-NOW: APPS AND MORE APPS 3!
- 4. 4! APP FATIGUE: 200 APPS=70% of USAGE
- 5. WHAT NOW ? MESSAGING IS THE NEW OS 5! Business Platforms Consumer Platforms
- 6. INVISIBLE APPS : NO UI IS THE NEW UI 6!
- 7. SLACKBOTS ARE THE NEW APPS • Text UI (or THE homescreen) • Ideal distribution channel • Allows integrations
- 8. SLACKBOTS BY CATEGORY Source: Clément Vouillon/Point Nine Capital
- 9. DEVELOPING WITH APIDAZE • Number provisioning, SIP account management, etc. • Webhook + XML • <dial/>, <conference/>, <voicemail/> • JavaScript for • Answer/place phone calls from the browser • WebRTC + PSTN conferencing REST API
- 10. DEVELOPERS USING APIDAZE • Know at least one programming language • Are familiar with events, triggers and actions • Possibly but do not necessarily speak JavaScript • We 😻 Node.js • is a JavaScript API • Serious web developers!
- 11. PROGRAMMING WITH • A REST API to take actions • Authenticate users • Send messages, files • Retrieve team and channel information • Webhooks for notifications • From your apps (incoming), and to your apps (outgoing) • Real Time Messaging API • The building blocks to build integrations or « bots »
- 12. ARE USERS DEVELOPERS ? • Not yet, but they’re starting to hear about events and triggers (notifications and integrations) • And actions • Slash commands were used in my early days as a developer in IRC • Now understood by (almost) everyone /me extending Apidaze to Slack
- 13. EXTENDING THE APIDAZE API TO • Build notifications with incoming webhooks • New call, call closed, voicemail left & more • Build slash commands out of the existing REST API • Send SMS 💬 • Start a ☎ phone call or a conference call 👥👥👥 • Text to speech & speech to text
- 14. EVENTS TRIGGERS AND ACTIONS • Developers are used to them • Slack, Zapier, IFTTT • Users of those products get used to it too • Lots of fun for developers … and non developers! 😜
- 16. in seconds PICK A LOCAL NUMBER 16!
- 17. SET YOUR CALL PREFERENCES 17!
- 18. in the browser MAKE & RECEIVE CALLS 18!
- 20. GET NOTIFIED IN THE SLACK CHANNEL 20!
- 21. CALL METRICS 21!
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