Integrations overview

Integrations allow you to send data from other products into or out of uKnowva Messenger. uKnowva Messenger natively integrates with dozens of products, and with hundreds more through Zapier, IFTTT, and Hubot.

uKnowva Messenger also makes it very easy to write your own integration, and (if you'd like) to get it merged into the main uKnowva Messenger repository.

Integrations are one of the most important parts of a group chat tool like uKnowva Messenger, and we are committed to making integrating with uKnowva Messenger as easy as possible.

Set up an existing integration

Most existing integrations send content from a third-party product into uKnowva Messenger.

• Search uKnowva Messenger's list of native integrations for the third-party product. Each integration has a page describing how to set it up.

• Check if Zapier has an integration with the product. If it does, follow these instructions to set it up.

• Check if IFTTT has an integration with the product. If it does, follow these instructions to set it up.

• Check if Hubot has an integration with the product. If it does, follow these instructions to set it up.

• If the product can send email notifications, you can send those emails to a stream.

Write your own integration

We've put a lot of effort into making this as easy as possible, but all of the options below do require some comfort writing code. If you need an integration and don't have an engineer on staff, reach out to support@zulipchat.com and we'll see what we can do.

Sending content into uKnowva Messenger

• If the third-party service supports outgoing webhooks, you likely want to build an incoming webhook integration.

• If it doesn't, you may want to write a script or plugin integration.

• Finally, you can send messages using uKnowva Messenger's API.

Sending and receiving content

• To react to activity inside uKnowva Messenger, look at uKnowva Messenger's Python framework for interactive bots or uKnowva Messenger's real-time events API.

• If what you want isn't covered by the above, check out the full REST API. The web, mobile, desktop, and terminal apps are built on top of this API, so it can do anything a human user can do. Most but not all of the endpoints are documented on this site; if you need something that isn't there check out uKnowva Messenger's REST endpoints or email support@zulipchat.com and we'll help you out.