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i've set up a live chat using ejabberd. It's working pretty well but I'd like to be able to round-robin chat sessions to different operators depending on who is already in a chat and who is free to talk. To implement this I need some way to update a users presence based on wether they are currently in a private chat. I'm currently using mod_shared_roster to advertise presence but it only reports wether a user is available.

This really needs to be done server side because I will need to rely on different IM clients depending on the operators' system.

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You may consider connecting all operator sessions under one account and different resources. Ex. [email protected]/Operator1 [email protected]/Operator2 [email protected]/Operator3 All with priority 1.

When an operator is in chat with user, send presence with priority -1. This removes the resource from a resource pool to contact when user sends message to '[email protected]'. When operator finishes chatting with user - send presence with priority 1.

An added feature of this model is that you have only one Jabber ID to communiate to your users - [email protected]

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  • this isn't the solution i went with but it's worth a tick anyway.
    – SpliFF
    Aug 26, 2009 at 5:57
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I've found a workaround. Since the livechat system uses jsjac (javascript interface to xmpp) I can craft my own presence packets. When a client connects to an operator I set the clients' presence to 'chat' and status to 'talking to <operator jid>'.

When a new client connects I can query the status of all other clients to see who they are chatting to and choose the operator with the least active chats.

If anyone knows a better/easier way I'm happy to hear it.

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