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Mobile web browser with built-in messaging APIs

Kik is the first smartphone messenger with a built-in browser. Functioning like a regular mobile browser it provides extra functionality such as messaging, push notification, other social & devices APIs.

Home page: http://dev.kik.com/

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Firebase Cloud Functions Error: connect ECONNREFUSED

I am trying to create a Kik Messenger bot according to their API using Firebase Cloud Functions. I am using Blaze Plan. I am trying to reply to a message that my bot received. I can receive messages on my API but when I try to reply to them I get an…
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How do I reverse engineer kik's server API from an android emulator?

I have a group chat in kik messenger that has reached over 50 members. I need to automate some things like reputation points based on engagement and also kicking inactive members that don't post anything for XXX days. I've looked at the API…
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Bot Framework: How to make an OpenUrl button on a herocard in Kik

I am trying to use the ActionTypes.OpenUrl type on a CardAction in a hero card on kik. all it does is echo back the message. It does not actually open a URL. I have the same code working on multiple channels, but cannot get it working on kik. …
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What's the workflow for developing a web page for Kik Messenger

I'm looking at what's required to develop a web page for the Kik Messenger in-app browser and I'm confused as to how the development workflow is supposed to work. The API Docs say that "To launch your webpage in Kik simply open the sidebar and type…
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Cannot run multiple NodeJs server on one subdomain

I am trying to run multiple NodeJs server for (official) Kik Chatbots with different webhooks from one Subdomain on my webserver. However, I am not able to do that. For one bot it works just fine. This is my setup for one working NodeJs server…
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Using Stripe Mobile Checkout in a WebView / Payments in Kik

I'm trying to implement Stripe Checkout for accepting mobile payments within the Kik Browser but unfortunately, I'm getting the following error when trying to load Checkout: Sorry, there was a problem loading Checkout. If this persists, please try…
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Google adsense failing to launch safari [kik]

Looking into a falloff in clickthroughs I noticed that Google ads are not redirecting out to safari. Tapping on the arrow brings up a "Visit site" message. Tapping that causes the app to reload and fail instead of opening safari. Anyone found a…
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Trying to duplicate a kik user image message! Need suggestions

I'm trying to send a kik message through a bot, but not an official kik bot, a unoffical bot where its a user signed in rather than just a bot being hosted on kik. I'm trying to use https://github.com/tomer8007/kik-bot-api-unofficial as the main…
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KIK Share data-url is broken?

I've noticed that the Kik share button has a data-url attribute, and the documentation even has a share button builder which supports URL's, but in my testing, the data-url attribute is ignored, instead it always shares the current URL. Here's an…
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Email issue with kik developer botsworth

I am trying to make a bot on kik, but when the developer bot "botsworth" comes up he always says i need to verify my email, even though my email is verified. I enter my email, and then i get a "Oops, something went wrong, Please enter your email…
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Force unsubscribe from a Kik bot

Is there any way my bot can unsubscribe people from itself? It apparently has 11 subscribers (from a maxiumum of 10) so nobody new can chat to it. I'd like to clear out those subscribers, and I see references to unsubscribe in the API (although that…
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kik OpenUrl video link iOS

In my app I have been able to share a video link to send to Facebook Messenger using: string facebookMessengerUrl = "fb-messenger://share?link=" + uriToShare; NSUrl facebookUrl = new NSUrl(facebookMessengerUrl); if…
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Making my first kik bot

I just started working on Kik API to make my very own Kik bot. I need to figure out a way to know the chat id of the user to whom I'll send replies i.e. the user who is already subscribed to me and is sending me messages. This is the code that I'm…
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How to get attain the kik api chat_id and from_user values when sending a StartChattingMessage?

I am trying to setup an opening chatting message on my kik bot using Python, and can not seem to find an answer to this question. The StartChattingMessage() is what I am supposed to use to send out the first message. Here is my code below, ideally…
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IP as webhook returns error 400 Bad Request

I started developing a bot for kik based on the official kik documentation. When configuring, it returned an error C400 Bad Request`. I used the following entity: { "webhook": "http://172.22.105.160:8080/kik/message", "features": { …
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