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Get started with Azure Communication Services UI library calling to Teams Voice Apps

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This project aims to guide developers to initiate a call from the Azure Communication Services Calling Web SDK to Teams Call Queue and Auto Attendant using the Azure Communication UI Library.

As per your requirements, you might need to offer your customers an easy way to reach out to you without any complex setup.

Calling to Teams Call Queue and Auto Attendant is a simple yet effective concept that facilitates instant interaction with customer support, financial advisor, and other customer-facing teams. The goal of this tutorial is to assist you in initiating interactions with your customers when they click a button on the web.

If you wish to try it out, you can download the code from GitHub.

Following this tutorial will:

  • Allow you to control your customers audio and video experience depending on your customer scenario
  • Teach you how to build a widget for starting calls on your webapp using the UI library.

Home page of Calling Widget sample app

Prerequisites

These steps are needed in order to follow this tutorial. Contact your Teams admin for the last two items to make sure you are set up appropriately.

Checking for Node and Visual Studio Code

You can check that Node was installed correctly with this command.

node -v

The output tells you the version you have, it fails if Node was not installed and added to your PATH. Just like with Node you can check to see if VS Code was installed with this command.

code --version

Like with Node this command fails if there was an issue installing VS Code on your machine.

Getting started

This tutorial has 7 steps and at the end the app will be able to call a Teams voice application. The steps are:

  1. Set up the project
  2. Get your dependencies
  3. Initial app setup
  4. Create the widget
  5. Style the widget
  6. Setup identity values
  7. Run the app

1. Set up the project

Only use this step if you're creating a new application.

To set up the react App, we use the create-react-app command line tool. This tool creates an easy to run TypeScript application powered by React.

To make sure that you have Node installed on your machine, run this command in PowerShell or the terminal to see your Node version:

node -v

If you don't have create-react-app installed on your machine, run the following command to install it as a global command:

npm install -g create-react-app

After that command is installed, run this next command to create a new react application to build the sample in:

# Create an Azure Communication Services App powered by React.
npx create-react-app ui-library-calling-widget-app --template typescript

# Change to the directory of the newly created App.
cd ui-library-calling-widget-app

After these commands complete, you want to open the created project in VS Code. You can open the project with the following command.

code .

2. Get your dependencies

Then, you need to update the dependency array in the package.json to include some packages from Azure Communication Services for the widget experience we're going to build to work:

"@azure/communication-calling": "^1.23.1",
"@azure/communication-chat": "^1.4.0",
"@azure/communication-react": "^1.15.0",
"@azure/communication-calling-effects": "1.0.1",
"@azure/communication-common": "2.3.0",
"@fluentui/react-icons": "~2.0.203",
"@fluentui/react": "~8.98.3",

To install the needed packages, run the following Node Package Manager command.

npm install

After you install these packages, you're all set to start writing the code that builds the application. In this tutorial, we are modifying the files in the src directory.

3. Initial app setup

To get started, we replace the provided App.tsx content with a main page that will:

  • Store all of the Azure Communication information that we need to create a CallAdapter to power our Calling experience
  • Display our widget that is exposed to the end user.

Your App.tsx file should look like this:

src/App.tsx

import "./App.css";
import {
  CommunicationIdentifier,
  MicrosoftTeamsAppIdentifier,
} from "@azure/communication-common";
import {
  Spinner,
  Stack,
  initializeIcons,
  registerIcons,
  Text,
} from "@fluentui/react";
import { CallAdd20Regular, Dismiss20Regular } from "@fluentui/react-icons";
import logo from "./logo.svg";

import { CallingWidgetComponent } from "./components/CallingWidgetComponent";

registerIcons({
  icons: { dismiss: <Dismiss20Regular />, callAdd: <CallAdd20Regular /> },
});
initializeIcons();
function App() {
  /**
   * Token for local user.
   */
  const token = "<Enter your ACS Token here>";

  /**
   * User identifier for local user.
   */
  const userId: CommunicationIdentifier = {
    communicationUserId: "Enter your ACS Id here",
  };

  /**
   * Enter your Teams voice app identifier from the Teams admin center here
   */
  const teamsAppIdentifier: MicrosoftTeamsAppIdentifier = {
    teamsAppId: "<Enter your Teams Voice app id here>",
    cloud: "public",
  };

  const widgetParams = {
    userId,
    token,
    teamsAppIdentifier,
  };

  if (!token || !userId || !teamsAppIdentifier) {
    return (
      <Stack verticalAlign="center" style={{ height: "100%", width: "100%" }}>
        <Spinner
          label={"Getting user credentials from server"}
          ariaLive="assertive"
          labelPosition="top"
        />
      </Stack>
    );
  }

  return (
    <Stack
      style={{ height: "100%", width: "100%", padding: "3rem" }}
      tokens={{ childrenGap: "1.5rem" }}
    >
      <Stack tokens={{ childrenGap: "1rem" }} style={{ margin: "auto" }}>
        <Stack
          style={{ padding: "3rem" }}
          horizontal
          tokens={{ childrenGap: "2rem" }}
        >
          <Text style={{ marginTop: "auto" }} variant="xLarge">
            Welcome to a Calling Widget sample
          </Text>
          <img
            style={{ width: "7rem", height: "auto" }}
            src={logo}
            alt="logo"
          />
        </Stack>

        <Text>
          Welcome to a Calling Widget sample for the Azure Communication
          Services UI Library. Sample has the ability to connect you through
          Teams voice apps to a agent to help you.
        </Text>
        <Text>
          As a user all you need to do is click the widget below, enter your
          display name for the call - this will act as your caller id, and
          action the <b>start call</b> button.
        </Text>
      </Stack>
      <Stack
        horizontal
        tokens={{ childrenGap: "1.5rem" }}
        style={{ overflow: "hidden", margin: "auto" }}
      >
        <CallingWidgetComponent
          widgetAdapterArgs={widgetParams}
          onRenderLogo={() => {
            return (
              <img
                style={{ height: "4rem", width: "4rem", margin: "auto" }}
                src={logo}
                alt="logo"
              />
            );
          }}
        />
      </Stack>
    </Stack>
  );
}

export default App;

In this snippet, we register two new icons <Dismiss20Regular/> and <CallAdd20Regular>. These new icons are used inside the widget component that we're creating in the next section.

4. Create the widget

Now we need to make a widget that can show in three different modes:

  • Waiting: This widget state is how the component will be in before and after a call is made
  • Setup: This state is when the widget asks for information from the user like their name.
  • In a call: The widget is replaced here with the UI library Call Composite. This widget mode is when the user is calling the Voice app or talking with an agent.

Lets create a folder called src/components. In this folder, make a new file called CallingWidgetComponent.tsx. This file should look like the following snippet:

CallingWidgetComponent.tsx

import {
  IconButton,
  PrimaryButton,
  Stack,
  TextField,
  useTheme,
  Checkbox,
  Icon,
  Spinner,
} from "@fluentui/react";
import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import {
  callingWidgetSetupContainerStyles,
  checkboxStyles,
  startCallButtonStyles,
  callingWidgetContainerStyles,
  callIconStyles,
  logoContainerStyles,
  collapseButtonStyles,
} from "../styles/CallingWidgetComponent.styles";

import {
  AzureCommunicationTokenCredential,
  CommunicationUserIdentifier,
  MicrosoftTeamsAppIdentifier,
} from "@azure/communication-common";
import {
  CallAdapter,
  CallAdapterState,
  CallComposite,
  CommonCallAdapterOptions,
  StartCallIdentifier,
  createAzureCommunicationCallAdapter,
} from "@azure/communication-react";
// lets add to our react imports as well
import { useMemo } from "react";

import { callingWidgetInCallContainerStyles } from "../styles/CallingWidgetComponent.styles";

/**
 * Properties needed for our widget to start a call.
 */
export type WidgetAdapterArgs = {
  token: string;
  userId: CommunicationUserIdentifier;
  teamsAppIdentifier: MicrosoftTeamsAppIdentifier;
};

export interface CallingWidgetComponentProps {
  /**
   *  arguments for creating an AzureCommunicationCallAdapter for your Calling experience
   */
  widgetAdapterArgs: WidgetAdapterArgs;
  /**
   * Custom render function for displaying logo.
   * @returns
   */
  onRenderLogo?: () => JSX.Element;
}

/**
 * Widget for Calling Widget
 * @param props
 */
export const CallingWidgetComponent = (
  props: CallingWidgetComponentProps
): JSX.Element => {
  const { onRenderLogo, widgetAdapterArgs } = props;

  const [widgetState, setWidgetState] = useState<"new" | "setup" | "inCall">(
    "new"
  );
  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState<string>();
  const [consentToData, setConsentToData] = useState<boolean>(false);
  const [useLocalVideo, setUseLocalVideo] = useState<boolean>(false);
  const [adapter, setAdapter] = useState<CallAdapter>();

  const callIdRef = useRef<string>();

  const theme = useTheme();

  // add this before the React template
  const credential = useMemo(() => {
    try {
      return new AzureCommunicationTokenCredential(widgetAdapterArgs.token);
    } catch {
      console.error("Failed to construct token credential");
      return undefined;
    }
  }, [widgetAdapterArgs.token]);

  const adapterOptions: CommonCallAdapterOptions = useMemo(
    () => ({
      callingSounds: {
        callEnded: { url: "/sounds/callEnded.mp3" },
        callRinging: { url: "/sounds/callRinging.mp3" },
        callBusy: { url: "/sounds/callBusy.mp3" },
      },
    }),
    []
  );

  const callAdapterArgs = useMemo(() => {
    return {
      userId: widgetAdapterArgs.userId,
      credential: credential,
      targetCallees: [
        widgetAdapterArgs.teamsAppIdentifier,
      ] as StartCallIdentifier[],
      displayName: displayName,
      options: adapterOptions,
    };
  }, [
    widgetAdapterArgs.userId,
    widgetAdapterArgs.teamsAppIdentifier.teamsAppId,
    credential,
    displayName,
  ]);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (adapter) {
      adapter.on("callEnded", () => {
        /**
         * We only want to reset the widget state if the call that ended is the same as the current call.
         */
        if (
          adapter.getState().acceptedTransferCallState &&
          adapter.getState().acceptedTransferCallState?.id !== callIdRef.current
        ) {
          return;
        }
        setDisplayName(undefined);
        setWidgetState("new");
        setConsentToData(false);
        setAdapter(undefined);
        adapter.dispose();
      });

      adapter.on("transferAccepted", (e) => {
        console.log("transferAccepted", e);
      });

      adapter.onStateChange((state: CallAdapterState) => {
        if (state?.call?.id && callIdRef.current !== state?.call?.id) {
          callIdRef.current = state?.call?.id;
          console.log(`Call Id: ${callIdRef.current}`);
        }
      });
    }
  }, [adapter]);

  /** widget template for when widget is open, put any fields here for user information desired */
  if (widgetState === "setup") {
    return (
      <Stack
        styles={callingWidgetSetupContainerStyles(theme)}
        tokens={{ childrenGap: "1rem" }}
      >
        <IconButton
          styles={collapseButtonStyles}
          iconProps={{ iconName: "Dismiss" }}
          onClick={() => {
            setDisplayName(undefined);
            setConsentToData(false);
            setUseLocalVideo(false);
            setWidgetState("new");
          }}
        />
        <Stack tokens={{ childrenGap: "1rem" }} styles={logoContainerStyles}>
          <Stack style={{ transform: "scale(1.8)" }}>
            {onRenderLogo && onRenderLogo()}
          </Stack>
        </Stack>
        <TextField
          label={"Name"}
          required={true}
          placeholder={"Enter your name"}
          onChange={(_, newValue) => {
            setDisplayName(newValue);
          }}
        />
        <Checkbox
          styles={checkboxStyles(theme)}
          label={
            "Use video - Checking this box will enable camera controls and screen sharing"
          }
          onChange={(_, checked?: boolean | undefined) => {
            setUseLocalVideo(!!checked);
            setUseLocalVideo(true);
          }}
        ></Checkbox>
        <Checkbox
          required={true}
          styles={checkboxStyles(theme)}
          disabled={displayName === undefined}
          label={
            "By checking this box, you are consenting that we will collect data from the call for customer support reasons"
          }
          onChange={async (_, checked?: boolean | undefined) => {
            setConsentToData(!!checked);
            if (callAdapterArgs && callAdapterArgs.credential) {
              setAdapter(
                await createAzureCommunicationCallAdapter({
                  displayName: displayName ?? "",
                  userId: callAdapterArgs.userId,
                  credential: callAdapterArgs.credential,
                  targetCallees: callAdapterArgs.targetCallees,
                  options: callAdapterArgs.options,
                })
              );
            }
          }}
        ></Checkbox>
        <PrimaryButton
          styles={startCallButtonStyles(theme)}
          onClick={() => {
            if (displayName && consentToData && adapter) {
              setWidgetState("inCall");
              adapter?.startCall(callAdapterArgs.targetCallees, {
                audioOptions: { muted: false },
              });
            }
          }}
        >
          {!consentToData && `Enter your name`}
          {consentToData && !adapter && (
            <Spinner ariaLive="assertive" labelPosition="top" />
          )}
          {consentToData && adapter && `StartCall`}
        </PrimaryButton>
      </Stack>
    );
  }

  if (widgetState === "inCall" && adapter) {
    return (
      <Stack styles={callingWidgetInCallContainerStyles(theme)}>
        <CallComposite
          adapter={adapter}
          options={{
            callControls: {
              cameraButton: useLocalVideo,
              screenShareButton: useLocalVideo,
              moreButton: false,
              peopleButton: false,
              displayType: "compact",
            },
            localVideoTile: !useLocalVideo ? false : { position: "floating" },
          }}
        />
      </Stack>
    );
  }

  return (
    <Stack
      horizontalAlign="center"
      verticalAlign="center"
      styles={callingWidgetContainerStyles(theme)}
      onClick={() => {
        setWidgetState("setup");
      }}
    >
      <Stack
        horizontalAlign="center"
        verticalAlign="center"
        style={{
          height: "4rem",
          width: "4rem",
          borderRadius: "50%",
          background: theme.palette.themePrimary,
        }}
      >
        <Icon iconName="callAdd" styles={callIconStyles(theme)} />
      </Stack>
    </Stack>
  );
};

In the CallAdapterOptions, we see some sound files referenced, these files are to use the Calling Sounds feature in the CallComposite. If you are interested in using the sounds, see the completed code to download the sound files.

5. Style the widget

We need to write some styles to make sure the widget looks appropriate and can hold our call composite. These styles should already be used in the widget if copying the snippet we added to the file CallingWidgetComponent.tsx.

Lets make a new folder called src/styles in this folder, create a file called CallingWidgetComponent.styles.ts. The file should look like the following snippet:

import {
  IButtonStyles,
  ICheckboxStyles,
  IIconStyles,
  IStackStyles,
  Theme,
} from "@fluentui/react";

export const checkboxStyles = (theme: Theme): ICheckboxStyles => {
  return {
    label: {
      color: theme.palette.neutralPrimary,
    },
  };
};

export const callingWidgetContainerStyles = (theme: Theme): IStackStyles => {
  return {
    root: {
      width: "5rem",
      height: "5rem",
      padding: "0.5rem",
      boxShadow: theme.effects.elevation16,
      borderRadius: "50%",
      bottom: "1rem",
      right: "1rem",
      position: "absolute",
      overflow: "hidden",
      cursor: "pointer",
      ":hover": {
        boxShadow: theme.effects.elevation64,
      },
    },
  };
};

export const callingWidgetSetupContainerStyles = (
  theme: Theme
): IStackStyles => {
  return {
    root: {
      width: "18rem",
      minHeight: "20rem",
      maxHeight: "25rem",
      padding: "0.5rem",
      boxShadow: theme.effects.elevation16,
      borderRadius: theme.effects.roundedCorner6,
      bottom: 0,
      right: "1rem",
      position: "absolute",
      overflow: "hidden",
      cursor: "pointer",
      background: theme.palette.white,
    },
  };
};

export const callIconStyles = (theme: Theme): IIconStyles => {
  return {
    root: {
      paddingTop: "0.2rem",
      color: theme.palette.white,
      transform: "scale(1.6)",
    },
  };
};

export const startCallButtonStyles = (theme: Theme): IButtonStyles => {
  return {
    root: {
      background: theme.palette.themePrimary,
      borderRadius: theme.effects.roundedCorner6,
      borderColor: theme.palette.themePrimary,
    },
    textContainer: {
      color: theme.palette.white,
    },
  };
};

export const logoContainerStyles: IStackStyles = {
  root: {
    margin: "auto",
    padding: "0.2rem",
    height: "5rem",
    width: "10rem",
    zIndex: 0,
  },
};

export const collapseButtonStyles: IButtonStyles = {
  root: {
    position: "absolute",
    top: "0.2rem",
    right: "0.2rem",
    zIndex: 1,
  },
};

export const callingWidgetInCallContainerStyles = (
  theme: Theme
): IStackStyles => {
  return {
    root: {
      width: "35rem",
      height: "25rem",
      padding: "0.5rem",
      boxShadow: theme.effects.elevation16,
      borderRadius: theme.effects.roundedCorner6,
      bottom: 0,
      right: "1rem",
      position: "absolute",
      overflow: "hidden",
      cursor: "pointer",
      background: theme.semanticColors.bodyBackground,
    },
  };
};

6. Setup identity values

Before we run the app, go to App.tsx and replace the placeholder values there with your Azure Communication Services Identities and the Resource account identifier for your Teams Voice application. Here are input values for the token, userId and teamsAppIdentifier.

./src/App.tsx

/**
 * Token for local user.
 */
const token = "<Enter your ACS Token here>";

/**
 * User identifier for local user.
 */
const userId: CommunicationIdentifier = {
  communicationUserId: "Enter your ACS Id here",
};

/**
 * Enter your Teams voice app identifier from the Teams admin center here
 */
const teamsAppIdentifier: MicrosoftTeamsAppIdentifier = {
  teamsAppId: "<Enter your Teams Voice app id here>",
  cloud: "public",
};

7. Run the app

Finally we can run the application to make our calls! Run the following commands to install our dependencies and run our app.

# Install the new dependencies
npm install

# run the React app
npm run start

Once the app is running, you can see it on http://localhost:3000 in your browser. You should see the following splash screen:

Screenshot of calling widget sample app home page widget closed.

Then when you action the widget button, you should see a little menu:

Screenshot of calling widget sample app home page widget open.

After you fill out your name, click start call and the call should begin. The widget should look like so after starting a call:

Screenshot of click to call sample app home page with calling experience embedded in widget.

Next steps

For more information about Teams voice applications, check out our documentation on Teams auto attendants and Teams call queues. Or also see our tutorial on how to build a similar experience with JavaScript bundles.

Quickstart: Join your calling app to a Teams call queue

Quickstart: Join your calling app to a Teams Auto Attendant

Quickstart: Get started with Azure Communication Services UI library JavaScript bundles calling to Teams Call Queue and Auto Attendant