How to record a resource created for Calling and chat in ACS?

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In the Prerequisites it is mentioned that I need to record my connection string, but I didn't find anything such to record my connection string.

I am implementing Chat using ACS but when I am using token that I being generated for calling but I am always getting 401 error and thread creation is getting failed.

Can you please guide me with this.

Do I need to create access token for chat freshly?
How can I record my resource or "You'll need to record your resource endpoint for this quickstart." What it means actually.

Thanks

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ajkuma 25,786 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-12-21T18:05:38.743+00:00
@Dev , I believe you’re referring to the Azure doc ‘prerequisites’ section in the document.

To rectify 401 unauthorized error, kindly re-verify that you have a valid access token.

Once you have an access token, you should be able to reuse it as long as it has not expired (24 hours).

'Record' in this context means just to keep a note/keep in mind, it is required for the creation of the client.

I have shared your feedback with the content author to review and we'll update the doc as necessary to more clarity.

Uri endpoint = new Uri("https://<RESOURCE_NAME>.communication.azure.com"); CommunicationUserCredential communicationUserCredential = new CommunicationUserCredential(<Access_Token>); ChatClient chatClient = new ChatClient(endpoint, communicationUserCredential);
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ajkuma 25,786 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-12-21T18:10:44.767+00:00

@Dev , Adding more info, if the issue still persists, you could capture a network track via F12 developer tools in the browser to fetch more details.
Also, see Communication Services logs.
Kindly check this doc to refresh access token.

Note that I have already raised a PR on the document for the author to review and makes changes as appropriate.

Kindly let us know if you have any further question on this, we will be more than happy to assist you.

Dev 111 Reputation points

2020-12-22T06:08:07.83+00:00

Suggestion : One more thing that is missing in the doc and needs to be updated is that while creating a token we should pass 'chat' as a parameter and not 'voip'.That was the real problem and not the token. I know it was my fault but I think it would be better if it should be updated or mentioned in the getting started with chat also so that developers may feel easy.

Question : Is ChatClient creates a new thread every time if yes how can I use same thread for replying on someone's message.
Because although I have restricted createThread() function from call on condition if threat is already available through received message, do not call the function but I think its creating a new thread not from that function but through Chat client.

ajkuma 25,786 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-12-22T18:56:29.197+00:00

@Dev , To answer your question:

If the thread exists already, there is another method to get the chatthreaclient given the threadid.

string threadId = "<THREAD_ID>"; ChatThreadClient chatThreadClient = chatClient.GetChatThreadClient(threadId);

The response chatThreadClient is used to perform operations on the created chat thread.
The GetChatThreadClient method returns a thread client for a thread that already exists.

Your suggestion on underscoring the parameter passed in the Azure doc has been shared with the content author for further review. Your feedback on doc improvements is appreciated.
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