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Practical Examples

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1) Auto-open after 10 seconds

setTimeout(() => window.homieBot.open(), 10_000);

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2) Trigger an intent on a PDP

window.homieBot.sendMessage({
  text: 'Show me similar drills.',
  setId: 'pdp-questions-set-123',
});

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3) Open after scroll depth

function openAfterScroll(px = 600) {
  const onScroll = () => {
    if (window.scrollY > px) {
      window.homieBot.open();
      window.removeEventListener('scroll', onScroll);
    }
  };
  window.addEventListener('scroll', onScroll, { passive: true });
}
openAfterScroll();

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Robust loading: event-first, polling fallback

The embed dispatches browser events when it is ready. Prefer listening for these instead of polling. When the API is available (window.homieBot is set), the embed fires homiebot:api-ready: 
window.addEventListener('homiebot:api-ready', (e) => {
  const { chatbotId } = e.detail;
  console.log('Homie API ready', chatbotId);
  window.homieBot.open();
});
When the assistant is fully ready (e.g. for sendMessage / getHistory), listen for homiebot:assistant-ready: 
window.addEventListener('homiebot:assistant-ready', () => {
  window.homieBot.sendMessage({ text: 'Hello', newChat: false });
});
When the chat is opened or closed, listen for homiebot:opened and homiebot:closed: 
window.addEventListener('homiebot:opened', (e) => {
  const { chatbotId } = e.detail;
  window.dataLayer?.push({ event: 'homie_chat_opened', chatbotId });
});

window.addEventListener('homiebot:closed', (e) => {
  const { chatbotId } = e.detail;
  window.dataLayer?.push({ event: 'homie_chat_closed', chatbotId });
});
These events fire for every open/close action: launcher button, welcome bubbles, window.homieBot.open() / .close() / .toggle(), and programmatic actions from inside the chat. If your script runs after the embed may already be ready, check once and then listen: 
if (window.homieBot) {
  if (window.homieBot.isReady()) {
    window.homieBot.open();
  } else {
    window.addEventListener('homiebot:assistant-ready', () => window.homieBot.open(), { once: true });
  }
} else {
  window.addEventListener('homiebot:api-ready', () => window.homieBot.open(), { once: true });
}
Fallback (older embed versions without events): use a small polling helper: 
function waitForHomie() {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    if (window.homieBot) return resolve(window.homieBot);
    const iv = setInterval(() => {
      if (window.homieBot) {
        clearInterval(iv);
        resolve(window.homieBot);
      }
    }, 200);
  });
}
await waitForHomie();
window.homieBot.open();