A deep link can be used to link to a chat with a person, even if there is no chat with this person yet.

💡What is a deep link? A deep link takes users directly to a specific location in the employee app without any detours.

🚨Important: Only employees who already use the employee app can open a chat by clicking on the link!

How can a deep link to a chat be created?

The deep link is structured as follows:

Here again in text form to be able to copy the link directly:

Copy the black components into your link as shown in the illustration.
Please adjust the orange components as follows:

1. Domain
   Insert the domain of your employee app here
   
   
2. User ID
   Insert the user ID of the user with whom the chat is to be created.
   Where can I find the User-ID?
   When using the API: Can be requested via the API.
   If you do not use the API:
   1. Go to "People management" in the Admin Console of your app.
   2. Search for the user for whom you want to create a link to their chat and open their profile.
   3. Under their name you will find the note "ID" followed by a combination of letters and numbers. Copy this ID and paste it into your link.
   
   
3. Content
   If you want a prescribed text to appear in the text field when you open the chat, paste it here.
   If this is not desired, the link ends with the User-ID.

Where can such a deep link be used?

• Menu tile in the app, e.g. as a reference to a specific contact person
• QR code that can be printed on posters, for example
• Internal web pages or static pages in the employee app