How to use Javascript SDK with Salesforce lightning component?

[Eric]

I'm currently working on a project where I need to access the Genesys Cloud API from Salesforce. The company is using Service Cloud Voice rather than the embedded Genesys client, so I was planning to use the Javascript SDK from a lightning component.

I've downloaded the current SDK js and put it into Salesforce as a static resource (which is how SF requires you to use external libraries), however it doesn't seem to be available to the component even though I can see that the resource is loaded in the network trace.

Here's how I include it in my component:
<ltng:require scripts="{!$Resource.GenesysPureCloudJavascriptSDK}" afterScriptsLoaded="{!c.afterScriptsLoaded}" />

The "afterScriptsLoaded" function does not get called.

Has anyone done this successfully? My other approach is to just use the basic API, which I would expect to work, but would be nice to use the SDK for authorization and standards.

Any clues appreciated!

[Eric]

I think I've figured it out -- adding notes here for anyone else who stumbles across this.

I had to change require=function().... to **window.**require=function() and now I can access the "require" function from my controller.

The documentation I found to support this was here:
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.lightning.meta/lightning/security_share_code.htm

The most important line of the code to note is:

window._counter = (function() {

You must attach _counter to the window object as a requirement of JavaScript strict mode, which is implicitly enabled in Lightning Locker.

Hope that helps!

[John_Carnell]

He Eric,

Thanks for the followup. I am sure someone else will run into the same problem at some point or another.

Thanks,
John Carnell
Manager, Developer Engagement