Cognigy Demo Webchat offers the opportunity to test Webchat integrations with various providers, including handover providers, and also allows you to preview the appearance of your webchat before deploying it in a production environment. This tool is valuable for testing and customization, ensuring that your Webchat functions according to your expectations and looks the way you want it to before launching.
Using Demo Webchat
To start using Demo Webchat, follow these steps:
- In the left-side menu of the Project, go to Build > Endpoints.
- On the Endpoints page, select existing Webchat Endpoint or create a new one by clicking + New Endpoint.
- In the upper-right corner of the Endpoint editor, click Open Demo Webchat.
The Webchat Demo Page will display a website that contains a Webchat widget you have configured in the Endpoint Settings in Cognigy.AI.
Manually Defining the User ID
By default, when you load the Webchat widget, you are assigned a random user id that is stored in local memory, ensuring that you have the same user id the next time you use the Webchat.
To test your Webchat as an end user, define the user id by adding ?user=<user-id> to the Demo Webchat URL.
For example, in the
https://webchat-trial.cognigy.ai/v2/7e466a9d76611d8decbd15f366f607345efc36805c4e7cff25789ec91ee66457?user=test URL,
the user id is set to test.
To create a new session for the existing user, use ?user=<old-user-id>&sessionId=<new-user-id>.
To locate the user id of past conversations, navigate to Manage > Contact Profiles.
Demo Webchat Settings
These configuration options within the Webchat Endpoint will only have an effect on the integrated Demo Webchat page.
Last modified on April 24, 2026