# Using Discourse as a WebApp Messaging Engine

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-webapp-messaging-engine/69665
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-webapp-messaging-engine/69665 "2017-09-08T20:08:58Z")
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### Author: ![meatlessmondays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@meatlessmondays](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meatlessmondays)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-webapp-messaging-engine/69665/1 "2017-09-08T20:08:58Z")

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I have a webapp that needs users to be able to privately message each other while allowing admins to verify discussions/agreements. I am leveraging Discourse’s robust API to create a new user and send a message to a potential partner to discuss their terms and agreements.

I have had a difficult time finding another alternative without having to reinvent the wheel. Discourse is a great product and thought this would be a good solution.

We have it working quite well for this purpose- only caveat is that it still takes the users out of my webapp “experience” to a forum.

I am curious if anyone else is using it in this way or anyone has any suggestions with positive results to “hack” Discourse to enable a “chat” functionality for my web app.

Thanks!