began process of integratign the xxDK

client.go

+package main
+
+import (
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/api"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/params"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/single"
+	"os"
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func initClient() (*api.Client, *single.Manager) {
+	createClient()
+
+	pass := password
+	storeDir := session
+
+	netParams := params.GetDefaultNetwork()
+	client, err := api.Login(storeDir, []byte(pass), netParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		jww.FATAL.Panicf("%+v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = client.StartNetworkFollower()
+	if err != nil {
+		jww.FATAL.Panicf("%+v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Wait until connected or crash on timeout
+	connected := make(chan bool, 10)
+	client.GetHealth().AddChannel(connected)
+	waitUntilConnected(connected)
+
+	// Make single-use manager and start receiving process
+	singleMng := single.NewManager(client)
+	client.AddService(singleMng.StartProcesses)
+
+	return client, singleMng
+}
+
+
+func createClient() *api.Client {
+	pass := password
+	storeDir := session
+
+	//create a new client if none exist
+	if _, err := os.Stat(storeDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// Load NDF
+		ndfJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ndfPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			jww.FATAL.Panicf(err.Error())
+		}
+
+		err = api.NewClient(string(ndfJSON), storeDir,
+			[]byte(pass), "")
+		if err != nil {
+			jww.FATAL.Panicf("%+v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	netParams := params.GetDefaultNetwork()
+	client, err := api.OpenClient(storeDir, []byte(pass), netParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		jww.FATAL.Panicf("%+v", err)
+	}
+	return client
+}
+
+
+func waitUntilConnected(connected chan bool) {
+	timeoutTimer := time.NewTimer(90 * time.Second)
+	isConnected := false
+	//Wait until we connect or panic if we can't by a timeout
+	for !isConnected {
+		select {
+		case isConnected = <-connected:
+			jww.INFO.Printf("Network Status: %v\n",
+				isConnected)
+			break
+		case <-timeoutTimer.C:
+			jww.FATAL.Panic("timeout on connection")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Now start a thread to empty this channel and update us
+	// on connection changes for debugging purposes.
+	go func() {
+		prev := true
+		for {
+			select {
+			case isConnected = <-connected:
+				if isConnected != prev {
+					prev = isConnected
+					jww.INFO.Printf(
+						"Network Status Changed: %v\n",
+						isConnected)
+				}
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
\ No newline at end of file

go.mod

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ module gitlab.com/elixxir/xx-coin-game-ui
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6 // indirect
 	github.com/dtylman/gowd v0.0.0-20190619113956-15e38debca22
-	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201224014010-6772e930b67b // indirect
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
+	github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77 // indirect
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20210317220715-139e06c28b9b
 )

main.go

@@ -2,16 +2,32 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/dtylman/gowd"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/contact"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/single"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dtylman/gowd/bootstrap"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/api"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/params"
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 )
 
+var password string
+var session string
+var ndfPath string
+var singleMngr *single.Manager
+var botContact contact.Contact
+
 var body *gowd.Element
 
 func main() {
+
+	_, singleMngr = initClient()
+
 	//creates a new bootstrap fluid container
 	body = bootstrap.NewContainer(false)
 
@@ -60,6 +76,20 @@ func btnClicked(sender *gowd.Element, event *gowd.EventElement) {
 	// makes the body stop responding to user events
 	body.Disable()
 
+	ethAddr := body.Find("ethaddr").GetValue()
+	sendText := body.Find("message").GetValue()
+
+	//send the message
+	message := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s",ethAddr,sendText)
+
+	replyFunc := func(payload []byte, err error){
+
+	}
+
+	err := singleMngr.TransmitSingleUse(botContact, []byte(message),
+		"xxCoinGame", 10, replyFunc, 30*time.Second)
+
+
 	// clean up - remove the added elements
 	defer func() {
 		sender.SetText("Start")