Systems and methods for providing external content in a messaging interface

An electronic device configured to operate as a client to a collaboration platform, the computer processing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a display,
• a communications interface;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• display, on the display, a chat interface;
• receive, via the communications interface, a dynamic content item descriptor from the collaboration platform, the dynamic content item descriptor defining the dynamic content item and a content provider that is configured to provide dynamic data for a dynamic content item, wherein the dynamic content item comprises an icon representing the content provider, an attribute portion describing the dynamic data, and a data portion for the dynamic data;
• receive, via the communications interface, dynamic data;
• display, on the display, the icon, the attribute portion, and the data portion comprising the dynamic data in an area of the chat interface that is distinct from a messaging area of the chat interface;
• receiving, from the content provider, new dynamic data;
• updating the display of the data portion with the new dynamic data.

Non-transient computer readable storage comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• display, on a display, a chat interface;
• receive, via a communications interface, a dynamic content item descriptor from the collaboration platform, the dynamic content item descriptor defining a content provider that is configured to provide dynamic data for a dynamic content item, wherein the dynamic content item comprises an icon representing the content provider, an attribute portion describing the dynamic data, and a data portion for the dynamic data;
• send, via the communications interface, a content request to the content provider;
• receive, via the communications interface, a response from the content provider, the response comprising the dynamic data;
• display, on the display, the icon, the attribute portion, and the data portion comprising the dynamic data in an area of the chat interface that is distinct from a messaging area of the chat interface;
• receiving, from the content provider, new dynamic data;
• updating the display of the data portion with the new dynamic data.