Messaging system share-to-chat

A system comprising:

• one or more processors of a machine;
• a display;
• and
• a memory storing instructions for sharing an item or state from an external resource accessed via a messaging application, the instructions when executed by at least one processor among the one or more processors, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a user interface for the external resource in a messaging application;
• navigating within the external resource based on user input received in the user interface presented in the messaging application;
• receiving selection of an item or state within the external resource;
• receiving identification of a recipient;
• and
• transmitting information representing the item or state to a second computing device associated with the identified recipient, thereby to enable the display of information representing the item or state in a chat interface of a messaging application running on the second computing device associated with the identified recipient, the transmitted information including information for a call-to-action interface element that defines an action that does not require generating the item or the state in a version of the external resource running on the second computing device.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions for providing sharing of an item or state from an external resource running in a messaging application, the instructions, when executed by a first computing device including a display, cause the first computing device to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a user interface for the external resource in a messaging application;
• navigating within the external resource based on user input received in the user interface presented in the messaging application;
• receiving selection of an item or state within the external resource;
• receiving identification of a recipient;
• and
• transmitting information representing the item or state to a second computing device associated with the identified recipient, thereby to enable the display of information representing the item or state in a chat interface of a messaging application running on the second computing device associated with the identified recipient, the transmitted information including information for a call-to-action interface element that defines an action that does not require generating the item or the state in a version of the external resource running on the second computing device.