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How can a get the position of an entity from a HTTP GET /message request in Wit.Ai

The Wit.Ai HTTP API Documentation provides a response example for a POST /converse request which returns the "start" and "end" position of an entity, as seen below:

{
    "type": "merge",
    "entities": {"location": [{"body": "Brussels",
                               "value": {"type": "value",
                                         "value": "Brussels",
                                         "suggested": true},
                               "start": 11,
                               "end": 19,
                               "entity": "location"}]},
    "confidence": 1
  }

There is also a deprecated GET https://api.wit.ai/messages/$MSG_ID request that returns the same information.

Is there a way to configure the GET /message request to return "start" and "end" attributes?

Thanks

Solution

  • You can use verbose=true in your request to get the position of your entities.