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Get all the output from Watson conversation using java

If I have a IBM bluemix Watson conversation dialog output JSON like:

"output": {
    "text": {
        "values": [
            "What is your name?",
            "Name of the person?",
            "Please specify the name of the person."
        ],
        "selection_policy": "random",
        "append": true
    }
}

How can I get all the suggestions from the output response?

Solution

  • You can use context variables for saves what the user says using <? input.text ?>. Try to follow this simple example:

    Create one child node in this Node above, and add: 

    {
  "context": {
    "userTypes": "<? input.text ?>"
  },
  "output": {
    "text": {
      "values": [
        "All you said here: $userTypes."
      ],
      "selection_policy": "sequential"
    }
  }
}

    So, in your Java example, you can get the value of this context variable with this follow method:

    private Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();

 ConversationService service = new ConversationService(ConversationService.VERSION_DATE_2016_09_20);
 service.setUsernameAndPassword('Your Watson service UserName', 'Your watson service PassWord');
 MessageRequest newMessage = new MessageRequest.Builder().inputText(inputmessage).context(context).build();
 MessageResponse response = service.message('Your Workspace Id', newMessage).execute();

   //Passing Context of last conversation
    if(response.getContext() !=null)
      {
        context.clear();

        context = response.getContext();

     }