NluAdapter::WatsonAssistant

Adapter for IBM Watson Assistant

Setup

Please check the Getting started tutorial

  • To get the API details

    • Go to resources list
    • Select the desired service from the Services section
    • Download / Copy the API Key & URL
    • Click on the Launch tool to go to IBM Watson Assistant
    • Select the Skills tab
    • Click on the vertical ... icon for the desired skill
    • Then click on View API Details from the menu
    • Copy the Workspace ID

  • To create intents

    • In the above step instead of clicking on the vertical ... icon, click the skill name

Examples

  1. Parse a text and identify intent from an existing skill
require 'nlu_adapter'

wa = NluAdapter.new(:WatsonAssistant, {url: 'https://gateway-lon.watsonplatform.net/assistant/api', version: '2018-09-20'})

puts wa.parse('I want to book a hotel')


{:intent_name=>"BookHotel"}
  1. Create an intent
require 'nlu_adapter'

wa = NluAdapter.new(:WatsonAssistant, {url: 'https://gateway-lon.watsonplatform.net/assistant/api', version: '2018-09-20'})
i = wa.new_intent('BookHotel', ['please book a hotel', 'I want to book a hotel'])

wa.create_intent(i)

Running examples

$ cat test-wa-1.rb
require 'nlu_adapter'

wa = NluAdapter.new(:WatsonAssistant, {url: 'https://gateway-lon.watsonplatform.net/assistant/api', version: '2018-09-20'})

puts wa.parse('I want to book a hotel')

$ WATSON_API_KEY='XXX' WATSON_WORKSPACE_ID='YYY' ruby ./test-wa-1.rb
{:intent_name=>"BookHotel"}