I am building a Google Assistant action without using Dialogflow instead using our own NLG / NLU , i am using gactions cli to upload my action file, all works fine , while i am able to test in simulator as well on my phone,
I am unable to submit for Alpha / Beta testing, all i see is those buttons disabled and its saying i do not have any action (as i am not using dialogflow).
How can i submit action for Alpha/Beta testing?
It looks like you haven't defined any actions in the action package (the file you upload using the gactions tool). Unfortunately "action" has several meanings here. One is the app itself, another is the things it can do via 'intents'.
Try adding the main intent to your action package:
{
"actions": [
{
"description": "Default Welcome Intent",
"name": "MAIN",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "HelloWorld"
},
"intent": {
"name": "actions.intent.MAIN",
"trigger": {
"queryPatterns": [
"Open hello world"
]
}
}
}
]
}
The conversationName field must be the same as the one you define under conversations in the same file.
"conversations": {
"HelloWorld": {
"name": "HelloWorld",
"url": "https://myapp.example.com",
"fulfillmentApiVersion": 2,
}
}
Related
I decided to upgrade my Google Assistant action to use "dialogFlow V2 API" and my webhook returns an object like this
{
"fulfillmentText": "Testing",
"fulfillmentMessages": [
{
"text": {
"text": [
"fulfillmentMessages text attribute"
]
}
}
],
"payload": {
"google": {
"richResponse": {
"items": [
{
"mediaResponse": {
"mediaType": "AUDIO",
"mediaObjects": [
{
"name": "mediaResponse name",
"description": "mediaResponse description",
"largeImage": {
"url": "https://.../640x480.jpg"
},
"contentUrl": "https://.../20183832714.mp3"
}
]
},
"simpleResponse": {
"textToSpeech": "simpleResponse: testing",
"ssml": "simpleResponse: ssml",
"displayText": "simpleResponse displayText"
}
}
]
}
}
},
"source": "webhook-play-sample"
}
But I get an error message saying my action it is not available, is mediaResponse supported by V2?, should I format my object differently?, also, when I remove "mediaResponse" object works just fine and the assistant will speak the simpleResponse part.
This action was re-created this Mid March 2018 and I read about May deadline and that is why I decide to upgrade to V2, do you think I should go back to V1, I know I will have to delete it and re-created but that is fine. This is a link to the JSON object I see in the debug tab. Thanks once again
I set "API V2" in my action dialogFlow console, this is a screenshot of that setting
Here is an screenshoot of my action's integration -> Google Assistant
Thanks Allen, Yes I do have "expectUserResponse": false, I added the suggestion object you recommended but, unfortunately nothing changed, I am still getting this error
Simulator debug tag details
First of all - this is not a problem with Dialogflow V2. You also seem to be confusing the sunset of Actions on Google V1 with the release of Dialogflow V2 - they are two different creatures completely. If your project was using AoG V1, there would be a setting on the Actions integration screen, and thee isn't.
It is fine if you want to move to Dialogflow V2, but it isn't required. Media definitely works under Dialogflow V2.
The array of items must include a simpleResponse item first, before any of the other items in the RichResponse. (You also shouldn't include both ssml and textToSpeech - just one of them.) You also don't need the fulfillmentText and fulfillmentMessages components, since those are provided by the richResponse.
You also need to include suggestions chips unless you have set expectUserResponse to false. Somewhere in the simulator debug is probably a block that says
{
"name": "MalformedResponse",
"debugInfo": "expected_inputs[0].input_prompt.rich_initial_prompt: Suggestions must be provided if media_response is used..",
"subDebugEntryList": []
}
So something more like this should work:
{
"payload": {
"google": {
"richResponse": {
"items": [
{
"simpleResponse": {
"textToSpeech": "simpleResponse: testing",
"displayText": "simpleResponse displayText"
},
"mediaResponse": {
"mediaType": "AUDIO",
"mediaObjects": [
{
"name": "mediaResponse name",
"description": "mediaResponse description",
"largeImage": {
"url": "https://.../640x480.jpg"
},
"contentUrl": "https://.../20183832714.mp3"
}
]
}
}
]
"suggestions": [
{
"title": "This"
},
{
"title": "That"
}
]
}
}
},
"source": "webhook-play-sample"
}
I tried to connect DialogFlow and Actions on Google, so I created some intents, connected the services, added explicit and implicit invocations etc, but when I try the bot in the simulator https://console.actions.google.com/project/[projectId]/simulator/ it always gives me the error:
"Failed to parse Dialogflow response into AppResponse, exception
thrown with message: Empty speech response"
even tough inputType was "KEYBOARD".
What I tried so far:
I did set "Response from this tab will be sent to the Google Assistant integration" in Dialog Flow (do you have to set it for every single intent?), but I don't see any extra setting for speech.
I disabled the second language, first I had also intents in German
I also turned off the Fullfillment Webhook (implemented in API v1 and then also v2) with no change
I only found this user with the same problem https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/dialogflow/xYjKlz31yW0;context-place=topicsearchin/dialogflow/Empty$20speech$20response but no resolution.
the fulfillment checkbox is checked at the intents
The bot works fine when I use it through "Try it now" on the very right in Dialog Flow or in the Web Demo https://bot.dialogflow.com/994dda8b-4849-4a8a-ab24-c0cd03b5f420
Unfortunately the docs don't say anything about this error. Any ideas?
Here a screenshot of the error on the Actions integration:
This is the full debug output:
{
"agentToAssistantDebug": {
"agentToAssistantJson": {
"message": "Failed to parse Dialogflow response into AppResponse, exception thrown with message: Empty speech response",
"apiResponse": {
"id": "c12e1389-e887-49d4-b399-a332188ca946",
"timestamp": "2018-01-27T03:55:30.931Z",
"lang": "en-us",
"result": {},
"status": {
"code": 200,
"errorType": "success"
},
"sessionId": "1517025330705"
}
}
},
"assistantToAgentDebug": {
"assistantToAgentJson": {
"user": {
"userId": "USER_ID",
"locale": "en-US",
"lastSeen": "2018-01-27T03:55:03Z"
},
"conversation": {
"conversationId": "1517025330705",
"type": "NEW"
},
"inputs": [
{
"intent": "actions.intent.MAIN",
"rawInputs": [
{
"inputType": "KEYBOARD",
"query": "Talk to Mica, the Hipster Cat Bot"
}
]
}
],
"surface": {
"capabilities": [
{
"name": "actions.capability.MEDIA_RESPONSE_AUDIO"
},
{
"name": "actions.capability.WEB_BROWSER"
},
{
"name": "actions.capability.AUDIO_OUTPUT"
},
{
"name": "actions.capability.SCREEN_OUTPUT"
}
]
},
"isInSandbox": true,
"availableSurfaces": [
{
"capabilities": [
{
"name": "actions.capability.AUDIO_OUTPUT"
},
{
"name": "actions.capability.SCREEN_OUTPUT"
}
]
}
]
},
"curlCommand": "curl -v 'https://api.api.ai/api/integrations/google?token=TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8' -H 'Google-Actions-API-Version: 2' -H 'Authorization: AUTH_TOKEN' -A 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-Cloud-Functions/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)' -X POST -d '{\"user\":{\"userId\":\"USER_ID\",\"locale\":\"en-US\",\"lastSeen\":\"2018-01-27T03:55:03Z\"},\"conversation\":{\"conversationId\":\"1517025330705\",\"type\":\"NEW\"},\"inputs\":[{\"intent\":\"actions.intent.MAIN\",\"rawInputs\":[{\"inputType\":\"KEYBOARD\",\"query\":\"Talk to Mica, the Hipster Cat Bot\"}]}],\"surface\":{\"capabilities\":[{\"name\":\"actions.capability.MEDIA_RESPONSE_AUDIO\"},{\"name\":\"actions.capability.WEB_BROWSER\"},{\"name\":\"actions.capability.AUDIO_OUTPUT\"},{\"name\":\"actions.capability.SCREEN_OUTPUT\"}]},\"isInSandbox\":true,\"availableSurfaces\":[{\"capabilities\":[{\"name\":\"actions.capability.AUDIO_OUTPUT\"},{\"name\":\"actions.capability.SCREEN_OUTPUT\"}]}]}'"
},
"sharedDebugInfo": [
{
"name": "ResponseValidation",
"subDebugEntry": [
{
"debugInfo": "API Version 2: Failed to parse JSON response string with 'INVALID_ARGUMENT' error: \": Cannot find field.\".",
"name": "UnparseableJsonResponse"
}
]
}
]
}
Also "debugInfo" sounds like an internal problem:
"API Version 2: Failed to parse JSON response string with
'INVALID_ARGUMENT' error: \": Cannot find field.\"."
Here a screenshot of the welcome intent:
ps.
It took me AGES to figure out, what
"Query pattern is missing for custom intent"
means - so I just document it here: In Dialog Flow - Intent - "User says" you have to DOUBLE CLICK on a word in the text input field when you want to set it as query parameter - which seems to be required for Actions on Google.
This happened to me. If this happens for an Intent you just added in the Dialogflow console and you are using Webhook fulfillment for the action, check the intent's fulfillment settings and ensure that the Webhook fulfillment slider is on. Evidently new intents don't automatically get webhook fulfillment: you have to opt each one in piecemeal (or at least, that was my experience).
I experienced this situation too.
My problem was that I used a SimpleResponse in my fulfillment index.js without referencing to it. So the solution for me was to add SimpleResponse like this in index.js:
const {dialogflow, SimpleResponse} = require('actions-on-google');
So, always check if you aren't using any dependencies without including it in your js-file.
Probably not the most common cause of the problem, but it can be.
I got this when running through the codelabs tutorial (https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/actions-1/index.html#4) and didn't name my intent the same name as it is referenced in the webhook script:
I came across this error when trying to develop my own WebHook. I first verified that my code was called by looking into the Nginx log, after which I knew there was a problem in my JSON output because I based my output on outdated examples.
The (up-to-date) documentation for both V1 and V2 of the API can be found here:
https://dialogflow.com/docs/fulfillment/how-it-works
This example response for v2 of the dialogflow webhook API helped me to resolve this error:
{
"payload": {
"google": {
"expectUserResponse": true,
"richResponse": {
"items": [
{
"simpleResponse": {
"textToSpeech": "this is a simple response"
}
}
]
}
}
}
}
Source: https://github.com/dialogflow/fulfillment-webhook-json/blob/master/responses/v2/ActionsOnGoogle/RichResponses/SimpleResponse.json
You can find more examples in the official github repository linked above.
Another possibility is if you have a text response (even an empty one) like so:
Then you need to click the trash can next to the response to clear it out to use the webhook.
The Actions on Google support helped me fix this problem:
I needed to add a text as Default Response to the intent used for Explicit Invocation.
I have the problem that the google home/assitant action console simulators response and request tab are not working. At least when I am using a custom action.json.
For me I am not sure if all have this problem or only some. That are using an custom action sdk. Or is it a problem only because something of my action.json is maybe not 100% correct configured.
here is the action.json:
{
"actions": [
{
"description": "Default Welcome Intent",
"name": "MAIN",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "testApp"
},
"intent": {
"name": "actions.intent.MAIN",
"trigger": {
"queryPatterns": [
"open special manager",
"open s p m"
]
}
}
}
],
"types": [],
"conversations": {
"testApp": {
"name": "testApp",
"url": "https://572e66a2.ngrok.io/",
"fulfillmentApiVersion": 2,
"in_dialog_intents": [
{
"name": "actions.intent.NO_INPUT"
},
{
"name": "actions.intent.SIGN_IN"
}
]
}
}
here is a picture of the request:
As you can see it is only the dummy content in request tab anyway if the chat is working.
The response tab is completly empty. But the messages and voice is correctly working. Also on my google home.
Does anybody have an idea? I will add of course more debug informations if necessary. Can it be trouble with the response or request messages from my server?
But actually the messages, they are working...
I'm currently working with an action package that declares it will handle the following intents:
actions.intent.MAIN
actions.intent.TEXT
actions.intent.OPTION
I've started with the first two, and proxying this to my own NLP/response gathering I'm able to get basic functionality working. I'm now trying to move forward with showing the user lists using askWithList. My Action Package is defined as follows:
{
"actions": [
{
"name": "MAIN",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "JamesTest"
},
"intent": {
"name": "actions.intent.MAIN"
}
},
{
"name": "TEXT",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "JamesTest"
},
"intent": {
"name": "actions.intent.TEXT"
}
},
{
"name": "OPTION",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "JamesTest"
},
"intent": {
"name": "actions.intent.OPTION"
}
}
],
"conversations": {
"JamesTest": {
"name": "JamesTest",
"url": "myngrok"
}
}
}
When I try to respond with askWithList and test in the simulator I get the following error:
{
"name": "ResponseValidation",
"subDebugEntry": [{
"name": "MalformedResponse",
"debugInfo": "expected_inputs[0].possible_intents[0]: intent 'actions.intent.OPTION' is only supported for version 2 and above."
}]
}
Per the documentation my understanding was that all projects created after May 17 2017 would be using version 2 SDK by default. I also cannot seem to find any indication that I would be able to explicitly declare what version I would like to use in the Action Package definition.
Has anyone run into this? Is this just a limitation of the simulator, or am I missing something obvious?
It looks as though there is an undocumented (at least I can't find it) field in the conversations block called fulfillmentApiVersion that must be set to 2 in your actions package. Answer sourced from here: askWithList on Actions on Google
You're missing something not in the least bit obvious. {: The documentation for this is somewhat hidden and the gactions command still generates a version 1 json file.
The action package must explicitly indicate the version that it is using, otherwise it will be assumed to be using version 1.
To specify version 2, your "conversations" section should look something like:
"conversations": {
"JamesTest": {
"name": "JamesTest",
"url": "myngrok",
"fulfillmentApiVersion": 2
}
}
Note the "fulfillmentApiVersion" parameter.
I have created an actions SDK app which I can view in my google assistant. On clicking account linkage is complete with Auth2.0, but SYNC intent is not getting triggered and app just shows a message "Something went wrong".
My action.json :
{
"actions": [{
"name": "actions.devices",
"fulfillment": {
"conversationName": "automation"
}
}],
"conversations": {
"automation" :
{
"name": "automation",
"url": "MY_APPLICATION_ENDPOINT"
}
}
}