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user2966197
user2966197

Reputation: 2991

Access the user input/utterance from Lex in python Lambda function

I am looking for a way to access the actual question which the user asked ( or the utterance) on Lex in the python Lambda function code. When I print the event parameter in lambda_handler(event, context) I see the following getting printed:

input_request={'messageVersion': '1.0', 'invocationSource': 'FulfillmentCodeHook', 'userId': 'user1', 'sessionAttributes': None, 'bot': {'name': 'bot_name', 'alias': None, 'version': '$LATEST'}, 'outputDialogMode': 'Text', 'currentIntent': {'name': 'bo1', 'slots': {'Time': '10:00','Date': '2017-06-20'}, 'confirmationStatus': 'Confirmed'}, 'inputTranscript': 'yes'}

I do not see any option to access the actual question that the user asked or even the utterance that matched that particular question. Is there a way to do it in case I am missing it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1875

Answers (3)

gpaw
gpaw

Reputation: 349

I can confirm ddperdue answer, inputTranscript holds the utterance

so you can extract it from

event['inputTranscript']

Upvotes: 5

ddperdue
ddperdue

Reputation: 31

The user's utterance can be found in the inputTranscript key. In the example you have posted it is 'yes'.

Upvotes: 3

Oluwafemi Sule
Oluwafemi Sule

Reputation: 38982

You need to create slot types and intents. Only then can currentIntent be filled with user input/utterance.

The event input format doesn't have the utterance at this time.

You can get a list of utterances to your bot and process that for the latest utterance for a slot type.

Reference:

Upvotes: 0

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