How to call external API's about program-y HOT 7 CLOSED

SRIAX in AIML 2 are a bit rubbish, added by the Pandora guys to allow them to call their own services, but they are not well documented and not extensible enough for what I wanted

Instead use the tag which is used for calling Python classes directly, which can then call other APIs via whichever mechanism you prefer as normal python code

Check out src/test/parser/template/graph/test_extension.py which shows examples of how to call an extension from within an AIML Tag.

In this example, TestExtension conforms to a basic class of

class TestExtension(object):

def execute(self, data):
    print(data)
    return "executed"

When the template is evaluated, your extension class is dynamically loaded, and execute called with all the other data passed as a string into the variable data.

Parse this, do whatever operation you want to do and then return a string of values which will then be returned as part of normal AIML parsing.

If you want to parse the returned values, you can wrap this in an tag

WARNING, make sure your extension class is on the python path or it will not be picked up

Keiff

from program-y.

curl 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1.0/ask?sessionid=123&question=hello'

{
  "response": {
    "answer": "Hi nice to see you!",
    "question": "hello",
    "sessionid": "123"
  }
}

For example how to launch REST server, check alice2_rest.sh in bots/alice2.

BTW, sessions don't seem to work yet.

from program-y.

Ah wait, you mean external APIs via <sraix>, sorry, I'm not sure about this, hopefully keiff will answer.

from program-y.

@JustArchi @keiffster Thanks for your answer. Now I'm able to call the external API's using the tag which is used for calling Python classes as mentioned by you. Now I'm trying to call the program-y from external interface, I'll raise a question if I need any help.

from program-y.

@JustArchi I tried to use the curl command in the terminal. But it returns Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 5000: Connection refused. The configuration says localhost & port 5000 only, Can you help me with the information for the same.

from program-y.

And did you start Program-Y REST server first?

root@archi:~# netstat -tulpn | grep 5000
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5000          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2941/python3

You need firstly to start REST server, for example with alice2_rest.sh script in bots/alice2, then once it's up and listening you can communicate with it.

from program-y.

@JustArchi Thanks. After running the alice2_rest.sh script, I am able to communicate with it.

from program-y.