Actions on Google: Helper Intents Sample

This feature sample demonstrates Actions on Google helper intents for building on Google Assistant -- using the Java client library and deployed on App Engine.

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

1. Download & install the Google Cloud SDK
2. Gradle with App Engine Plugin
   • Run gcloud auth application-default login with your Google account
   • Install and update the App Engine component,gcloud components install app-engine-java
   • Update other components, gcloud components update

Configuration

Actions Console

1. From the Actions on Google Console, New project (this will become your Project ID) > Create project > under More options > Conversational.
2. From the top menu under Develop > Actions (left nav) > Add your first action > BUILD (this will bring you to the Dialogflow console) > Select language and time zone > CREATE.
3. In Dialogflow, go to Settings ⚙ > Export and Import > Restore from zip.
   • Follow the directions to restore from the agent.zip file in this repo.

App Engine Deployment & Webhook Configuration

1. Configure the gcloud CLI and set your Google Cloud project to the name of your Actions on Google Project ID, which you can find from the Actions on Google console under Settings ⚙
   • gcloud init
2. Deploy to App Engine using Gradle:
   • gradle appengineDeploy OR
   • From within IntelliJ, open the Gradle tray and run the appEngineDeploy task.

Dialogflow Console

Return to the Dialogflow Console, from the left navigation menu under Fulfillment > Enable Webhook, set the value of URL to https://${YOUR_PROJECT_ID}.appspot.com > Save.

1. From the left navigation menu, click Integrations > Integration Settings under Google Assistant > Enable Auto-preview changes > Test to open the Actions on Google simulator then say or type Talk to my test app.

Running this Sample

• You can test your Action on any Google Assistant-enabled device on which the Assistant is signed into the same account used to create this project. Just say or type, “OK Google, talk to my test app”.
• You can also use the Actions on Google Console simulator to test most features and preview on-device behavior.

References & Issues

• Questions? Go to StackOverflow, Assistant Developer Community on Reddit or Support.
• For bugs, please report an issue on Github.
• Actions on Google Documentation
• Webhook Boilerplate Template for Actions on Google.
• More info about Gradle & the App Engine Plugin.
• More info about deploying Java apps with App Engine.

Make Contributions

Please read and follow the steps in the CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

See LICENSE.

Terms

Your use of this sample is subject to, and by using or downloading the sample files you agree to comply with, the Google APIs Terms of Service.