# Accessing SLOTS from Custom Connector

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/accessing-slots-from-custom-connector/58454>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/accessing-slots-from-custom-connector/58454 "2023-05-27T19:32:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vicesan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/vicesan/32/22756_2.png) [@vicesan](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vicesan)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/accessing-slots-from-custom-connector/58454/1 "2023-05-27T19:32:17Z")

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Hello!

I am writing this forum ticket to seek assistance with an issue I am currently facing while attempting to access a Rasa slot in a custom output channel. I hope that someone from the community can help me find a solution or provide guidance on how to resolve this problem.

The specific problem I am encountering is that I am unable to access a Rasa slot within a custom output channel implementation. I have successfully created a custom output channel by extending the **InputChannel** class, and it is working as expected for sending messages to the user. However, when I try to access the slots using the **tracker.get\_slot(slot\_name)** method within the custom output channel, i get an error that tracker isn’t defined although i am importing it as following: **from rasa\_sdk import Action, Tracker**

I would greatly appreciate any insights or suggestions on how to overcome this issue. Is there anything specific I need to consider when accessing slots within a custom output channel? Are there any additional steps or modifications that I should make to ensure the slots are accessible?

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**Author:** ![rasa\_learner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/rasa_learner/32/21721_2.png) [@rasa\_learner](https://forum.rasa.com/u/rasa_learner)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/accessing-slots-from-custom-connector/58454/2 "2023-05-28T10:26:58Z")

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Hi @vicesan, can you share your implementation?

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**Author:** ![vicesan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/vicesan/32/22756_2.png) [@vicesan](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vicesan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/accessing-slots-from-custom-connector/58454/3 "2023-05-28T17:08:48Z")

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Hey, thanks for replying!

I understood that the error occurs because I am trying to call the `get_slot` method on the `Tracker` class directly, without creating an instance of the class. The question now is how to do that.

This is how the structure of my code looks like:

```auto
import asyncio
import inspect
import logging
from sanic import Sanic, Blueprint, response
from rasa_sdk import Tracker

from rasa.core.channels.channel import (
    InputChannel,
    CollectingOutputChannel,
    UserMessage,
)

class CustomOutputConnector(InputChannel):
    def __init__ (self, agent: Agent) -> None:
        self.agent = agent

    @classmethod
    def name(cls) -> Text:
        """Name of your custom channel."""
        return "first"

    def blueprint(
        self, on_new_message: Callable[[UserMessage], Awaitable[None]]
    ) -> Blueprint:

        custom_webhook = Blueprint(
            "custom_webhook_{}".format(type(self). __name__ ),
            inspect.getmodule(self). __name__ ,
        )

        @custom_webhook.route("/", methods=["GET"])
        async def health(request: Request) -> HTTPResponse:
            return response.json({"status": "ok"})

        @custom_webhook.route("/webhook", methods=["POST"])
        async def receive(request: Request) -> HTTPResponse:

            text = request.json.get("text") # method to fetch text
            input_channel = self.name() # method to fetch input channel
            metadata = self.get_metadata(request) # method to get metadata

            collector = CollectingOutputChannel()

            # include exception handling
            try:
                await on_new_message(
                    UserMessage(
                        text,
                        collector,
                        sender_id,
                        input_channel=input_channel,
                        metadata=metadata,
                    )
                )
            except CancelledError:
                logger.error(
                    f"Message handling timed out for " f"user message '{text}'."
                )
            except Exception:
                logger.exception(
                    f"An exception occurred while handling "
                    f"user message '{text}'."
                )

            # Get the current tracker instance for the sender_id

            translation_language = tracker.get_slot('translation_language')
            ....

        return custom_webhook

```