# Drop down menu

**URL:** https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871
**Category:** Rasa Open Source
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871 "2020-12-09T16:49:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/1 "2020-12-09T16:49:33Z")

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I used the following link to take the response and the domain for a drop down menu, however when I add the story it just prints out the domain in the form of text, I am using command line and was wonder whether the drop down menu doesn’t work with the cmd?

> <https://github.com/JiteshGaikwad/Chatbot-Widget/blob/master/docs/responses.md>

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### Author: ![ChikkaUdayaSai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ChikkaUdayaSai](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChikkaUdayaSai)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/2 "2020-12-09T18:50:02Z")

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The dropdown responses were not supported in cmdline since it is a custom payload. You need to use Chatbot Widget developed by @JiteshGaikwad to test it.

Thanks, Uday

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/3 "2020-12-10T13:33:15Z")

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I’ve tried deploying his work as well (the restaurant code and the HR code) and I receive a lot of errors. I’ve also tried installing Rasa x with python version 3.8 and pip 20.01 and Ubuntu 20.04 and it wouldn’t install. How can I install rasa x?

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### Author: ![ChikkaUdayaSai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ChikkaUdayaSai](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChikkaUdayaSai)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/4 "2020-12-10T13:51:54Z")

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Use below command to install rasa x.

```
pip3 install rasa-x --extra-index-url https://pypi.rasa.com/simple
```

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/5 "2020-12-10T17:17:34Z")

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I tried this code and it tells me to use pip instead of pip3. Does the tensor flow version make a difference?

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### Author: ![ChikkaUdayaSai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ChikkaUdayaSai](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChikkaUdayaSai)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/6 "2020-12-10T17:45:13Z")

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Yes sometimes. Use pip install. It has to work.

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/7 "2020-12-10T21:19:24Z")

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I will try it by creating another virtual machine and installing rasa x, will let you know how it works. As for the drop down menu I get the following error.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/4/446ff26e70d5bbe93c503b6f12512d03e1ae671f.jpeg) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/4/49c2a9a773be7c5e6f31ecbe4ba9fa0719ba8cb8.jpeg)

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### Author: ![ChikkaUdayaSai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ChikkaUdayaSai](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChikkaUdayaSai)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/8 "2020-12-11T01:47:46Z")

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I haven’t tried payload inside the values just like you and I am not really sure it was supported. As per the error logs, I am assuming that payloads were not supported in dropdown. You just need to provide text value. @JiteshGaikwad Correct me I am wrong.

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/9 "2020-12-12T13:24:50Z")

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Thanks, Uday for chiming in. @IsraaMohamedHamid the dropdown which you are trying to render will only work for the UI which I have developed. It is not supported by Rasa X.

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### Author: ![ChikkaUdayaSai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ChikkaUdayaSai](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChikkaUdayaSai)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/10 "2020-12-12T18:33:00Z")

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Thank you @JiteshGaikwad for your time.

> [@ChikkaUdayaSai](#):
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> The dropdown responses were not supported in cmdline since it is a custom payload. You need to use Chatbot Widget developed by @JiteshGaikwad to test it.
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> Thanks, Uday

Yeah. That I told him earlier. Question was can we send data like ‘intentName{key:value}’ in dropdown same like sending a payload in buttons.

Is the below statement is valid?

‘’’ custom: payload: dropdown data: label: l1 value: /intent{key:value} ‘’’

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/11 "2020-12-13T04:06:09Z")

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@ChikkaUdayaSai you can send it as shown below

> <https://github.com/JiteshGaikwad/Chatbot-Widget/blob/master/docs/responses.md#dropdown>

But this will only work with custom UI not with Rasa X

Can you add the above statement in markdown format.

Note the Dropdown was made in support of Rasa 1.X, I am not sure this will work for Rasa 2.0 as it supports yml.

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/12 "2020-12-13T08:43:03Z")

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I’m sorry stupid question but how do I make the UI work? As in what requirements do I need? Also why do buttons work fine and drop down or carousel not work?

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/13 "2020-12-13T12:16:09Z")

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@IsraaMohamedHamid you can find the instructions here:

> <https://github.com/JiteshGaikwad/Chatbot-Widget/blob/master/docs/instructions.md>

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/14 "2020-12-13T12:19:16Z")

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Yes I have read the instructions, I didn’t understand the how to add rest channel to the credentials.yml can you send me a link that I can use to understand. Also will this work with ubuntu 18.04?

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/15 "2020-12-13T12:47:03Z")

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You can check this link:

> **[Your Own Website](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/connectors/your-own-website/)**
>
> Deploy and Run a Rasa Chat Bot on a Website

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### Author: ![shubharora734](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@shubharora734](https://forum.rasa.com/u/shubharora734)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/16 "2020-12-14T13:55:13Z")

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I tried this code and it tells me to use pip instead of pip3[.](https://hellodear.in/boi-hrms/)[.](https://teatv.ltd/index/)

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/17 "2020-12-18T10:33:15Z")

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@JiteshGaikwad would the drop down and carousel work on WhatsApp and telegram or just messenger?

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/18 "2020-12-18T10:37:58Z")

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@IsraaMohamedHamid it won’t work as whatsapp don’t have carousel or Dropdown feature

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### Author: ![IsraaMohamedHamid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@IsraaMohamedHamid](https://forum.rasa.com/u/IsraaMohamedHamid)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/19 "2020-12-19T12:53:59Z")

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@JiteshGaikwad what feature can I used to display a long list in whatsapp?

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### Author: ![JiteshGaikwad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@JiteshGaikwad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JiteshGaikwad)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/drop-down-menu/37871/20 "2020-12-19T13:32:50Z")

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You can use number list

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