How can I get a conversation_id so I run an Action via POST from an App

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Hello @Tanja!

I am still confused by where is the conversation_id gets set. I created a simple websockets powered chat front end that hard codes the session_id and conversation_id for testing:

socket.on('connect', function(msg) {
    socket.emit('session_request', 
        ({'session_id': 12345, 'conversation_id' : 67890 })
    );
});

the credentials.yml looks like this:

socketio:
  user_message_evt: user_uttered
  bot_message_evt: bot_uttered
  session_persistence: true

After chatting through the frontend(websockets), I wanted to retrieve a conversations tracker:

http://localhost:5005/conversations/67890/tracker

The response is this:

{
    "sender_id": "67890",
    "slots": {},
    "latest_message": {
        "intent": {},
        "entities": [],
        "text": null,
        "message_id": null,
        "metadata": null
    },
    "latest_event_time": 1571671551.5727872849,
    "followup_action": null,
    "paused": false,
    "events": [
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671551.5727872849,
            "name": "action_listen",
            "policy": null,
            "confidence": null
        }
    ],
    "latest_input_channel": null,
    "active_form": {},
    "latest_action_name": "action_listen"
}

Why does the conversation_id becomes the sender_id?

If I change the get to use the sender_id instead of the converstion_id: http://localhost:5005/conversations/12345/tracker I actually get the tracker that I am looking for: Is sender_id and conversation_id the same thing?

{
    "sender_id": "12345",
    "slots": {},
    "latest_message": {
        "intent": {
            "name": "mood_unhappy",
            "confidence": 0.9948384166
        },
        "entities": [],
        "intent_ranking": [
           .....
        ],
        "text": "sad"
    },
    "latest_event_time": 1571671750.9962654114,
    "followup_action": null,
    "paused": false,
    "events": [
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671396.7521972656,
            "name": "action_listen",
            "policy": null,
            "confidence": null
        },
        {
            "event": "user",
            "timestamp": 1571671396.8155121803,
            "text": "Hello",
            "parse_data": {
                "intent": {
                    "name": "greet",
                    "confidence": 0.9864999652
                },
                "entities": [],
                "intent_ranking": [
                    .....
                ],
                "text": "Hello"
            },
            "input_channel": "socketio",
            "message_id": "269b550cc38743f9997f4c60cb11acbe",
            "metadata": null
        },
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671396.9251480103,
            "name": "utter_greet",
            "policy": "policy_0_MemoizationPolicy",
            "confidence": 1.0
        },
        {
            "event": "bot",
            "timestamp": 1571671396.9251606464,
            "text": "Hey! How are you?",
            "data": {
                "elements": null,
                "quick_replies": null,
                "buttons": null,
                "attachment": null,
                "image": null,
                "custom": null
            },
            "metadata": {}
        },
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671396.9300782681,
            "name": "action_listen",
            "policy": "policy_0_MemoizationPolicy",
            "confidence": 1.0
        },
        {
            "event": "user",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.4503774643,
            "text": "sad",
            "parse_data": {
                "intent": {
                    "name": "mood_unhappy",
                    "confidence": 0.9948384166
                },
                "entities": [],
                "intent_ranking": [
                   ......
                ],
                "text": "sad"
            },
            "input_channel": "socketio",
            "message_id": "474b785331084d21a55248d44e526d97",
            "metadata": null
        },
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.9833481312,
            "name": "action_joke",
            "policy": "policy_0_MemoizationPolicy",
            "confidence": 1.0
        },
        {
            "event": "bot",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.9833676815,
            "text": "Chuck Norris has never been accused of murder because his roundhouse kicks are recognized as "acts of God."",
            "data": {
                "elements": null,
                "quick_replies": null,
                "buttons": null,
                "attachment": null,
                "image": null,
                "custom": null
            },
            "metadata": {}
        },
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.9904024601,
            "name": "utter_did_that_help",
            "policy": "policy_0_MemoizationPolicy",
            "confidence": 1.0
        },
        {
            "event": "bot",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.9904193878,
            "text": "Did that help you?",
            "data": {
                "elements": null,
                "quick_replies": null,
                "buttons": null,
                "attachment": null,
                "image": null,
                "custom": null
            },
            "metadata": {}
        },
        {
            "event": "action",
            "timestamp": 1571671750.9962654114,
            "name": "action_listen",
            "policy": "policy_0_MemoizationPolicy",
            "confidence": 1.0
        }
    ],
    "latest_input_channel": "socketio",
    "active_form": {},
    "latest_action_name": "action_listen"
}