Hi all, Using the latest rasa version, i would like to know if there ara some ways to let the bot start the conversation. Can we start with an utterance instead of action_listen? Thanks

Sir, @JiteshGaikwad whenever i’m sending a message it is not auto focusing the text area and always need to click in the text area how to get rid of this?

Hello, @JiteshGaikwad Sir, How do i get the conversation id of the conversation ? Please help! Thanks &Regards, Vaidehi Deshpande

hi nice explanation and ui plz help in hyper links of chatbot before css it is working but after css and js index.html it is showing ful link hyper link

I have the below error when I run action_trigger to let the bot start the conversation in rasa 2.2.x An unexpected error occurred. Error: ‘>’ not supported between instances of ‘str’ and ‘float’ [Screenshot from 2021-02-28 14-27-38] [Screenshot from 2021-02-28 14-30-15] Could you please help me

@JiteshGaikwad Hi Jitesh, I am also facing some issues as attached while trying to start the conversation by Bot first. I am using your “Chatbot-Widget-main” template for the same. [error_disclaimer] Rasa Version : 2.3.0 Rasa SDK Version : 2.3.1 Rasa X Version : 0.35.0 Python Version : 3.7.7 Operating System : Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 Please help. Regards, Shantanu

@Shaan27 Recently I have updated the code repo for letting the bot start the conversation, you are facing the above issue because the endpoint which you are trying to call an API that has been deprecated in version 2.x, you can check the below line of code for the latest changes. In Rasa 2.X, If you want the bot to start the conversation first, I have implemented it using the custom actions. you can check the below ref. API spec page for the same https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/pages/action-server-api JiteshGaikwad/Chatbot-Widget/blob/210f7922e19b7b9953fb2e5730f5f6f4d9c7fd1f/static/js/script.js#L670 /** * sends an event to the custom action server, * so that bot can start the conversation by greeting the user * * Make sure you run action server using the command * `rasa run actions --cors "*"` * * `Note: this method will only work in Rasa 2.x` */ // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars function customActionTrigger() { $.ajax({ url: "http://localhost:5055/webhook/", type: "POST", contentType: "application/json", data: JSON.stringify({ next_action: action_name, tracker: { sender_id, }, }),

I used this Chatbot widget GitHub - JiteshGaikwad/Chatbot-Widget at 210f7922e19b7b9953fb2e5730f5f6f4d9c7fd1f In the script.js, just try to enable the actionTrigger depending on the rasa version you are using , then run rasa run -m models --enable-api --cors “" --debug rasa run actions --cors "”

Hi @JiteshGaikwad , I have been following your instructions to configure the bot to start the conversation. But still my bot is awaiting for the user input. What i did is… 1 - Configured Actions.py file 2- Configured CustomActionTrigger in script.js file Attaching both files, script.js (26.6 KB) actions.py (829 Bytes) Is there something i am missing. Could you please help me with this.?

hey, @Banu95 did you started the action server using the below command: rasa run actions --cors “*”

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Shaan27 (Shantanu Pati) March 2, 2021, 10:03am 29

Please suggest if you are able to crack the issue as I am also facing the same issue.

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