Set slot and entity with Rasa buttons

[ChrisRahme (Chris Rahmé)]

Hello!

@Chatbot_Ra

If I understand it correctly, the logic works as following:

'/intent_name{{"entity_type_1":"entity_value_1"}}'

That’s correct. Though you use single brackets inside Custom Actions.

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@Chatbot_Ra

Do I need this: ' ?

You don’t necessarily need to use quotes around the payload.

Look at this example.

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@Chatbot_Ra

Do I have to define the entities motor and home in the nlu.yml file? I don’t see why, because the entity should automatically be set by the button. In other words: the entity is hardcoded. There is no NLU involved (according to my understanding).

You’re correct. With the payload, you are forcing the bot to take this value as an entity.

I would still recommend adding the values in your examples though, just in case the user decides to types instead of clicking a button - unless you want to disable the text input when there are buttons.

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@Chatbot_Ra

Is there a way to directly set a slot with a button? Something like this for example:

'/intent_name{{"slot_name":"slot_value"}}'

The current way to set a slot via a payload is by setting its entity and having auto-fill.