Anyone tried setting a slot via API before the first message? ie. i want to set the users ID and name slots and then send the first message to rasa so it knows how to respond. If i do that, it always sends a blank response on the first message and i have to send it again to get the expected response. It would be great if there was a way to send messages to Rasa with additional metadeta. For instance, send the first message along with the user information so it can fill slots and formulate a proper response.

[image] atxai: It would be great if there was a way to send messages to Rasa with additional metadeta. There is, check this thread .

Thanks, though I’m still not sure why it returns a blank response if setting the slot first via API. Anyone have any ideas?

Over the weekend, I’ve attempted with a fresh bot to make sure it’s not an issue with my stories, no change. So the issue still remains in that if I set a slot via API before I send the initial message, the initial message gets no response. I then have to send the message a 2nd time to get the intended response. @Juste , any thoughts?

@atxai This seems to be related to API unexpected behavior (bug?)

Ah yep, looks to be the same thing. Thank you! Sorry I didn’t notice that thread earlier.

Set slot prior to first message

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Gehova (Gehová López) September 17, 2020, 4:28pm 2

There is, check this thread.

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Set slot prior to first message

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