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<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>assistant</artifactId>
<version>6.11.0</version>
</dependency>'com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud:assistant:6.11.0'Use the Assistant service to identify intents, entities, and conduct conversations.
// make sure to use the Assistant v1 import!
import com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.assistant.v1.Assistant;
Assistant service = new Assistant("2018-02-16");
service.setUsernameAndPassword("<username>", "<password>");
InputData input = new InputData.Builder("Hi").build();
MessageOptions options = new MessageOptions.Builder(workspaceId)
.input(input)
.build();
MessageResponse response = service.message(options).execute();
System.out.println(response);Maintaining context across messages:
// make sure to use the Assistant v1 import!
import com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.assistant.v1.Assistant;
Context context = null;
// first message
MessageOptions newMessageOptions = new MessageOptions.Builder()
.workspaceId("<workspace-id>")
.input(new InputData.Builder("First message").build())
.context(context)
.build();
MessageResponse response = service.message(newMessageOptions).execute();
context = response.getContext();
// second message
newMessageOptions = new MessageOptions.Builder()
.workspaceId("<workspace-id>")
.input(new InputData.Builder("Second message").build())
.context(context) // using context from the first message
.build();
response = service.message(newMessageOptions).execute();
System.out.println(response);// make sure to use the Assistant v2 import!
import com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.assistant.v2.Assistant;
Assistant service = new Assistant("2018-09-20");
service.setUsernameAndPassword("<username>", "<password>");
MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
.text("Hi")
.build();
MessageOptions messageOptions = new MessageOptions.Builder()
.assistantId("<assistant_id>")
.sessionId("<session_id>")
.input(input)
.build();
MessageResponse messageResponse = service.message(messageOptions).execute();
System.out.println(messageResponse);Maintaining context across messages:
// make sure to use the Assistant v2 import!
import com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.assistant.v2.Assistant;
MessageContext context = new MessageContext();
// first message
MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
.text("First message")
.build();
MessageOptions messageOptions = new MessageOptions.Builder()
.assistantId(assistantId)
.sessionId(sessionId)
.input(input)
.context(context)
.build();
MessageResponse messageResponse = service.message(messageOptions).execute();
context = messageResponse.getContext();
// second message
input = new MessageInput.Builder()
.text("Second message")
.build();
messageOptions = new MessageOptions.Builder()
.assistantId(assistantId)
.sessionId(sessionId)
.input(input)
.context(context) // using context from first message
.build();
messageResponse = service.message(messageOptions).execute();
System.out.println(messageResponse);