How to invoke an intent instead of Launch node on loading the chatbot

Owned by Rajkiran Alla (Deactivated), created
Last updated: Jul 08, 2021
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You have the ability to invoke the intent of your choice on chatbot reload.

Follow the instructions below to invoke the intent of your choice instead of the Launch node.

Instructions

  1. Navigate to Project side menu > Intent Library.

  2. Select the intent you want to invoke at the launch of the chatbot. In this example, it is animalsintent.

  3. Add an Event to the intent.

  4. Save the intent.

  5. Go to Project side navigation menu > Deployment > Google tab > publish.

  6. Pass the Event name in the chatbot URL as a param.
    For example, https://sandbox.orbita.cloud:8443/oeapi/bot/docflow?oeevent=animal

  7. Launching the chatbot with the param oeevent=animal will invoke the animalsintent.