data-henrik / watson-chatbot-discovery-news

A small chatbot showing how to incorporate IBM Watson Discovery News into a Watson Assistant bot

Note:

A version for integrating Watson Discovery News as web action is in the branch function.

Small chatbot with current news

A small chatbot showing how to incorporate IBM Watson Discovery News into a Watson Assistant bot

Setup

In Watson Assistant create a new skill by importing the file botWithNews.json.

Then, follow the instructions for the Watson Conversation Tool to configure the service credentials for IBM Watson Assistant. Then, in processDiscoveryNews4chat.py replace the values for username and password with the correct ones for the Discovery service.

Test

You can test the chatbot using the following command. Use your workspace_id: python wctool.py -dialog -id your-workspace-id -actionmodule processDiscoveryNews4chat -outputonly

If you want to see the full JSON structures then leave out the option outputonly.

Here is a sample conversation:

Please enter your input message:
news about "IBM Cloud"
>> processing client actions...

Response:
[ "This is what I found: IBM reinforces enterprise multicloud growth // International Business Machines : IBM Introduces New Services to Automate Cloud Migration // Here's What You Missed Out by Overlooking IBM's Stock // IBM Extends Reach of Kubernetes Platform to Multiple Clouds // IBM reinforces multicloud growth with automation tools, ServiceNow expansion // Hundreds of Leading Global Enterprises Deploy IBM Cloud Private // SES Networks Enables Direct Connectivity to IBM Cloud via Global Satellite Network // International Business Machines : Hundreds of Leading Global Enterprises Deploy IBM Cloud Private // SES Networks Enables Direct Connectivity to IBM Cloud via Global Satellite Network // Industry Insight: IBM on Multicloud Search and AI Strategy" ]

Architecture / Flow

Within the Dialog is a node news-child. It extracts the search term for Discovery and sets up a client action. The Watson Conversation Tool processes that action by directing the execution to the module processDiscoveryNews4chat.py. The function inside the module sets up a session with Discovery and performs a natural language query with the search term. The result is passed back to Watson Assistant in the specified variable, myNews.