A chatbot is only as useful as the information it helps to serve. In this lab you will learn how to make a chatbot that can look up the weather from a US Government forecasting API. This bot will be able to take any Latitude & Longitude coordinates inside of the United States, parse them, and give a plain text response.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Lab you will be able to:
- Integrate external sources of truth with Dialogflow
- Leverage Google Cloud Functions to call external APIs
- Expand Dialogflow to serve real-world data
Intended Audience
This lab is intended for:
- Machine learning engineers
- Anyone interested in bots
Prerequisites
You should possess:
- A basic understanding of Dialogflow Intents, Entities, and Responses is required
- A basic understanding of NodeJS is recommended
- A basic understanding of Google Cloud is helpful but not required
The following content is sufficient to fulfill these prerequisites:
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