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rasa.core.actions.forms

FormAction Objects

class FormAction(LoopAction)

Action which implements and executes the form logic.

__init__

| __init__(form_name: Text, action_endpoint: Optional[EndpointConfig]) -> None

Creates a FormAction.

Arguments:

  • form_name - Name of the form.
  • action_endpoint - Endpoint to execute custom actions.

required_slots

| required_slots(domain: Domain) -> List[Text]

A list of required slots that the form has to fill.

Returns:

A list of slot names.

from_entity

| from_entity(entity: Text, intent: Optional[Union[Text, List[Text]]] = None, not_intent: Optional[Union[Text, List[Text]]] = None, role: Optional[Text] = None, group: Optional[Text] = None) -> Dict[Text, Any]

A dictionary for slot mapping to extract slot value.

From:

  • an extracted entity
  • conditioned on
    • intent if it is not None
    • not_intent if it is not None, meaning user intent should not be this intent
    • role if it is not None
    • group if it is not None

get_mappings_for_slot

| get_mappings_for_slot(slot_to_fill: Text, domain: Domain) -> List[Dict[Text, Any]]

Get mappings for requested slot.

If None, map requested slot to an entity with the same name

intent_is_desired

| @staticmethod
| intent_is_desired(requested_slot_mapping: Dict[Text, Any], tracker: "DialogueStateTracker") -> bool

Check whether user intent matches intent conditions

entity_is_desired

| entity_is_desired(slot_mapping: Dict[Text, Any], slot: Text, entity_type_of_slot_to_fill: Optional[Text], tracker: DialogueStateTracker, domain: Domain) -> bool

Check whether slot should be filled by an entity in the input or not.

Arguments:

  • slot_mapping - Slot mapping.
  • slot - The slot to be filled.
  • entity_type_of_slot_to_fill - Entity type of slot to fill.
  • tracker - The tracker.
  • domain - The domain.

Returns:

True, if slot should be filled, false otherwise.

get_entity_value

| @staticmethod
| get_entity_value(name: Text, tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", role: Optional[Text] = None, group: Optional[Text] = None) -> Any

Extract entities for given name and optional role and group.

Arguments:

  • name - entity type (name) of interest
  • tracker - the tracker
  • role - optional entity role of interest
  • group - optional entity group of interest

Returns:

Value of entity.

extract_other_slots

| extract_other_slots(tracker: DialogueStateTracker, domain: Domain) -> Dict[Text, Any]

Extract the values of the other slots if they are set by corresponding entities from the user input else return None.

extract_requested_slot

| extract_requested_slot(tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", domain: Domain) -> Dict[Text, Any]

Extract the value of requested slot from a user input else return None.

validate_slots

| async validate_slots(slot_candidates: Dict[Text, Any], tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", domain: Domain, output_channel: OutputChannel, nlg: NaturalLanguageGenerator) -> List[Event]

Validate the extracted slots.

If a custom action is available for validating the slots, we call it to validate them. Otherwise there is no validation.

Arguments:

  • slot_candidates - Extracted slots which are candidates to fill the slots required by the form.
  • tracker - The current conversation tracker.
  • domain - The current model domain.
  • output_channel - The output channel which can be used to send messages to the user.
  • nlg - NaturalLanguageGenerator to use for response generation.

Returns:

The validation events including potential bot messages and SlotSet events for the validated slots.

validate

| async validate(tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", domain: Domain, output_channel: OutputChannel, nlg: NaturalLanguageGenerator) -> List[Event]

Extract and validate value of requested slot.

If nothing was extracted reject execution of the form action. Subclass this method to add custom validation and rejection logic

request_next_slot

| async request_next_slot(tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", domain: Domain, output_channel: OutputChannel, nlg: NaturalLanguageGenerator, events_so_far: List[Event]) -> List[Event]

Request the next slot and utter template if needed, else return None.

activate

| async activate(output_channel: "OutputChannel", nlg: "NaturalLanguageGenerator", tracker: "DialogueStateTracker", domain: "Domain") -> List[Event]

Activate form if the form is called for the first time.

If activating, validate any required slots that were filled before form activation and return Form event with the name of the form, as well as any SlotSet events from validation of pre-filled slots.

Arguments:

  • output_channel - The output channel which can be used to send messages to the user.
  • nlg - NaturalLanguageGenerator to use for response generation.
  • tracker - Current conversation tracker of the user.
  • domain - Current model domain.

Returns:

Events from the activation.