Action Execution function

Action Execution function


The Execution function is the endpoint to an action execution. It defines the fulfillment of an action. This does the actual execution of the action and gives a final success (or failure) message to the user, as a result of the completion of an action. The response to the user can be a text or a collection of cards (visual elements).

Invocation Point

The Execution function is invoked at the endpoint of an action. By default, the endpoint of an action comes after all the param values are prompted and filled with proper values. Alternatively, the endpoint can also be triggered from the context handler function (“todo” : “execute”)Once the execution function is invoked, the action is completed and any further conversation from the user will be considered as a new action.


Input arguments

Only the system defined input arguments, are available as the input arguments of the Execution function.

Return Value

The Execution function must return a map that should be in the following format.

{
        “message” : “The reply message.”,
        “card” : { },
        "broadcast" : { },
        "followup" : { }      
}
As shown above, the following are the keys that can be present in the map that would be returned from the Execution function.

message

To give a text message as a reply to the user. The text will be rendered through voice or as text, depending on the medium of communication. This key is mandatory

The following text formatting options are supported by Zia Skills. Any of these options can be used in the text message.
Item
Formatting option
Syntax
1.
Bold
*text*
2.
Italic
_text_
3.
Underline
__text__
4.
Strikethrough
~text~
5.
Link
[label](URL_link)
6.
Highlight
`text`
7.
Heading
  • h1 - #Heading

  • h2 - ##Heading

  • h3 - ###Heading

  • h4 - ####Heading

  • h5 - #####Heading

8.
Bullet list
* first_item \n * second_item \n * third_item
9.
Numbered list
1. first_item \n 1. second_item \n 1. third_item
10.
Image
![alternate_text](image_URL)
11.
Blockquote
!text
12.
Table | header1 | header2 | header3 | \n
|------------|------------|------------| \n 

| value1 | value2 | value3 | \n 
| value1 | value2 | value3 |


card 

To give a visually formatted message as a reply to the user. A card is a collection of visual elements such as table, image, etc. Card will be rendered on the screen for both call and chat media. The value of this key is a list of map objects. Each map object represents a UI element in the card. A single card may contain more than one element of the same type. Every element in the card will be displayed one below the other in the reply message. This key is optional.

All the inline formatting options mentioned in the above table (items 1 to 6) are applicable to the card elements as well. So, any of these six formatting options can be used in any of the text values in any of the below cards.

Below are the list of UI elements that are supported in Zia's reply message card.

No.
Element
Description
1.
Note

{
        “type” : “note”,
        “content” : “Text content that needs to be displayed as a note.”
}
2.
Title
{
        
“type” : “title”,
        
“content” : “Text content that needs to be displayed as a title”
}
3.
List - Bullet & Numbered

{
        “type" : "list",
        “format” : "bullet”, //"numbered" in case of numbered list
        “elements” :
        [
        
        {
                        “label" : "point no. 1"
                },
                {
                        “label" : “point no. 2"
                }
        ]
}

4.
Table


{
        “type" : "table",
        “heading" : "Table Heading",
        “columns” :
        [
                "column1 header",
                "column2 header",
                "column3 header"
        ],
        “rows” :
        [
                [
                        “value a1",
                        "value a2",
                        "value a3"
                ],
                [
                        "value b1",
                        "value b2",
                        "value b3"
                ]
        ]
}
5.
Image
{
        “type" : "image",
        “content" : "image_url"
}
6.
File
{
        “type" : "file",
        “name” : "file_name",
        “format" : "pdf", //file extension
        “content" : "file_url"
}
7.
Contact card

{
        “type" : "vcard",
        “info” :
        {
                “image" : "image_url",
                “fields" :
                [
                        {
                                "First Name” : “Smith”
                        },
                        {
                                ”Last Name” : “Gibbs”
                        },
                        {
                                “Company" : “ABC Corp”
                        },
                        {
                                “Website" : “https: //www.abccorp.com"
                        }
                ]
        }
}
8.
Link
 
{
        “type" : "label",
        “content" : "URL_link"
}

9.
Button
 

  1. For "theme" key, the value can be "positive" or "negative" or "neutral".
  2. For "execute" key, the value can be any one of the following:
    1. "function" - to execute the defined button_click_function.
    2. "clienthook" - to execute the hook implemented by the client app.
  3. If "clienthook" is set as the value to the "execute" key, then the "function" key is not required.
  4. For "data" key, set any value that needs to be passed to the appropriate button_click_function.
 

Note

  1. In the "button" card, if the value for the "execute" key is set as "clienthook", then the SDK will invoke the "handleZiaResponse( )" hook, which should have been implemented by the client app. If this hook was not implemented, then Zia would show "something went wrong" message as a response.
  2. A maximum of three buttons can be configured for an action using the "button" card.

broadcast

To pass any data that the bot would remember even after executing the current action. The value should be in a Map format and it would be available for all consecutive actions throughout the session. This key is optional. Learn More.

followup

To configure if the bot should display a list of suggestions or prompt the user to invoke any particular action as a followup, after completing the current action's execution. This key is optional. To know more about Action Followups and the structure of this key's value, refer this document.

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