Need help with API.AI

Configuration
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Hi guys
I have a problem configuring this component.
Everything is done exactly as described in the lesson. But regardless of the value of ‘async_action’ api.ai always falls on timeout.

api.ai
Fulfillment: webhook url is
https://{myhass}.duckdns.org/api/apiai?api_password={myhasspwd}

Values of Intent, Action and User says all set to Summary
Use webhook is checked

configuration.yaml

http:
base_url: {myhass}.duckdns.org

apiai:
intents:
Summary:
speech: Everything ok.

What could be the problem?

2

What happens if you visit https://{myhass}.duckdns.org/api/apiai?api_password={myhasspwd} in a browser?

~Cheers

3

GET gives 405: Method not alowed
POST with empty body falls with 500: server error

Thank you

4

Seems like the api is working to me. My guess is there is something wrong with the config you did on the api.ai site. My config is like the following:

Fullfillment -> Webhook
Enabled button on
URL: https://{{DOMAIN}}/api/apiai
BASIC AUTH: empty
HEADERS:  x-ha-access        {{PASSWORD}}
          Content-Type       application/json
DOMAINS: Disable webhook for all domains

In my Intents I have in the Response a Text Response “Cannot connect to HA or it is taking to long” and below that in the Fullfilment section I have the “Use Webhook” checkbox checked.

Does yours look like this as well?

~Cheers

5

Still the same result =(

6

It’s seems that api.ai can’t reach home assistant.

Response contains same status with or without authorization info

"status": {
    "code": 206,
    "errorType": "partial_content",
    "errorDetails": "Webhook call failed. Error: Request timeout."
  }
7

Do you have your SSL setup up in HA?

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8

Yeah it’s configured.

9

I have the same issue, my HA version is 0.40

10

It’s not a general issue with 0.40 I have 0.40 and it’s working for me.

~Cheers

11

I had a similar issue. In my case it was Cloudflare causing the problem between api.ai and home assistant and was fixed by adding a page rule that turned “Browser Integrity Check” to Off.

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12

Many things have changed since the last attempt.
There was a complete reinstallation of HASS, installed a couple of updates, router was reset to factory defaults.
But now api.ai is working correctly.

13

Can you please share your configuration.yaml for api.ai?

I cant seem to get this working.

14

What is the error you are getting? It would be much easier to approach it this way :slight_smile: The configuration on the component page works perfectly fine.

~Cheers

15

I tried that, but get this error:
2017-08-23 07:00:35 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [apiai]: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['apiai']. Got OrderedDict([('intent_script', OrderedDict([('Garage', OrderedDict([('speech', "The Status of Garage is {{states('cover.garage_door')}}")]))]))]). (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 132). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/apiai/

My configuration is simple, like below

  intent_script:
    Garage:
      speech: The Status of Garage is {{states('cover.garage_door')}}```
16

Same here… need help :slight_smile:
2017-08-22 23:45:58 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [apiai]: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['apiai']. Got OrderedDict([('intents', OrderedDict([('GetTemperature', OrderedDict([('speech', "We have {{ states('sensor.citronnier_temperature') }} degrees"), ('async_action', False), ('action', OrderedDict([('service', 'notify.notify'), ('data_template', OrderedDict([('message', 'Api.ai has send a request')]))]))]))]))]). (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 126). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/apiai/

Configuration:

    apiai:
      intents:
        GetTemperature:
          speech: We have {{ states('sensor.citronnier_temperature') }} degrees
          async_action: False
          action:
            service: notify.notify
            data_template:
              message: Api.ai has send a request
17

Ok, I found it !

Example on API.AI component is wrong.

Check the Intent script page : https://home-assistant.io/components/intent_script/

18

Sorry but the example is NOT wrong.

First off you did put “intent” instead of “intent_script” like stated in the component page. Next you put it under apiai altough it clearly is next to it not indented in the example.

~Cheers

19

You are right. The example is correct, however, I can see how I got it wrong.
Pays to just copy and paste from the component page rather than typing it in.

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20

It also worked for me taking the example at home assistant api.ai component page.
The customizations I’ve made to make it work were:

  • My endpoint isn’t SSL secured. So I pointed to the unsecure address em added on headers KEY = x-ha-access, value = MYPASSWORD.
  • Changed the example to match the sensors I have in my setup.

At this point I can write asking the temperature of my house on api.ai console and the answer is returned.

Is anybody using this with Google Assistant? I would like to know how to connect this apiai project I’ve created with my google assistant instance running on my Raspberry Pi. As far as I remember in order to trigger this apiai project I have to say “hey google, test app”, and this is something I would like to avoid.

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