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DialogAction

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DialogAction - Amazon Lex V1

End of support notice: On September 15, 2025, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Lex V1. After September 15, 2025, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Lex V1 console or Amazon Lex V1 resources. If you are using Amazon Lex V2, refer to the Amazon Lex V2 guide instead. .

End of support notice: On September 15, 2025, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Lex V1. After September 15, 2025, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Lex V1 console or Amazon Lex V1 resources. If you are using Amazon Lex V2, refer to the Amazon Lex V2 guide instead. .

Describes the next action that the bot should take in its interaction with the user and provides information about the context in which the action takes place. Use the DialogAction data type to set the interaction to a specific state, or to return the interaction to a previous state.

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type

The next action that the bot should take in its interaction with the user. The possible values are:

  • ConfirmIntent - The next action is asking the user if the intent is complete and ready to be fulfilled. This is a yes/no question such as "Place the order?"

  • Close - Indicates that the there will not be a response from the user. For example, the statement "Your order has been placed" does not require a response.

  • Delegate - The next action is determined by Amazon Lex.

  • ElicitIntent - The next action is to determine the intent that the user wants to fulfill.

  • ElicitSlot - The next action is to elicit a slot value from the user.

Type: String

Valid Values: ElicitIntent | ConfirmIntent | ElicitSlot | Close | Delegate

Required: Yes

fulfillmentState

The fulfillment state of the intent. The possible values are:

  • Failed - The Lambda function associated with the intent failed to fulfill the intent.

  • Fulfilled - The intent has fulfilled by the Lambda function associated with the intent.

  • ReadyForFulfillment - All of the information necessary for the intent is present and the intent ready to be fulfilled by the client application.

Type: String

Valid Values: Fulfilled | Failed | ReadyForFulfillment

Required: No

intentName

The name of the intent.

Type: String

Required: No

message

The message that should be shown to the user. If you don't specify a message, Amazon Lex will use the message configured for the intent.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: No

messageFormat
  • PlainText - The message contains plain UTF-8 text.

  • CustomPayload - The message is a custom format for the client.

  • SSML - The message contains text formatted for voice output.

  • Composite - The message contains an escaped JSON object containing one or more messages. For more information, see Message Groups.

Type: String

Valid Values: PlainText | CustomPayload | SSML | Composite

Required: No

slots

Map of the slots that have been gathered and their values.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

slotToElicit

The name of the slot that should be elicited from the user.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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