If you are using Amazon Lex V2, refer to the Amazon Lex V2 guide instead.
If you are using Amazon Lex V1, we recommend upgrading your bots to Amazon Lex V2. We are no longer adding new features to V1 and strongly recommend using V2 for all new bots.
Test the Bot Using Text Input
(AWS CLI)
To verify that the bot works correctly with text input, use the PostText operation. To run the commands in this exercise, you need to know the region where the commands will be run. For a list of regions, see Runtime Service Quotas.
Note
The following AWS CLI example is formatted for Unix, Linux, and macOS. For
Windows, change "\$LATEST"
to $LATEST
and replace
the backslash (\) continuation character at the end of each line with a
caret (^).
To use text to test the bot (AWS CLI)
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In the AWS CLI, start a conversation with the
OrderFlowersBot
bot. The example is formatted for Unix, Linux, and macOS. For Windows, replace the backslash (\) Unix continuation character at the end of each line with a caret (^).aws lex-runtime post-text \ --region
region
\ --bot-name OrderFlowersBot \ --bot-alias "\$LATEST" \ --user-id UserOne \ --input-text "i would like to order flowers"Amazon Lex recognizes the user's intent and starts a conversation by returning the following response:
{ "slotToElicit": "FlowerType", "slots": { "PickupDate": null, "PickupTime": null, "FlowerType": null }, "dialogState": "ElicitSlot", "message": "What type of flowers would you like to order?", "intentName": "OrderFlowers" }
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Run the following commands to finish the conversation with the bot.
aws lex-runtime post-text \ --region
region
\ --bot-name OrderFlowersBot \ --bot-alias "\$LATEST" \ --user-id UserOne \ --input-text "roses"aws lex-runtime post-text \ --region
region
\ --bot-name OrderFlowersBot \ --bot-alias "\$LATEST" \ --user-id UserOne \ --input-text "tuesday"aws lex-runtime post-text \ --region
region
\ --bot-name OrderFlowersBot --bot-alias "\$LATEST" \ --user-id UserOne \ --input-text "10:00 a.m."aws lex-runtime post-text \ --region
region
\ --bot-name OrderFlowersBot \ --bot-alias "\$LATEST" \ --user-id UserOne \ --input-text "yes"After you confirm the order, Amazon Lex sends a fulfillment response to complete the conversation:
{ "slots": { "PickupDate": "2017-05-16", "PickupTime": "10:00", "FlowerType": "roses" }, "dialogState": "ReadyForFulfillment", "intentName": "OrderFlowers" }
Next Step
Test the Bot Using Speech Input (AWS CLI)