Test the Bot Using Text Input (AWS CLI)

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Test the Bot Using Text Input (AWS CLI) - 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. .

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)

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"
}

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"
}