IBM Cloud API Docs

Introduction

The IBM® watsonx™ Assistant service combines machine learning, natural language understanding, and an integrated dialog editor to create conversation flows between your apps and your users.

The Assistant v2 API provides runtime methods your client application can use to send user input to an assistant and receive a response.

You need a paid Plus plan or higher to use the watsonx Assistant v2 API.

This documentation describes Java SDK major version 9. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Node SDK major version 6. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Python SDK major version 5. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Ruby SDK major version 2. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes .NET Standard SDK major version 5. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Go SDK major version 2. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Swift SDK major version 4. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

This documentation describes Unity SDK major version 5. For more information about how to update your code from the previous version, see the migration guide.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API reference.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

If you need to change a skill programmatically (rather than by using the watsonx Assistant user interface), you can use the workspace authoring methods that are provided by the v1 API.

The IBM Watson Unity SDK has the following requirements.

  • The SDK requires Unity version 2018.2 or later to support Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2.
    • Set the project settings for both the Scripting Runtime Version and the Api Compatibility Level to .NET 4.x Equivalent.
    • For more information, see TLS 1.0 support.
  • The SDK doesn't support the WebGL projects. Change your build settings to any platform except WebGL.

For more information about how to install and configure the SDK and SDK Core, see https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/unity-sdk.

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Java.

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.ibm.watson</groupId>
  <artifactId>ibm-watson</artifactId>
  <version>13.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

compile 'com.ibm.watson:ibm-watson:13.0.0'

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Node.js.

Installation

npm install ibm-watson@^9.1.0

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Python.

Installation

pip install --upgrade "ibm-watson>=8.1.0"

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Ruby.

Installation

gem install ibm_watson

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Go.

go get -u github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/v2@v3.0.0

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Swift.

Cocoapods

pod 'IBMWatsonAssistantV2', '~> 5.0.0'

Carthage

github "watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk" ~> 5.0.0

Swift Package Manager

.package(url: "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk", from: "5.0.0")

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for .NET Standard.

Package Manager

Install-Package IBM.Watson.Assistant.v2 -Version 7.0.0

.NET CLI

dotnet add package IBM.Watson.Assistant.v2 --version 7.0.0

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="IBM.Watson.Assistant.v2" Version="7.0.0" />

GitHub

The code examples on this tab use the client library that is provided for Unity.

GitHub

Endpoint URLs

Identify the base URL for your service instance.

URLs for the AI assistant builder of watsonx Orchestrate

The AI assistant builder of watsonx Orchestrate integrates the power of large language models (LLMs) with the conversational capabilities of watsonx Assistant to enable responsive and interactive conversation between the users and watsonx Orchestrate through AI assistants. The methods on the watsonx Assistant API are applicable to watsonx Orchestrate.

To get the endpoint URL of your watsonx Orchestrate instance and generate the authentication API key, see Getting started with IBM watsonx Orchestrate API, then use the endpoint URL and the API key on the methods of this API.

IBM Cloud URLs

The base URLs come from the service instance. To find the URL, view the service credentials by clicking the name of the service in the Resource list. Use the value of the URL. Add the method to form the complete API endpoint for your request.

The following example URL represents a watsonx Assistant instance that is hosted in Washington, DC:

https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/6bbda3b3-d572-45e1-8c54-22d6ed9e52c2

The following URLs represent the base URLs for watsonx Assistant. When you call the API, use the URL that corresponds to the location of your service instance.

  • Dallas: https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • Washington, DC: https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • Frankfurt: https://api.eu-de.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • Sydney: https://api.au-syd.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • Tokyo: https://api.jp-tok.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • London: https://api.eu-gb.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com
  • Seoul: https://api.kr-seo.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Set the correct service URL by calling the setServiceUrl() method of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the serviceUrl parameter when you create the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by calling the set_service_url() method of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the service_url property of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by calling the SetServiceURL() method of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by setting the serviceURL property of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by calling the SetServiceUrl() method of the service instance.

Set the correct service URL by calling the SetServiceUrl() method of the service instance.

Dallas API endpoint example for services managed on IBM Cloud

curl -X {request_method} -u "apikey:{apikey}" "https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/{instance_id}"

Your service instance might not use this URL

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com");

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
    apikey: '{apikey}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: 'https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com',
});

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator

authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com')

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::IamAuthenticator.new(
  apikey: "{apikey}"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com"

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

if assistantErr != nil {
  panic(assistantErr)
}

assistant.SetServiceURL("https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com")

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

let authenticator = WatsonIAMAuthenticator(apiKey: "{apikey}")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com"

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com");

Default URL

https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com

Example for the Washington, DC location

var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://api.us-east.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com");

Cloud Pak for Data URLs

For services installed on Cloud Pak for Data, the base URLs come from both the cluster and service instance.

You can find the base URL from the Cloud Pak for Data web client in the details page about the instance. Click the name of the service in your list of instances to see the URL.

Use that URL in your requests to watsonx Assistant v2. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the URL by calling the setServiceUrl() method of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the serviceUrl parameter when you create the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the url parameter when you create the service instance or by calling the set_url() method of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the url parameter when you create the service instance or by calling the url= method of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by specifying the URL parameter when you create the service instance or by calling the SetURL= method of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by setting the serviceURL property of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by calling the SetEndpoint() method of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Set the correct service URL by setting the Url property of the service instance. For Cloud Pak for Data System, use a hostname that resolves to an IP address in the cluster.

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

curl -X {request_method} -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api"

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}", "{username}", "{password}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api");

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
    username: '{username}',
    password: '{password}',
    url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api',
});

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator

authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    '{username}',
    '{password}',
    'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}'
)

assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api')

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::CLoudPakForDataAuthenticator.new(
  username: "{username}",
  password: "{password}",
  url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api"

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

if assistantErr != nil {
  panic(assistantErr)
}

assistant.SetServiceURL("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api")

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

let authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(username: "{username}", password: "{password}", url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api"

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api");

Endpoint example for Cloud Pak for Data

var authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{deployment_id}/instances/{instance_id}/api");

Disabling SSL verification

All Watson services use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (or Transport Layer Security (TLS)) for secure connections between the client and server. The connection is verified against the local certificate store to ensure authentication, integrity, and confidentiality.

If you use a self-signed certificate, you need to disable SSL verification to make a successful connection.

Enabling SSL verification is highly recommended. Disabling SSL jeopardizes the security of the connection and data. Disable SSL only if necessary, and take steps to enable SSL as soon as possible.

To disable SSL verification for a curl request, use the --insecure (-k) option with the request.

To disable SSL verification, create an HttpConfigOptions object and set the disableSslVerification property to true. Then, pass the object to the service instance by using the configureClient method.

To disable SSL verification, set the disableSslVerification parameter to true when you create the service instance.

To disable SSL verification, specify True on the set_disable_ssl_verification method for the service instance.

To disable SSL verification, set the disable_ssl_verification parameter to true in the configure_http_client() method for the service instance.

To disable SSL verification, call the DisableSSLVerification method on the service instance.

To disable SSL verification, call the disableSSLVerification() method on the service instance. You cannot disable SSL verification on Linux.

To disable SSL verification, set the DisableSslVerification method to true on the service instance.

To disable SSL verification, set the DisableSslVerification method to true on the service instance.

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud. Replace {apikey} and {url} with your service credentials.

curl -k -X {request_method} -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/{method}"

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");

HttpConfigOptions configOptions = new HttpConfigOptions.Builder()
  .disableSslVerification(true)
  .build();
assistant.configureClient(configOptions);

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
    apikey: '{apikey}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
  disableSslVerification: true,
});

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator

authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('{url}')

assistant.set_disable_ssl_verification(True)

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::IamAuthenticator.new(
  apikey: "{apikey}"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "{url}"

assistant.configure_http_client(disable_ssl_verification: true)

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

if assistantErr != nil {
  panic(assistantErr)
}

assistant.SetServiceURL("{url}")

assistant.DisableSSLVerification()

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

let authenticator = WatsonIAMAuthenticator(apiKey: "{apikey}")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "{url}"

assistant.disableSSLVerification()

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.DisableSslVerification(true);

Example to disable SSL verification with a service managed on IBM Cloud

var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.DisableSslVerification = true;

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

curl -k -X {request_method} -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/{method}"

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}", "{username}", "{password}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}";

HttpConfigOptions configOptions = new HttpConfigOptions.Builder()
  .disableSslVerification(true)
  .build();
assistant.configureClient(configOptions);

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
    username: '{username}',
    password: '{password}',
    url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
  disableSslVerification: true,
});

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator

authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    '{username}',
    '{password}'
)

assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('{url}')

assistant.set_disable_ssl_verification(True)

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::CLoudPakForDataAuthenticator.new(
  username: "{username}",
  password: "{password}",
  url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "{url}"

assistant.configure_http_client(disable_ssl_verification: true)

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

if assistantErr != nil {
  panic(assistantErr)
}

assistant.SetServiceURL("{url}")

assistant.DisableSSLVerification()

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

let authenticator = WatsonCloudPakForDataAuthenticator(username: "{username}", password: "{password}", url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "{url}"

assistant.disableSSLVerification()

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.DisableSslVerification(true);

Example to disable SSL verification with an installed service

var authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.DisableSslVerification = true;

Authentication

IBM Cloud services use IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) to authenticate. With IBM Cloud Pak for Data, you pass a bearer token.

Authenticating to services in watsonx Orchestrate

To get the endpoint URLs for watsonx Orchestrate, see Getting API endpoint.

To get an API key, see Generating an API key.

watsonx Orchestrate. Replace {request-body} with your service credentials.

curl --request POST   --url https://iam.platform.saas.ibm.com/siusermgr/api/1.0/apikeys/token   --header 'accept: application/json'   --header 'content-type: application/json'   --data {request-body}

watsonx Orchestrate. Replace {request-body} with your service credentials.

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{request-body}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://iam.platform.saas.ibm.com/siusermgr/api/1.0/apikeys/token")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("content-type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

watsonx Orchestrate. Replace {request-body} with your service credentials.

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://iam.platform.saas.ibm.com/siusermgr/api/1.0/apikeys/token")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{request-body}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

watsonx Orchestrate. Replace {request-body} with your service credentials.

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("iam.platform.saas.ibm.com")

payload = "{request-body}"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'accept': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/siusermgr/api/1.0/apikeys/token", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

watsonx Orchestrate. Replace {request-body} with your service credentials.

const request = require('request');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://iam.platform.saas.ibm.com/siusermgr/api/1.0/apikeys/token',
  headers: {'content-type': 'application/json', accept: 'application/json'},
  body: '{request-body}'
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

IBM Cloud

For IBM Cloud instances, you authenticate to the API by using IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM).

You can pass either a bearer token in an authorization header or an API key. Tokens support authenticated requests without embedding service credentials in every call. API keys use basic authentication. For more information, see Authenticating to Watson services.

  • For testing and development, you can pass an API key directly.
  • For production use, unless you use the Watson SDKs, use an IAM token.

If you pass in an API key, use apikey for the username and the value of the API key as the password. For example, if the API key is f5sAznhrKQyvBFFaZbtF60m5tzLbqWhyALQawBg5TjRI in the service credentials, include the credentials in your call like this:

curl -u "apikey:f5sAznhrKQyvBFFaZbtF60m5tzLbqWhyALQawBg5TjRI"

For IBM Cloud instances, the SDK provides initialization methods for each form of authentication.

  • Use the API key to have the SDK manage the lifecycle of the access token. The SDK requests an access token, ensures that the access token is valid, and refreshes it if necessary.
  • Use the access token to manage the lifecycle yourself. You must periodically refresh the token.

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The service access role that is associated with the API key determines which endpoints and methods you can access. For more information, see Resource-level role impact on available actions.

IBM Cloud. Replace {apikey} and {url} with your service credentials.

curl -X {request_method} -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/{method}"

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
    apikey: '{apikey}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
});

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator

authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('{url}')

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::IamAuthenticator.new(
  apikey: "{apikey}"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "{url}"

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

import (
  "github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/core"
  "github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/assistantv2"
)

func main() {
  authenticator := &core.IamAuthenticator{
    ApiKey: "{apikey}",
  }

  options := &assistantv2.AssistantV2Options{
    Version: "{version}",
    Authenticator: authenticator,
  }

  assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

  if assistantErr != nil {
    panic(assistantErr)
  }

  assistant.SetServiceURL("{url}")
}

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

let authenticator = WatsonIAMAuthenticator(apiKey: "{apikey}")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "{url}"

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

IBM Cloud. SDK managing the IAM token. Replace {apikey}, {version}, and {url}.

var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

Cloud Pak for Data

For Cloud Pak for Data, you pass a bearer token in an Authorization header to authenticate to the API. The token is associated with a username.

  • For testing and development, you can use the bearer token that's displayed in the Cloud Pak for Data web client. To find this token, view the details for the service instance by clicking the name of the service in your list of instances. The details also include the service endpoint URL. Don't use this token in production because it does not expire.
  • For production use, create a user in the Cloud Pak for Data web client to use for authentication. Generate a token from that user's credentials with the POST /v1/authorize method.

For more information, see the Get authorization token method of the Cloud Pak for Data API reference.

For Cloud Pak for Data instances, pass either username and password credentials or a bearer token that you generate to authenticate to the API. Username and password credentials use basic authentication. However, the SDK manages the lifecycle of the token. Tokens are temporary security credentials. If you pass a token, you maintain the token lifecycle.

For production use, create a user in the Cloud Pak for Data web client to use for authentication, and decide which authentication mechanism to use.

  • To have the SDK manage the lifecycle of the token, use the username and password for that new user in your calls.
  • To manage the lifecycle of the token yourself, generate a token from that user's credentials. Call the POST /v1/authorize method to generate the token, and then pass the token in an Authorization header in your calls. You can see an example of the method on the Curl tab.

For more information, see the Get authorization token method of the Cloud Pak for Data API reference.

Don't use the bearer token that's displayed in the web client for the instance except during testing and development because that token does not expire.

To find your value for {url}, view the details for the service instance by clicking the name of the service in your list of instances in the Cloud Pak for Data web client.

Cloud Pak for Data. Generating a bearer token.

Replace {cpd_cluster_host} and {port} with the details for the service instance. Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials.

curl -k -X POST -H "cache-control: no-cache" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"username\":\"{username}\",\"password\":\"{password}\"}" "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize"

The response includes a token property.

Authenticating to the API. Replace {token} with your details.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/{method}"

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
    username: '{username}',
    password: '{password}',
    url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
});

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator

authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    '{username}',
    '{password}',
    'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
)

assistant = AssistantV2(
    version='{version}',
    authenticator=authenticator
)

assistant.set_service_url('{url}')

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v2"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::CloudPakForDataAuthenticator.new(
  username: "{username}",
  password: "{password}",
  url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize"
)
assistant = AssistantV2.new(
  version: "{version}",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "{url}"

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

import (
  "github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/core"
  "github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/assistantv2"
)

func main() {
  authenticator := &core.CloudPakForDataAuthenticator{
    URL: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize",
    Username: "{username}",
    Password: "{password}",
  }

  options := &assistantv2.AssistantV2Options{
    Version: "{version}",
    Authenticator: authenticator,
  }

  assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

  if assistantErr != nil {
    panic(assistantErr)
  }

  assistant.SetServiceURL("{url}")
}

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {url}, see Endpoint URLs.

let authenticator = WatsonCloudPakForDataAuthenticator(username: "{username}", password: "{password}", url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize")
let assistant = Assistant(version: "{version}", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "{url}"

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {cpd_cluster_host}, {port}, {release}, and {instance_id}, see Endpoint URLs.

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

Cloud Pak for Data. SDK managing the token.

Replace {username} and {password} with your Cloud Pak for Data credentials. Replace {version} with the service version date. For {cpd_cluster_host}, {port}, {release}, and {instance_id}, see Endpoint URLs.

var authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

Access between services

Your application might use more than one Watson service. You can grant access between services and you can grant access to more than one service for your applications.

For IBM Cloud services, the method to grant access between Watson services varies depending on the type of API key. For more information, see IAM access.

  • To grant access between IBM Cloud services, create an authorization between the services. For more information, see Granting access between services.
  • To grant access to your services by applications without using user credentials, create a service ID, add an API key, and assign access policies. For more information, see Creating and working with service IDs.

When you give a user ID access to multiple services, use an endpoint URL that includes the service instance ID (for example, https://api.us-south.assistant.watson.cloud.ibm.com/instances/6bbda3b3-d572-45e1-8c54-22d6ed9e52c2). You can find the instance ID in two places:

  • By clicking the service instance row in the Resource list. The instance ID is the GUID in the details pane.

  • By clicking the name of the service instance in the list and looking at the credentials URL.

    If you don't see the instance ID in the URL, the credentials predate service IDs. Add new credentials from the Service credentials page and use those credentials.

Because the Cloud Pak for Data bearer token is associated with a username, you can use the token for all CPD Watson services that are associated with the username.

Versioning

API requests require a version parameter that takes a date in the format version=YYYY-MM-DD. When the API is updated with any breaking changes, the service introduces a new version date for the API.

Send the version parameter with every API request. The service uses the API version for the date you specify, or the most recent version before that date. Don't default to the current date. Instead, specify a date that matches a version that is compatible with your app, and don't change it until your app is ready for a later version.

Specify the version to use on API requests with the version parameter when you create the service instance. The service uses the API version for the date you specify, or the most recent version before that date. Don't default to the current date. Instead, specify a date that matches a version that is compatible with your app, and don't change it until your app is ready for a later version.

This documentation describes the current version of watsonx Assistant, 2024-08-25. In some cases, differences in earlier versions are noted in the descriptions of parameters and response models.

Error handling

watsonx Assistant uses standard HTTP response codes to indicate whether a method completed successfully. HTTP response codes in the 2xx range indicate success. A response in the 4xx range is some sort of failure, and a response in the 5xx range usually indicates an internal system error that cannot be resolved by the user. Response codes are listed with the method.

ErrorResponse

Name Description
code
integer
The HTTP response code.
error
string
General description of an error.
errors
ErrorDetail[]
Collection of specific constraint violations associated with the error.

ErrorDetail

Name Description
message
string
Description of a specific constraint violation.
path
string
The location of the constraint violation.

The Java SDK generates an exception for any unsuccessful method invocation. All methods that accept an argument can also throw an IllegalArgumentException.

Exception Description
IllegalArgumentException An invalid argument was passed to the method.

When the Java SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it generates an exception from the com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.exception package. All service exceptions contain the following fields.

Field Description
statusCode The HTTP response code that is returned.
message A message that describes the error.

When the Node SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it creates an Error object with information that describes the error that occurred. This error object is passed as the first parameter to the callback function for the method. The contents of the error object are as shown in the following table.

Error

Field Description
code The HTTP response code that is returned.
message A message that describes the error.

The Python SDK generates an exception for any unsuccessful method invocation. When the Python SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it generates an ApiException with the following fields.

Field Description
code The HTTP response code that is returned.
message A message that describes the error.
info A dictionary of additional information about the error.

When the Ruby SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it generates an ApiException with the following fields.

Field Description
code The HTTP response code that is returned.
message A message that describes the error.
info A dictionary of additional information about the error.

The Go SDK generates an error for any unsuccessful service instantiation and method invocation. You can check for the error immediately. The contents of the error object are as shown in the following table.

Error

Field Description
code The HTTP response code that is returned.
message A message that describes the error.

The Swift SDK returns a WatsonError in the completionHandler any unsuccessful method invocation. This error type is an enum that conforms to LocalizedError and contains an errorDescription property that returns an error message. Some of the WatsonError cases contain associated values that reveal more information about the error.

Field Description
errorDescription A message that describes the error.

When the .NET Standard SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it generates a ServiceResponseException with the following fields.

Field Description
Message A message that describes the error.
CodeDescription The HTTP response code that is returned.

When the Unity SDK receives an error response from the watsonx Assistant service, it generates an IBMError with the following fields.

Field Description
Url The URL that generated the error.
StatusCode The HTTP response code returned.
ErrorMessage A message that describes the error.
Response The contents of the response from the server.
ResponseHeaders A dictionary of headers returned by the request.

Example error handling

try {
  // Invoke a method
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  // Handle Not Found (404) exception
} catch (RequestTooLargeException e) {
  // Handle Request Too Large (413) exception
} catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
  // Base class for all exceptions caused by error responses from the service
  System.out.println("Service returned status code "
    + e.getStatusCode() + ": " + e.getMessage());
}

Example error handling

assistant.method(params)
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('error:', err);
  });

Example error handling

from ibm_watson import ApiException
try:
    # Invoke a method
except ApiException as ex:
    print "Method failed with status code " + str(ex.code) + ": " + ex.message

Example error handling

require "ibm_watson"
begin
  # Invoke a method
rescue IBMWatson::ApiException => ex
  print "Method failed with status code #{ex.code}: #{ex.error}"
end

Example error handling

import "github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/assistantv2"

// Instantiate a service
assistant, assistantErr := assistantv2.NewAssistantV2(options)

// Check for errors
if assistantErr != nil {
  panic(assistantErr)
}

// Call a method
result, _, responseErr := assistant.MethodName(&methodOptions)

// Check for errors
if responseErr != nil {
  panic(responseErr)
}

Example error handling

assistant.method() {
  response, error in

  if let error = error {
    switch error {
    case let .http(statusCode, message, metadata):
      switch statusCode {
      case .some(404):
        // Handle Not Found (404) exception
        print("Not found")
      case .some(413):
        // Handle Request Too Large (413) exception
        print("Payload too large")
      default:
        if let statusCode = statusCode {
          print("Error - code: \(statusCode), \(message ?? "")")
        }
      }
    default:
      print(error.localizedDescription)
    }
    return
  }

  guard let result = response?.result else {
    print(error?.localizedDescription ?? "unknown error")
    return
  }

  print(result)
}

Example error handling

try
{
    // Invoke a method
}
catch(ServiceResponseException e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
}

Example error handling

// Invoke a method
assistant.MethodName(Callback, Parameters);

// Check for errors
private void Callback(DetailedResponse<ExampleResponse> response, IBMError error)
{
    if (error == null)
    {
        Log.Debug("ExampleCallback", "Response received: {0}", response.Response);
    }
    else
    {
        Log.Debug("ExampleCallback", "Error received: {0}, {1}, {3}", error.StatusCode, error.ErrorMessage, error.Response);
    }
}

Data handling

Additional headers

Some Watson services accept special parameters in headers that are passed with the request.

You can pass request header parameters in all requests or in a single request to the service.

To pass a request header, use the --header (-H) option with a curl request.

To pass header parameters with every request, use the setDefaultHeaders method of the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, use the addHeader method as a modifier on the request before you execute it.

To pass header parameters with every request, specify the headers parameter when you create the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, use the headers method as a modifier on the request before you execute it.

To pass header parameters with every request, specify the set_default_headers method of the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, include headers as a dict in the request.

To pass header parameters with every request, specify the add_default_headers method of the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, specify the headers method as a chainable method in the request.

To pass header parameters with every request, specify the SetDefaultHeaders method of the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, specify the Headers as a map in the request.

To pass header parameters with every request, add them to the defaultHeaders property of the service object. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, pass the headers parameter to the request method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, use the WithHeader() method as a modifier on the request before you execute it. See Data collection for an example use of this method.

To pass header parameters in a single request, use the WithHeader() method as a modifier on the request before you execute it.

Example header parameter in a request

curl -X {request_method} -H "Request-Header: {header_value}" "{url}/v2/{method}"

Example header parameter in a request

ReturnType returnValue = assistant.methodName(parameters)
  .addHeader("Custom-Header", "{header_value}")
  .execute();

Example header parameter in a request

const parameters = {
  {parameters}
};

assistant.methodName(
  parameters,
  headers: {
    'Custom-Header': '{header_value}'
  })
   .then(result => {
    console.log(response);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('error:', err);
  });

Example header parameter in a request

response = assistant.methodName(
    parameters,
    headers = {
        'Custom-Header': '{header_value}'
    })

Example header parameter in a request

response = assistant.headers(
  "Custom-Header" => "{header_value}"
).methodName(parameters)

Example header parameter in a request

result, _, responseErr := assistant.MethodName(
  &methodOptions{
    Headers: map[string]string{
      "Accept": "application/json",
    },
  },
)

Example header parameter in a request

let customHeader: [String: String] = ["Custom-Header": "{header_value}"]
assistant.methodName(parameters, headers: customHeader) {
  response, error in
}

Example header parameter in a request for a service managed on IBM Cloud

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.WithHeader("Custom-Header", "header_value");

Example header parameter in a request for an installed service

CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{release}/instances/{instance_id}/api");

assistant.WithHeader("Custom-Header", "header_value");

Example header parameter in a request for a service managed on IBM Cloud

var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.WithHeader("Custom-Header", "header_value");

Example header parameter in a request for an installed service

var authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
    url: "https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}",
    username: "{username}",
    password: "{password}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/assistant/{release}/instances/{instance_id}/api");

assistant.WithHeader("Custom-Header", "header_value");

Response details

The watsonx Assistant service might return information to the application in response headers.

To access all response headers that the service returns, include the --include (-i) option with a curl request. To see detailed response data for the request, including request headers, response headers, and extra debugging information, include the --verbose (-v) option with the request.

Example request to access response headers

curl -X {request_method} {authentication_method} --include "{url}/v2/{method}"

To access information in the response headers, use one of the request methods that returns details with the response: executeWithDetails(), enqueueWithDetails(), or rxWithDetails(). These methods return a Response<T> object, where T is the expected response model. Use the getResult() method to access the response object for the method, and use the getHeaders() method to access information in response headers.

Example request to access response headers

Response<ReturnType> response = assistant.methodName(parameters)
  .executeWithDetails();
// Access response from methodName
ReturnType returnValue = response.getResult();
// Access information in response headers
Headers responseHeaders = response.getHeaders();

All response data is available in the Response<T> object that is returned by each method. To access information in the response object, use the following properties.

Property Description
result Returns the response for the service-specific method.
headers Returns the response header information.
status Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

assistant.methodName(parameters)
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.headers);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('error:', err);
  });

The return value from all service methods is a DetailedResponse object. To access information in the result object or response headers, use the following methods.

DetailedResponse

Method Description
get_result() Returns the response for the service-specific method.
get_headers() Returns the response header information.
get_status_code() Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

assistant.set_detailed_response(True)
response = assistant.methodName(parameters)
# Access response from methodName
print(json.dumps(response.get_result(), indent=2))
# Access information in response headers
print(response.get_headers())
# Access HTTP response status
print(response.get_status_code())

The return value from all service methods is a DetailedResponse object. To access information in the response object, use the following properties.

DetailedResponse

Property Description
result Returns the response for the service-specific method.
headers Returns the response header information.
status Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

response = assistant.methodName(parameters)
# Access response from methodName
print response.result
# Access information in response headers
print response.headers
# Access HTTP response status
print response.status

The return value from all service methods is a DetailedResponse object. To access information in the response object or response headers, use the following methods.

DetailedResponse

Method Description
GetResult() Returns the response for the service-specific method.
GetHeaders() Returns the response header information.
GetStatusCode() Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

import (
  "github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/core"
  "github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/assistantv2"
)
result, response, responseErr := assistant.MethodName(
  &methodOptions{})
// Access result
core.PrettyPrint(response.GetResult(), "Result ")

// Access response headers
core.PrettyPrint(response.GetHeaders(), "Headers ")

// Access status code
core.PrettyPrint(response.GetStatusCode(), "Status Code ")

All response data is available in the WatsonResponse<T> object that is returned in each method's completionHandler.

Example request to access response headers

assistant.methodName(parameters) {
  response, error in

  guard let result = response?.result else {
    print(error?.localizedDescription ?? "unknown error")
    return
  }
  print(result) // The data returned by the service
  print(response?.statusCode)
  print(response?.headers)
}

The response contains fields for response headers, response JSON, and the status code.

DetailedResponse

Property Description
Result Returns the result for the service-specific method.
Response Returns the raw JSON response for the service-specific method.
Headers Returns the response header information.
StatusCode Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

var results = assistant.MethodName(parameters);

var result = results.Result;            //  The result object
var responseHeaders = results.Headers;  //  The response headers
var responseJson = results.Response;    //  The raw response JSON
var statusCode = results.StatusCode;    //  The response status code

The response contains fields for response headers, response JSON, and the status code.

DetailedResponse

Property Description
Result Returns the result for the service-specific method.
Response Returns the raw JSON response for the service-specific method.
Headers Returns the response header information.
StatusCode Returns the HTTP status code.

Example request to access response headers

private void Example()
{
    assistant.MethodName(Callback, Parameters);
}

private void Callback(DetailedResponse<ResponseType> response, IBMError error)
{
    var result = response.Result;                 //  The result object
    var responseHeaders = response.Headers;       //  The response headers
    var responseJson = reresponsesults.Response;  //  The raw response JSON
    var statusCode = response.StatusCode;         //  The response status code
}

Data labels (IBM Cloud)

You can remove data associated with a specific customer if you label the data with a customer ID when you send a request to the service.

  • Use the X-Watson-Metadata header to associate a customer ID with the data. By adding a customer ID to a request, you indicate that it contains data that belongs to that customer.

    Specify a random or generic string for the customer ID. Do not include personal data, such as an email address. Pass the string customer_id={id} as the argument of the header.

    Labeling data is used only by methods that accept customer data.

  • Use the Delete labeled data method to remove data that is associated with a customer ID.

Use this process of labeling and deleting data only when you want to remove the data that is associated with a single customer, not when you want to remove data for multiple customers. For more information about watsonx Assistant and labeling data, see Information security.

For more information about how to pass headers, see Additional headers.

Data collection (IBM Cloud)

By default, watsonx Assistant service instances managed on IBM Cloud that are not part of Enterprise plans collect data about API requests and their results. This data is collected only to improve the services for future users. The collected data is not shared or made public. Data is not collected for services that are part of Enterprise plans.

To prevent IBM usage of your data for an API request, set the X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out header parameter to true. You can also disable request logging at the account level. For more information, see Controlling request logging for Watson services.

You must set the header on each request that you do not want IBM to access for general service improvements.

You can set the header by using the setDefaultHeaders method of the service object.

You can set the header by using the headers parameter when you create the service object.

You can set the header by using the set_default_headers method of the service object.

You can set the header by using the add_default_headers method of the service object.

You can set the header by using the SetDefaultHeaders method of the service object.

You can set the header by adding it to the defaultHeaders property of the service object.

You can set the header by using the WithHeader() method of the service object.

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

curl -u "apikey:{apikey}" -H "X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out: true" "{url}/{method}"

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
headers.put("X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out", "true");

assistant.setDefaultHeaders(headers);

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV2({
  version: '{version}',
  authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
    apikey: '{apikey}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
  headers: {
    'X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out': 'true'
  }
});

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

assistant.set_default_headers({'x-watson-learning-opt-out': "true"})

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

assistant.add_default_headers(headers: {"x-watson-learning-opt-out" => "true"})

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

import "net/http"

headers := http.Header{}
headers.Add("x-watson-learning-opt-out", "true")
assistant.SetDefaultHeaders(headers)

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

assistant.defaultHeaders["X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out"] = "true"

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
    );

AssistantService assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.WithHeader("X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out", "true");

Example request with a service managed on IBM Cloud

var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);

while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;

var assistant = new AssistantService("{version}", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");

assistant.WithHeader("X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out", "true");

Synchronous and asynchronous requests

The Java SDK supports both synchronous (blocking) and asynchronous (non-blocking) execution of service methods. All service methods implement the ServiceCall interface.

  • To call a method synchronously, use the execute method of the ServiceCall interface. You can call the execute method directly from an instance of the service.
  • To call a method asynchronously, use the enqueue method of the ServiceCall interface to receive a callback when the response arrives. The ServiceCallback interface of the method's argument provides onResponse and onFailure methods that you override to handle the callback.

The Ruby SDK supports both synchronous (blocking) and asynchronous (non-blocking) execution of service methods. All service methods implement the Concurrent::Async module. When you use the synchronous or asynchronous methods, an IVar object is returned. You access the DetailedResponse object by calling ivar_object.value.

For more information about the Ivar object, see the IVar class docs.

  • To call a method synchronously, either call the method directly or use the .await chainable method of the Concurrent::Async module.

    Calling a method directly (without .await) returns a DetailedResponse object.

  • To call a method asynchronously, use the .async chainable method of the Concurrent::Async module.

You can call the .await and .async methods directly from an instance of the service.

Example synchronous request

ReturnType returnValue = assistant.method(parameters).execute();

Example asynchronous request

assistant.method(parameters).enqueue(new ServiceCallback<ReturnType>() {
  @Override public void onResponse(ReturnType response) {
    . . .
  }
  @Override public void onFailure(Exception e) {
    . . .
  }
});

Example synchronous request

response = assistant.method_name(parameters)

or

response = assistant.await.method_name(parameters)

Example asynchronous request

response = assistant.async.method_name(parameters)

Pagination

Some API requests might return many results. To avoid performance issues, these results are returned one page at a time, with a limited number of results on each page. The starting point for each page of results is identified by a token called a cursor.

The default page size is 100 objects. To use a different page size, use the page_limit query parameterpage_limit parameterpageLimit parameterPageLimit parameter.

To change the attribute by which results are sorted, use the sort query parametersort parameterSort parameter. If you include multiple sortSort parameters on the same request, the results are sorted first by the first sorting attribute, then the second, and so on.

The supported sorting attributes vary by endpoint. For more information, see the API Reference information for each method.

For any request that uses pagination, the response includes a pagination object that specifies pagination information. This object includes two URLs that you can use to make subsequent requests:

  • refresh_url: The URL for requesting the same page of results again.
  • next_url: The URL for requesting the next page of results. The next_url property is omitted if no more results exist.

Each URL specifies the appropriate cursor parameter and retains the same page_limit and sort parameters that were used for the initial request.

For any request that uses pagination, the response includes a paginationPagination object that specifies pagination information. This object includes two cursor tokens, refreshCursorrefresh_cursorRefreshCursor and nextCursornext_cursorNextCursor, that you can specify on subsequent requests.

To request a specific page of results, specify the appropriate value by using the cursorCursor parameter. When you request subsequent pages, do not change the values of the sort and pageLimitsort and page_limitSort and PageLimit parameters (if any).

Pagination

Name Description
refreshCursorrefresh_cursorRefreshCursor
string
The cursor value for the current page of results.
nextCursornext_cursorNextCursor
string
The cursor value for the next page of results, if any.
refreshUrlrefreshURLrefresh_urlRefreshUrl
string
The URL that returns the same page of results.
nextUrlnextURLnext_urlNextUrl
string
The URL that returns the next page of results, if any.
totalTotal
integer
Reserved for future use.
matchedMatched
integer
Reserved for future use.

Using cursor parameter to request a specific page of results:

curl -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/intents/hello/examples?cursor=eyJ0ZXh0Ijp7Im9yZGVyIjoiYXNjIiwiaW5kZXgiOjAsInZhbHVlIjoiSGV5In0sInBfcyI6NH0=&version=2019-02-28"

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2019-02-28", authenticator);
assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
String workspaceId = "{workspace_id}";
String intent = "hello";
String cursor = "";

do {
  ListExamplesOptions options = new ListExamplesOptions.Builder(workspaceId, intent)
    .pageLimit(3)
    .cursor(cursor)
    .build();
  ExampleCollection response = assistant.listExamples(options).execute().getResult();
  List<Example> examples = response.getExamples();
  cursor = response.getPagination().getNextCursor();
  for (Example example : examples) {
    System.out.println(example.text());
  }
}
while(cursor != null);

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

const AssistantV1 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v1');
const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');

const assistant = new AssistantV1({
  version: '2019-02-28',
  authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
    apikey: '{apikey}',
  }),
  serviceUrl: '{url}',
});
const cursor = null;

getNextPage(cursor);

function getNextPage(cursor) {
  const params = {
    workspaceId: '{workspace_id}',
    intent: 'hello',
    cursor,
    pageLimit: 3,
  };
  assistant.listExamples(params)
    .then(res => {
      for (const example in res.result.examples) {
        console.log(res.result.examples[example]['text']);
      }
      if(res.result.pagination.next_cursor) {
        getNextPage(res.result.pagination.next_cursor)
      }
    })
    .catch(err => {
      console.log(err)
    });
}

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

from ibm_watson import AssistantV1
from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator

authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
assistant = AssistantV1(
    version='2019-02-28',
    authenticator = authenticator
)
assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
cursor = None

while True:
    response=assistant.list_examples(
        workspace_id='{workspace_id}',
        intent='hello',
        cursor=cursor,
        page_limit=3
    ).get_result()

    for example in response.get('examples'):
        print(example.get('text'))

    cursor=response.get('pagination').get('next_cursor')
    if not cursor:
        break

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

require "ibm_watson/authenticators"
require "ibm_watson/assistant_v1"
include IBMWatson

authenticator = Authenticators::IamAuthenticator.new(
  apikey: "{apikey}"
)
assistant = AssistantV1.new(
  version: "2019-02-28",
  authenticator: authenticator
)
assistant.service_url = "{url}"
cursor = nil

loop do
  response = assistant.list_examples(
    workspace_id: "{workspace_id}",
    intent: "hello",
    page_limit: 3,
    cursor: cursor
  )
  response.result["examples"].each { |example|
    puts example["text"]
  }
  cursor = response.result["pagination"]["next_cursor"]
  if cursor.nil?
    break
  end
end

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/core"
  "github.com/watson-developer-cloud/go-sdk/assistantv1"
)

func main() {
  authenticator := &core.IamAuthenticator{
    ApiKey: "{apikey}",
  }
  options := &assistantv1.AssistantV1Options{
    Version: "2019-02-28",
    Authenticator: authenticator,
  }
  assistant, assistantErr := assistantv1.NewAssistantV1(options)
  if assistantErr != nil {
    panic(assistantErr)
  }

  assistant.SetServiceURL("{url}")
  cursor := core.StringPtr("")
  pageLimit := int64(3)

  for {
    result, _, responseErr := assistant.ListExamples(
      &assistantv1.ListExamplesOptions{
        WorkspaceID: core.StringPtr("{workspace_id}"),
        Intent: core.StringPtr("hello"),
        PageLimit: &pageLimit,
        Cursor: cursor,
     },
    )
    if responseErr != nil {
      panic(responseErr)
    }
    for _, example := range result.Examples {
      fmt.Println(*example.Text)
    }
    cursor = result.Pagination.NextCursor
    if cursor == nil {
      break
    }
  }
}

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

import Foundation
import AssistantV1
let authenticator = WatsonIAMAuthenticator.init(apiKey: "{apikey}")
assistant = Assistant(version: "2019-02-28", authenticator: authenticator)
assistant.serviceURL = "{url}"
func getNextPage(cursor: String?) {
    assistant.listExamples(workspaceID: "{workspace_id}", intent: "hello", pageLimit: 2, cursor: cursor) {
        response, error in
        if let error = error {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
            return
        }
        guard let results = response?.result else {
            print("No results found")
            return
        }
        for example in results.examples {
            print(example)
        }
        if let cursor = examples.pagination.nextCursor {
            getNextPage(cursor?)
        }
    }
}
getNextPage(cursor: nil)

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

public class ListExamplesWithPagination
{
    public ListExamplesWithPagination()
    {
        IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(apikey: "{apikey}");
        AssistantService service = new AssistantService("2019-02-28", authenticator);
        service.SetServiceUrl("{url}");
        string workspaceId = "{workspace_id}";
        string intent = "hello";
        long? pageLimit = 3;
        string cursor = "";
        ListExamples(service, workspaceId, intent, pageLimit, cursor);
    }
    public void ListExamples(AssistantService service, string workspaceId, string intent, long? pageLimit, string cursor)
    {
        var result = service.ListExamples(
            workspaceId: workspaceId,
            intent: intent,
            pageLimit: 3,
            cursor: cursor
        );
        foreach (Example example in result.Result.Examples)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(example.Text);
        }
        var nextCursor = result.Result.Pagination.NextCursor;
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(nextCursor))
        {
            ListExamples(service, workspaceId, intent, pageLimit, nextCursor);
        }
    }
}

Example that retrieves and displays results one page at a time:

public void ListExamples(AssistantService service, string workspaceId, string intent, long? pageLimit, string cursor)
{
    ExampleCollection listExamplesResponse = null;
    service.ListExamples(
        callback: (DetailedResponse<ExampleCollection> response, IBMError error) =>
        {
            Log.Debug("AssistantServiceV1", "ListExamples result: {0}", response.Response);
            listExamplesResponse = response.Result;
            foreach (Example example in listExamplesResponse.Examples)
            {
                Log.Debug("AssistantServiceV1", "Example text: {0}", example.Text);
            }
            var nextCursor = listExamplesResponse.Pagination.NextCursor;
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(nextCursor))
            {
                ListExamples(service, workspaceId, intent, pageLimit, nextCursor);
            }
            else
            {
                paginationDone = true;
            }
        },
        workspaceId: workspaceId,
        intent: intent,
        pageLimit: 3,
        cursor: cursor
    );
}
var authenticator = new IamAuthenticator(
    apikey: "{apikey}"
);
while (!authenticator.CanAuthenticate())
    yield return null;
var assistant = new AssistantService("2019-02-28", authenticator);
assistant.SetServiceUrl("{url}");
bool isPaginationDone = false;
string workspaceId = "{workspace_id}";
string intent = "hello";
long? pageLimit = 3;
string cursor = "";
ListExamples(service, workspaceId, intent, pageLimit, cursor);
while (isPaginationDone == false)
    yield return null;

Rate limiting

Rate limits for API requests are enforced on a per-service-instance basis. If the number of requests for a particular method and endpoint reaches the request limit within the specified time window, no further requests are accepted until the timer expires. After the timer expires, a new time window begins with the next accepted request.

The response to each HTTP request includes headers you can use to determine whether you are close to the rate limit:

  • X-RateLimit-Reset: the time the current timer expires (in UNIX epoch time)
  • X-RateLimit-Remaining: the number of requests that remain in the current time window
  • X-RateLimit-Limit: the total number of requests allowed within the time window

An HTTP status code of 429 indicates that the rate limit has been exceeded.

The number of allowed requests, and the length of the time window, vary by method and endpoint. The reference information for each endpoint specifies the rate limit that applies.

Methods

Create a conversational skill provider

Create a new conversational skill provider.

Create a new conversational skill provider.

Create a new conversational skill provider.

Create a new conversational skill provider.

POST /v2/providers
ServiceCall<ProviderResponse> createProvider(CreateProviderOptions createProviderOptions)
createProvider(params)
create_provider(
        self,
        *,
        provider_id: Optional[str] = None,
        specification: Optional['ProviderSpecification'] = None,
        private: Optional['ProviderPrivate'] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the CreateProviderOptions.Builder to create a CreateProviderOptions object that contains the parameter values for the createProvider method.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The properties of the new conversational skill provider.

The createProvider options.

parameters

  • The unique identifier of the provider.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

  • The specification of the provider.

  • Private information of the provider.

parameters

  • The unique identifier of the provider.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

  • The specification of the provider.

  • Private information of the provider.

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
      "specification": {
        "servers": [
          {
            "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
          }
        ],
        "components": {
          "securitySchemes": {
            "authentication_method": "api_key"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  • {
      "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
      "specification": {
        "servers": [
          {
            "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
          }
        ],
        "components": {
          "securitySchemes": {
            "authentication_method": "api_key"
          }
        }
      }
    }

List conversational skill providers

List the conversational skill providers associated with a Watson Assistant service instance.

List the conversational skill providers associated with a Watson Assistant service instance.

List the conversational skill providers associated with a Watson Assistant service instance.

List the conversational skill providers associated with a Watson Assistant service instance.

GET /v2/providers
ServiceCall<ProviderCollection> listProviders(ListProvidersOptions listProvidersOptions)
listProviders(params)
list_providers(
        self,
        *,
        page_limit: Optional[int] = None,
        include_count: Optional[bool] = None,
        sort: Optional[str] = None,
        cursor: Optional[str] = None,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ListProvidersOptions.Builder to create a ListProvidersOptions object that contains the parameter values for the listProviders method.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned conversational skill providers will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The listProviders options.

parameters

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned conversational skill providers will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned conversational skill providers will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "conversational_skill_providers": [
        {
          "created": "2024-05-30T00:52:08.368Z",
          "updated": "2024-05-30T00:52:08.368Z",
          "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
          "specification": {
            "servers": [
              {
                "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
              }
            ],
            "components": {
              "securitySchemes": {
                "basic": {
                  "username": {
                    "type": "value",
                    "value": "myBasicUsername"
                  }
                },
                "authentication_method": "basic"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/providers?version=2021-11-27&include_count=true&include_audit=true&verbose=true",
        "total": 1,
        "matched": 1
      }
    }
  • {
      "conversational_skill_providers": [
        {
          "created": "2024-05-30T00:52:08.368Z",
          "updated": "2024-05-30T00:52:08.368Z",
          "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
          "specification": {
            "servers": [
              {
                "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
              }
            ],
            "components": {
              "securitySchemes": {
                "basic": {
                  "username": {
                    "type": "value",
                    "value": "myBasicUsername"
                  }
                },
                "authentication_method": "basic"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/providers?version=2021-11-27&include_count=true&include_audit=true&verbose=true",
        "total": 1,
        "matched": 1
      }
    }

Update a conversational skill provider

Update a new conversational skill provider.

Update a new conversational skill provider.

Update a new conversational skill provider.

Update a new conversational skill provider.

POST /v2/providers/{provider_id}
ServiceCall<ProviderResponse> updateProvider(UpdateProviderOptions updateProviderOptions)
updateProvider(params)
update_provider(
        self,
        provider_id: str,
        *,
        new_provider_id: Optional[str] = None,
        new_specification: Optional['ProviderSpecification'] = None,
        new_private: Optional['ProviderPrivate'] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the UpdateProviderOptions.Builder to create a UpdateProviderOptions object that contains the parameter values for the updateProvider method.

Path Parameters

  • Unique identifier of the conversational skill provider.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The properties of the new conversational skill provider.

The updateProvider options.

parameters

  • Unique identifier of the conversational skill provider.

  • The unique identifier of the provider.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

  • The specification of the provider.

  • Private information of the provider.

parameters

  • Unique identifier of the conversational skill provider.

  • The unique identifier of the provider.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

  • The specification of the provider.

  • Private information of the provider.

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
      "specification": {
        "servers": [
          {
            "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
          }
        ],
        "components": {
          "securitySchemes": {
            "authentication_method": "api_key"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  • {
      "provider_id": "myProCodeProvider-noSpaces_no_special_chars",
      "specification": {
        "servers": [
          {
            "url": "https://myProCodeProvider.com"
          }
        ],
        "components": {
          "securitySchemes": {
            "authentication_method": "api_key"
          }
        }
      }
    }

Create an assistant

Create a new assistant.

Create a new assistant.

Create a new assistant.

Create a new assistant.

POST /v2/assistants
ServiceCall<AssistantData> createAssistant(CreateAssistantOptions createAssistantOptions)
createAssistant(params)
create_assistant(
        self,
        *,
        language: Optional[str] = None,
        name: Optional[str] = None,
        description: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the CreateAssistantOptions.Builder to create a CreateAssistantOptions object that contains the parameter values for the createAssistant method.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The properties of the new assistant.

The createAssistant options.

parameters

  • The language of the assistant.

  • The name of the assistant. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the assistant. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

parameters

  • The language of the assistant.

  • The name of the assistant. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the assistant. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"name\":\"API test assistant\",\"language\":\"en\",\"description\":\"Example assistant created using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"name\":\"API test assistant\",\"language\":\"en\",\"description\":\"Example assistant created using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "name": "test-assistant-1670429383",
      "language": "en",
      "description": "testing",
      "assistant_id": "0e8d77d9-07f4-47ac-95f6-25af1036a7e8",
      "assistant_skills": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "skill_id": "8d5fd4f9-dcc1-436c-b273-659de6f84fa4"
        },
        {
          "type": "dialog",
          "skill_id": "eaf1b687-2e72-449b-b820-071433bb70bf"
        }
      ],
      "assistant_environments": [
        {
          "name": "draft",
          "environment": "draft",
          "environment_id": "6475b599-17e1-4632-8793-154738d52263"
        },
        {
          "name": "live",
          "environment": "live",
          "environment_id": "c990dacd-a41f-48b9-981a-11a24275108b"
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "name": "test-assistant-1670429383",
      "language": "en",
      "description": "testing",
      "assistant_id": "0e8d77d9-07f4-47ac-95f6-25af1036a7e8",
      "assistant_skills": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "skill_id": "8d5fd4f9-dcc1-436c-b273-659de6f84fa4"
        },
        {
          "type": "dialog",
          "skill_id": "eaf1b687-2e72-449b-b820-071433bb70bf"
        }
      ],
      "assistant_environments": [
        {
          "name": "draft",
          "environment": "draft",
          "environment_id": "6475b599-17e1-4632-8793-154738d52263"
        },
        {
          "name": "live",
          "environment": "live",
          "environment_id": "c990dacd-a41f-48b9-981a-11a24275108b"
        }
      ]
    }

List assistants

List the assistants associated with a watsonx Assistant service instance.

List the assistants associated with a watsonx Assistant service instance.

List the assistants associated with a watsonx Assistant service instance.

List the assistants associated with a watsonx Assistant service instance.

GET /v2/assistants
ServiceCall<AssistantCollection> listAssistants(ListAssistantsOptions listAssistantsOptions)
listAssistants(params)
list_assistants(
        self,
        *,
        page_limit: Optional[int] = None,
        include_count: Optional[bool] = None,
        sort: Optional[str] = None,
        cursor: Optional[str] = None,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ListAssistantsOptions.Builder to create a ListAssistantsOptions object that contains the parameter values for the listAssistants method.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned assistants will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The listAssistants options.

parameters

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned assistants will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned assistants will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "assistants": [
        {
          "name": "test-assistant-1670279073",
          "language": "en",
          "description": "testing",
          "assistant_id": "824bb521-2c2a-4d12-9dc2-ae24c3a70e0c",
          "assistant_skills": [
            {
              "type": "action",
              "skill_id": "da42f04e-1d52-4394-b700-7814d51dd9e2"
            }
          ],
          "assistant_environments": [
            {
              "name": "draft",
              "environment": "draft",
              "environment_id": "add81cf1-7bc2-448a-a6f5-87cf7874c58a"
            },
            {
              "name": "live",
              "environment": "live",
              "environment_id": "e6d2ed90-cbbc-4bd2-8808-fbd1ac13197e"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants?version=2021-10-10"
      }
    }
  • {
      "assistants": [
        {
          "name": "test-assistant-1670279073",
          "language": "en",
          "description": "testing",
          "assistant_id": "824bb521-2c2a-4d12-9dc2-ae24c3a70e0c",
          "assistant_skills": [
            {
              "type": "action",
              "skill_id": "da42f04e-1d52-4394-b700-7814d51dd9e2"
            }
          ],
          "assistant_environments": [
            {
              "name": "draft",
              "environment": "draft",
              "environment_id": "add81cf1-7bc2-448a-a6f5-87cf7874c58a"
            },
            {
              "name": "live",
              "environment": "live",
              "environment_id": "e6d2ed90-cbbc-4bd2-8808-fbd1ac13197e"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants?version=2021-10-10"
      }
    }

Delete assistant

Delete an assistant.

Delete an assistant.

Delete an assistant.

Delete an assistant.

DELETE /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}
ServiceCall<Void> deleteAssistant(DeleteAssistantOptions deleteAssistantOptions)
deleteAssistant(params)
delete_assistant(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the DeleteAssistantOptions.Builder to create a DeleteAssistantOptions object that contains the parameter values for the deleteAssistant method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The deleteAssistant options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • curl -X DELETE -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X DELETE --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

No Sample Response

This method does not specify any sample responses.

Create a session

Create a new session. A session is used to send user input to a skill and receive responses. It also maintains the state of the conversation. A session persists until it is deleted, or until it times out because of inactivity. (For more information, see the documentation.)

Create a new session. A session is used to send user input to a skill and receive responses. It also maintains the state of the conversation. A session persists until it is deleted, or until it times out because of inactivity. (For more information, see the documentation.).

Create a new session. A session is used to send user input to a skill and receive responses. It also maintains the state of the conversation. A session persists until it is deleted, or until it times out because of inactivity. (For more information, see the documentation.).

Create a new session. A session is used to send user input to a skill and receive responses. It also maintains the state of the conversation. A session persists until it is deleted, or until it times out because of inactivity. (For more information, see the documentation.).

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/sessions
ServiceCall<SessionResponse> createSession(CreateSessionOptions createSessionOptions)
createSession(params)
create_session(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        analytics: Optional['RequestAnalytics'] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the CreateSessionOptions.Builder to create a CreateSessionOptions object that contains the parameter values for the createSession method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The createSession options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An optional object containing analytics data. Currently, this data is used only for events sent to the Segment extension.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An optional object containing analytics data. Currently, this data is used only for events sent to the Segment extension.

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X POST "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions?version=2021-11-27"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    CreateSessionOptions options = new CreateSessionOptions.Builder("{environment_id}").build();
    
    SessionResponse response = assistant.createSession(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2020-04-01", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    CreateSessionOptions options = new CreateSessionOptions.Builder("{assistant_id}").build();
    
    SessionResponse response = assistant.createSession(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.createSession({
      assistantId: '{environment_id}'
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2020-04-01',
      authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
        username: '{username}',
        password: '{password}',
        url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.createSession({
      assistantId: '{assistant_id}'
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.create_session(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
        '{username}',
        '{password}',
        'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
    )
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2020-04-01',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.create_session(
        assistant_id='{assistant_id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "session_id": "af11c111-860d-4071-b6d2-550bf20c016e"
    }
  • {
      "session_id": "af11c111-860d-4071-b6d2-550bf20c016e"
    }

Delete session

Deletes a session explicitly before it times out. (For more information about the session inactivity timeout, see the documentation).

Deletes a session explicitly before it times out. (For more information about the session inactivity timeout, see the documentation).

Deletes a session explicitly before it times out. (For more information about the session inactivity timeout, see the documentation).

Deletes a session explicitly before it times out. (For more information about the session inactivity timeout, see the documentation).

DELETE /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/sessions/{session_id}
ServiceCall<Void> deleteSession(DeleteSessionOptions deleteSessionOptions)
deleteSession(params)
delete_session(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        session_id: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the DeleteSessionOptions.Builder to create a DeleteSessionOptions object that contains the parameter values for the deleteSession method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The deleteSession options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

  • curl -X DELETE -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X DELETE "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    DeleteSessionOptions options = new DeleteSessionOptions.Builder("{environment_id}", "{session_id}").build();
    
    assistant.deleteSession(options).execute();
  • CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2020-04-01", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    DeleteSessionOptions options = new DeleteSessionOptions.Builder("{assistant_id}", "{session_id}").build();
    
    assistant.deleteSession(options).execute();
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.deleteSession({
      assistantId: '{environment_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2020-04-01',
      authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
        username: '{username}',
        password: '{password}',
        url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.deleteSession({
      assistantId: '{assistant_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.delete_session(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
        '{username}',
        '{password}',
        'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
    )
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2020-04-01',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.delete_session(
        assistant_id='{assistant_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

No Sample Response

This method does not specify any sample responses.

Send user input to assistant (stateful)

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message
ServiceCall<StatefulMessageResponse> message(MessageOptions messageOptions)
message(params)
message(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        session_id: str,
        *,
        input: Optional['MessageInput'] = None,
        context: Optional['MessageContext'] = None,
        user_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the MessageOptions.Builder to create a MessageOptions object that contains the parameter values for the message method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The message to be sent. This includes the user's input, along with optional content such as intents and entities.

Examples:
{
  "input": {
    "message_type": "text",
    "text": "Hello",
    "options": {
      "return_context": true,
      "export": true
    }
  },
  "context": {
    "global": {
      "system": {
        "user_id": "my_user_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

The message options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\"}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\", \"options\": {\"return_context\": true}}, \"context\": {\"global\": {\"system\": {\"user_id\": \"my_user_id\"}}, \"skills\": {\"main skill\": {\"user_defined\": {\"account_number\": \"123456\"}}}}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\"}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\", \"options\": {\"return_context\": true}}, \"context\": {\"global\": {\"system\": {\"user_id\": \"my_user_id\"}}, \"skills\": {\"main skill\": {\"user_defined\": {\"account_number\": \"123456\"}}}}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .build();
    
    MessageOptions options = new MessageOptions.Builder("{environment_id}", "{session_id}")
      .input(input)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponse response = assistant.message(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • Authenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInputOptions inputOptions = new MessageInputOptions.Builder()
      .returnContext(true)
      .build();
    
    MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .options(inputOptions)
      .build();
    
    MessageContextGlobalSystem system = new MessageContextGlobalSystem.Builder()
      .userId("my_user_id")
      .build();
    MessageContextGlobal globalContext = new MessageContextGlobal.Builder()
      .system(system)
      .build();
    
    Map<String, Object> userDefinedContext = new HashMap<>();
    userDefinedContext.put("account_num","123456");
    MessageContextSkill mainSkillContext = new MessageContextSkill.Builder()
      .userDefined(userDefinedContext)
      .build();
    MessageContextSkills skillsContext = new MessageContextSkills();
    skillsContext.put("main skill", mainSkillContext);
    
    MessageContext context = new MessageContext.Builder()
      .global(globalContext)
      .skills(skillsContext)
      .build();
    
    MessageOptions options = new MessageOptions.Builder()
      .assistantId("{environment_id}")
      .sessionId("{session_id}")
      .input(input)
      .context(context)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponse response = service.message(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2020-04-01", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .build();
    
    MessageOptions options = new MessageOptions.Builder("{assistant_id}", "{session_id}")
      .input(input)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponse response = assistant.message(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2020-04-01", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInputOptions inputOptions = new MessageInputOptions.Builder()
      .returnContext(true)
      .build();
    
    MessageInput input = new MessageInput.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .options(inputOptions)
      .build();
    
    MessageContextGlobalSystem system = new MessageContextGlobalSystem.Builder()
      .userId("my_user_id")
      .build();
    MessageContextGlobal globalContext = new MessageContextGlobal.Builder()
      .system(system)
      .build();
    
    Map<String, Object> userDefinedContext = new HashMap<>();
    userDefinedContext.put("account_num","123456");
    MessageContextSkill mainSkillContext = new MessageContextSkill.Builder()
      .userDefined(userDefinedContext)
      .build();
    MessageContextSkills skillsContext = new MessageContextSkills();
    skillsContext.put("main skill", mainSkillContext);
    
    MessageContext context = new MessageContext.Builder()
      .global(globalContext)
      .skills(skillsContext)
      .build();
    
    MessageOptions options = new MessageOptions.Builder()
      .assistantId("{assistant_id}")
      .sessionId("{session_id}")
      .input(input)
      .context(context)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponse response = service.message(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.message({
      assistantId: '{environment_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
      input: {
        'message_type': 'text',
        'text': 'Hello'
        }
      })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.message({
      assistantId: '{environment_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
      input: {
        'message_type': 'text',
        'text': 'Hello',
        'options': {
          'return_context': true
        }
      },
      context: {
        'global': {
          'system': {
            'user_id': 'my_user_id'
          }
        },
        'skills': {
          'main skill': {
            'user_defined': {
              'account_number': '123456'
            }
          }
        }
      }
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2020-04-01',
      authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
        username: '{username}',
        password: '{password}',
        url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.message({
      assistantId: '{assistant_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
      input: {
        'message_type': 'text',
        'text': 'Hello'
        }
      })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2020-04-01',
      authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
        username: '{username}',
        password: '{password}',
        url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant.message({
      assistantId: '{assistant_id}',
      sessionId: '{session_id}',
      input: {
        'message_type': 'text',
        'text': 'Hello',
        'options': {
          'return_context': true
        }
      },
      context: {
        'global': {
          'system': {
            'user_id': 'my_user_id'
          }
        },
        'skills': {
          'main skill': {
            'user_defined': {
              'account_number': '123456'
            }
          }
        }
      }
    })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.message(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello'
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response=assistant.message(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello',
            'options': {
                'return_context': True
            }
        },
        context={
            'global': {
                'system': {
                    'user_id': 'my_user_id'
                }
            },
            'skills': {
                'main skill': {
                    'user_defined': {
                        'account_number': '123456'
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
        '{username}',
        '{password}',
        'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
    )
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2020-04-01',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.message(
        assistant_id='{assistant_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello'
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
        '{username}',
        '{password}',
        'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
    )
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2020-04-01',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response=assistant.message(
        assistant_id='{assistant_id}',
        session_id='{session_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello',
            'options': {
                'return_context': True
            }
        },
        context={
            'global': {
                'system': {
                    'user_id': 'my_user_id'
                }
            },
            'skills': {
                'main skill': {
                    'user_defined': {
                        'account_number': '123456'
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

A response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A response from the watsonx Assistant service.

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "output": {
        "generic": [
          {
            "response_type": "text",
            "text": "Hello! What can I do for you?"
          }
        ],
        "intents": [
          {
            "intent": "hello",
            "confidence": 0.9281370162963867
          }
        ],
        "entities": []
      },
      "context": {
        "global": {
          "system": {
            "turn_count": 1,
            "user_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
          },
          "session_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
        },
        "skills": {
          "main skill": {
            "system": {
              "state": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiNTVjZDQ3YjEtMzg0Ny00MzBiLWJhMjgtMTczOWUwNjU0NTc2Iiwic2tpbGxfcmVmZXJlbmNlIjoibWFpbiBza2lsbCIsImFzc2lzdGFudF9pZCI6ImViM2RmZGRlLTJkNDUtNDBmYS05NDZlLTk2ODVmNTU2NzhhOSIsImluaXRpYWxpemVkIjp0cnVlLCJkaWFsb2dfc3RhY2siOlt7ImRpYWxvZ19ub2RlIjoicm9vdCJ9XSwibGFzdF9icmFuY2hfbm9kZSI6ImdyZWV0aW5nX29wdGlvbl8zIn0="
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "user_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
    }
  • {
      "output": {
        "generic": [
          {
            "response_type": "text",
            "text": "Hello! What can I do for you?"
          }
        ],
        "intents": [
          {
            "intent": "hello",
            "confidence": 0.9281370162963867
          }
        ],
        "entities": []
      },
      "context": {
        "global": {
          "system": {
            "turn_count": 1,
            "user_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
          },
          "session_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
        },
        "skills": {
          "main skill": {
            "system": {
              "state": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiNTVjZDQ3YjEtMzg0Ny00MzBiLWJhMjgtMTczOWUwNjU0NTc2Iiwic2tpbGxfcmVmZXJlbmNlIjoibWFpbiBza2lsbCIsImFzc2lzdGFudF9pZCI6ImViM2RmZGRlLTJkNDUtNDBmYS05NDZlLTk2ODVmNTU2NzhhOSIsImluaXRpYWxpemVkIjp0cnVlLCJkaWFsb2dfc3RhY2siOlt7ImRpYWxvZ19ub2RlIjoicm9vdCJ9XSwibGFzdF9icmFuY2hfbm9kZSI6ImdyZWV0aW5nX29wdGlvbl8zIn0="
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "user_id": "55cd47b1-3847-430b-ba28-1739e0654576"
    }

Send user input to assistant (stateless)

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/message
ServiceCall<StatelessMessageResponse> messageStateless(MessageStatelessOptions messageStatelessOptions)
messageStateless(params)
message_stateless(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        input: Optional['StatelessMessageInput'] = None,
        context: Optional['StatelessMessageContext'] = None,
        user_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the MessageStatelessOptions.Builder to create a MessageStatelessOptions object that contains the parameter values for the messageStateless method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The message to be sent. This includes the user's input, context data, and optional content such as intents and entities.

Examples:
{
  "input": {
    "message_type": "text",
    "text": "I want to cancel my order"
  },
  "context": {
    "global": {
      "system": {
        "turn_count": 1
      },
      "session_id": "89fe006f-7068-40b7-a898-ba9240904000"
    },
    "skills": {
      "main skill": {
        "system": {
          "state": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiODlmZTAwNmYtNzA2OC00MGI3LWE4OTgtYmE5MjQwOTA0MDAwIiwic2tpbGxfcmVmZXJlbmNlIjoibWFpbiBza2lsbCIsImFzc2lzdGFudF9pZCI6ImViM2RmZGRlLTJkNDUtNDBmYS05NDZlLTk2ODVmNTU2NzhhOSIsImluaXRpYWxpemVkIjp0cnVlLCJkaWFsb2dfc3RhY2siOlt7ImRpYWxvZ19ub2RlIjoicm9vdCJ9XSwiX25vZGVfb3V0cHV0X21hcCI6eyJub2RlXzJfMTU3MTA3NDUxMzc0NSI6WzBdfSwibGFzdF9icmFuY2hfbm9kZSI6Im5vZGVfMl8xNTcxMDc0NTEzNzQ1In0="
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "user_id": "my_user_id"
}

The messageStateless options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations in a message request, the value specified at the root is used.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations in a message request, the value specified at the root is used.

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\"}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d "{\"input\": {\"text\": \"Hello\"}}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/message?version=2024-08-25"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInputStateless input = new MessageInputStateless.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .build();
    
    MessageStatelessOptions options = new MessageStatelessOptions.Builder()
      .assistantId("{environment_id}")
      .input(input)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponseStateless response = assistant.messageStateless(options)
      .execute()
      .getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • CloudPakForDataAuthenticator authenticator = new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator("https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize", "{username}", "{password}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2020-04-01", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    MessageInputStateless input = new MessageInputStateless.Builder()
      .messageType("text")
      .text("Hello")
      .build();
    
    MessageStatelessOptions options = new MessageStatelessOptions.Builder()
      .assistantId("{assistant_id}")
      .input(input)
      .build();
    
    MessageResponseStateless response = assistant.messageStateless(options)
      .execute()
      .getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant
      .messageStateless({
        assistantId: '{environment_id}',
        input: {
          'message_type': 'text',
          'text': 'Hello',
        }
      })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
    
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { CloudPakForDataAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2020-04-01',
      authenticator: new CloudPakForDataAuthenticator({
        username: '{username}',
        password: '{password}',
        url: 'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    assistant
      .messageStateless({
        assistantId: '{assistant_id}',
        input: {
          'message_type': 'text',
          'text': 'Hello',
        }
      })
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err);
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.message_stateless(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello'
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import CloudPakForDataAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = CloudPakForDataAuthenticator(
        '{username}',
        '{password}',
        'https://{cpd_cluster_host}{:port}/icp4d-api/v1/authorize'
    )
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2020-04-01',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.message_stateless(
        assistant_id='{assistant_id}',
        input={
            'message_type': 'text',
            'text': 'Hello'
        }
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

A stateless response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A stateless response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A stateless response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A stateless response from the watsonx Assistant service.

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "output": {
        "intents": [
          {
            "intent": "hello",
            "confidence": 0.9281370162963867
          }
        ],
        "entities": [],
        "generic": [
          {
            "response_type": "text",
            "text": "Hello! What can I do for you?"
          }
        ]
      },
      "context": {
        "global": {
          "system": {
            "turn_count": 1,
            "user_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
          },
          "session_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
        },
        "skills": {
          "main skill": {
            "system": {
              "state": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiZjdiNTE1ZWYtOTgwMi00MzFhLTg2MzktY2Y2MWZjZDBiOTYzIiwic2tpbGxfcmVmZXJlbmNlIjoibWFpbiBza2lsbCIsImFzc2lzdGFudF9pZCI6ImViM2RmZGRlLTJkNDUtNDBmYS05NDZlLTk2ODVmNTU2NzhhOSIsImluaXRpYWxpemVkIjp0cnVlLCJkaWFsb2dfc3RhY2siOlt7ImRpYWxvZ19ub2RlIjoicm9vdCJ9XSwiX25vZGVfb3V0cHV0X21hcCI6eyJub2RlXzJfMTU4OTMwNDc4NDQ5MSI6eyIwIjpbMF19fSwibGFzdF9icmFuY2hfbm9kZSI6Im5vZGVfMl8xNTg5MzA0Nzg0NDkxIn0="
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "user_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
    }
  • {
      "output": {
        "intents": [
          {
            "intent": "hello",
            "confidence": 0.9281370162963867
          }
        ],
        "entities": [],
        "generic": [
          {
            "response_type": "text",
            "text": "Hello! What can I do for you?"
          }
        ]
      },
      "context": {
        "global": {
          "system": {
            "turn_count": 1,
            "user_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
          },
          "session_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
        },
        "skills": {
          "main skill": {
            "system": {
              "state": "eyJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiZjdiNTE1ZWYtOTgwMi00MzFhLTg2MzktY2Y2MWZjZDBiOTYzIiwic2tpbGxfcmVmZXJlbmNlIjoibWFpbiBza2lsbCIsImFzc2lzdGFudF9pZCI6ImViM2RmZGRlLTJkNDUtNDBmYS05NDZlLTk2ODVmNTU2NzhhOSIsImluaXRpYWxpemVkIjp0cnVlLCJkaWFsb2dfc3RhY2siOlt7ImRpYWxvZ19ub2RlIjoicm9vdCJ9XSwiX25vZGVfb3V0cHV0X21hcCI6eyJub2RlXzJfMTU4OTMwNDc4NDQ5MSI6eyIwIjpbMF19fSwibGFzdF9icmFuY2hfbm9kZSI6Im5vZGVfMl8xNTg5MzA0Nzg0NDkxIn0="
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "user_id": "f7b515ef-9802-431a-8639-cf61fcd0b963"
    }

Send user input to assistant (stateful)

Send user input to an assistant and receive a streamed response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a streamed response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a streamed response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a streamed response, with conversation state (including context data) stored by watsonx Assistant for the duration of the session.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}/sessions/{session_id}/message_stream
ServiceCall<MessageStreamResponse> messageStream(MessageStreamOptions messageStreamOptions)
messageStream(params)
message_stream(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        environment_id: str,
        session_id: str,
        *,
        input: Optional['MessageInput'] = None,
        context: Optional['MessageContext'] = None,
        user_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the MessageStreamOptions.Builder to create a MessageStreamOptions object that contains the parameter values for the messageStream method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The message to be sent. This includes the user's input, along with optional content such as intents and entities.

Examples:
{
  "input": {
    "message_type": "text",
    "text": "Hello",
    "options": {
      "return_context": true,
      "export": true
    }
  },
  "context": {
    "global": {
      "system": {
        "user_id": "my_user_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

The messageStream options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Unique identifier of the session.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

Response

A streamed response from the watsonx Assistant service.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

Status Code

  • Successful request.

Example responses

Send user input to assistant (stateless)

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

Send user input to an assistant and receive a response, with conversation state (including context data) managed by your application.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}/message_stream
ServiceCall<StatelessMessageStreamResponse> messageStreamStateless(MessageStreamStatelessOptions messageStreamStatelessOptions)
messageStreamStateless(params)
message_stream_stateless(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        environment_id: str,
        *,
        input: Optional['MessageInput'] = None,
        context: Optional['MessageContext'] = None,
        user_id: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the MessageStreamStatelessOptions.Builder to create a MessageStreamStatelessOptions object that contains the parameter values for the messageStreamStateless method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The message to be sent. This includes the user's input, along with optional content such as intents and entities.

Examples:
{
  "input": {
    "message_type": "text",
    "text": "Hello",
    "options": {
      "return_context": true,
      "export": true
    }
  },
  "context": {
    "global": {
      "system": {
        "user_id": "my_user_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

The messageStreamStateless options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • An input object that includes the input text.

  • A string value that identifies the user who is interacting with the assistant. The client must provide a unique identifier for each individual end user who accesses the application. For user-based plans, this user ID is used to identify unique users for billing purposes. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters. If no value is specified in the input, user_id is automatically set to the value of context.global.session_id.

    Note: This property is the same as the user_id property in the global system context. If user_id is specified in both locations, the value specified at the root is used.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 256

Response

A stateless streamed response form the watsonx Assistant service.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

A chunk of the streamed message response.

Status Code

  • Successful request.

Example responses

Identify intents and entities in multiple user utterances

Send multiple user inputs to a dialog skill in a single request and receive information about the intents and entities recognized in each input. This method is useful for testing and comparing the performance of different skills or skill versions.

This method is available only with Enterprise with Data Isolation plans.

Send multiple user inputs to a dialog skill in a single request and receive information about the intents and entities recognized in each input. This method is useful for testing and comparing the performance of different skills or skill versions.

This method is available only with Enterprise with Data Isolation plans.

Send multiple user inputs to a dialog skill in a single request and receive information about the intents and entities recognized in each input. This method is useful for testing and comparing the performance of different skills or skill versions.

This method is available only with Enterprise with Data Isolation plans.

Send multiple user inputs to a dialog skill in a single request and receive information about the intents and entities recognized in each input. This method is useful for testing and comparing the performance of different skills or skill versions.

This method is available only with Enterprise with Data Isolation plans.

POST /v2/skills/{skill_id}/workspace/bulk_classify
ServiceCall<BulkClassifyResponse> bulkClassify(BulkClassifyOptions bulkClassifyOptions)
bulkClassify(params)
bulk_classify(
        self,
        skill_id: str,
        input: List['BulkClassifyUtterance'],
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Rate limit

This operation is limited to 5 requests per minute.

Request

Use the BulkClassifyOptions.Builder to create a BulkClassifyOptions object that contains the parameter values for the bulkClassify method.

Path Parameters

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the action or dialog skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details. To find the search skill ID, use the Get environment API to retrieve the skill references for an environment and it will include the search skill info, if available.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

An input object that includes the text to classify.

The bulkClassify options.

parameters

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

  • An array of input utterances to classify.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ number of items ≤ 50

parameters

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

  • An array of input utterances to classify.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ number of items ≤ 50

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"input\": [{\"text\": \"I want to order some coffee\"}]}" "{url}/v2/skills/{skill_id}/workspace/bulk_classify?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type:application/json" --data "{\"input\": [{\"text\": \"I want to order some coffee\"}]}" "{url}/v2/skills/{skill_id}/workspace/bulk_classify?version=2021-11-27"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    BulkClassifyUtterance bulkClassifyUtterance = new BulkClassifyUtterance.Builder()
      .text("I want to order some coffee")
      .build();
    
    BulkClassifyOptions options = new BulkClassifyOptions.Builder()
      .skillId("{skill_id}")
      .addInput(bulkClassifyUtterance)
      .build();
    
    BulkClassifyResponse response = assistant.bulkClassify(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    const params = {
      skillId: '{id}'
      input: [{'text': 'I want to order some coffee'}]
    };
    
    assistant.bulkClassify(params)
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err)
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response=assistant.bulk_classify(
        skill_id='{skill_id}'
        input=[{'text': 'I want to order some coffee'}]
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "output": [
        {
          "input": {
            "text": "I want to order some coffee"
          },
          "entities": [
            {
              "entity": "beverage",
              "value": "coffee",
              "confidence": 1,
              "location": [
                14,
                20
              ],
              "groups": null,
              "role": null
            }
          ],
          "intents": [
            {
              "intent": "order",
              "confidence": 0.1588214785085711
            },
            {
              "intent": "goodbye",
              "confidence": 0.041231044110733354
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "output": [
        {
          "input": {
            "text": "I want to order some coffee"
          },
          "entities": [
            {
              "entity": "beverage",
              "value": "coffee",
              "confidence": 1,
              "location": [
                14,
                20
              ],
              "groups": null,
              "role": null
            }
          ],
          "intents": [
            {
              "intent": "order",
              "confidence": 0.1588214785085711
            },
            {
              "intent": "goodbye",
              "confidence": 0.041231044110733354
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }

List log events for an assistant

List the events from the log of an assistant.

This method requires Manager access.

Note: If you use the cursor parameter to retrieve results one page at a time, subsequent requests must be no more than 5 minutes apart. Any returned value for the cursor parameter becomes invalid after 5 minutes. For more information about using pagination, see Pagination.

List the events from the log of an assistant.

This method requires Manager access.

Note: If you use the cursor parameter to retrieve results one page at a time, subsequent requests must be no more than 5 minutes apart. Any returned value for the cursor parameter becomes invalid after 5 minutes. For more information about using pagination, see Pagination.

List the events from the log of an assistant.

This method requires Manager access.

Note: If you use the cursor parameter to retrieve results one page at a time, subsequent requests must be no more than 5 minutes apart. Any returned value for the cursor parameter becomes invalid after 5 minutes. For more information about using pagination, see Pagination.

List the events from the log of an assistant.

This method requires Manager access.

Note: If you use the cursor parameter to retrieve results one page at a time, subsequent requests must be no more than 5 minutes apart. Any returned value for the cursor parameter becomes invalid after 5 minutes. For more information about using pagination, see Pagination.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/logs
ServiceCall<LogCollection> listLogs(ListLogsOptions listLogsOptions)
listLogs(params)
list_logs(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        sort: Optional[str] = None,
        filter: Optional[str] = None,
        page_limit: Optional[int] = None,
        cursor: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Rate limit

If cursor is not specified, this operation is limited to 40 requests per 30 minutes. If cursor is specified, the limit is 120 requests per minute.

Request

Use the ListLogsOptions.Builder to create a ListLogsOptions object that contains the parameter values for the listLogs method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • How to sort the returned log events. You can sort by request_timestamp. To reverse the sort order, prefix the parameter value with a minus sign (-).

  • A cacheable parameter that limits the results to those matching the specified filter. For more information, see the documentation.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Note: If the API is not returning your data, try lowering the page_limit value.

    Default: 100

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

The listLogs options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • How to sort the returned log events. You can sort by request_timestamp. To reverse the sort order, prefix the parameter value with a minus sign (-).

  • A cacheable parameter that limits the results to those matching the specified filter. For more information, see the documentation.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Note: If the API is not returning your data, try lowering the page_limit value.

    Default: 100

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • How to sort the returned log events. You can sort by request_timestamp. To reverse the sort order, prefix the parameter value with a minus sign (-).

  • A cacheable parameter that limits the results to those matching the specified filter. For more information, see the documentation.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Note: If the API is not returning your data, try lowering the page_limit value.

    Default: 100

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • curl -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{environment_id}/logs?version=2021-11-27"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    String assistantId = "{environment_id}";
    
    ListLogsOptions options = new ListLogsOptions.Builder(assistantId).build();
    
    LogCollection response = assistant.listLogs(options).execute().getResult();
    
    System.out.println(response);
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    const params = {
      assistantId: '{environment_id}'
    };
    
    assistant.listLogs(params)
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err)
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response=assistant.list_logs(
        assistant_id='{environment_id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

No Sample Response

This method does not specify any sample responses.

Delete labeled data

Deletes all data associated with a specified customer ID. The method has no effect if no data is associated with the customer ID.

You associate a customer ID with data by passing the X-Watson-Metadata header with a request that passes data. For more information about personal data and customer IDs, see Information security.

Note: This operation is intended only for deleting data associated with a single specific customer, not for deleting data associated with multiple customers or for any other purpose. For more information, see Labeling and deleting data in watsonx Assistant.

Deletes all data associated with a specified customer ID. The method has no effect if no data is associated with the customer ID.

You associate a customer ID with data by passing the X-Watson-Metadata header with a request that passes data. For more information about personal data and customer IDs, see Information security.

Note: This operation is intended only for deleting data associated with a single specific customer, not for deleting data associated with multiple customers or for any other purpose. For more information, see Labeling and deleting data in watsonx Assistant.

Deletes all data associated with a specified customer ID. The method has no effect if no data is associated with the customer ID.

You associate a customer ID with data by passing the X-Watson-Metadata header with a request that passes data. For more information about personal data and customer IDs, see Information security.

Note: This operation is intended only for deleting data associated with a single specific customer, not for deleting data associated with multiple customers or for any other purpose. For more information, see Labeling and deleting data in watsonx Assistant.

Deletes all data associated with a specified customer ID. The method has no effect if no data is associated with the customer ID.

You associate a customer ID with data by passing the X-Watson-Metadata header with a request that passes data. For more information about personal data and customer IDs, see Information security.

Note: This operation is intended only for deleting data associated with a single specific customer, not for deleting data associated with multiple customers or for any other purpose. For more information, see Labeling and deleting data in watsonx Assistant.

DELETE /v2/user_data
ServiceCall<Void> deleteUserData(DeleteUserDataOptions deleteUserDataOptions)
deleteUserData(params)
delete_user_data(
        self,
        customer_id: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Rate limit

This operation is limited to 4 requests per minute.

Request

Use the DeleteUserDataOptions.Builder to create a DeleteUserDataOptions object that contains the parameter values for the deleteUserData method.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • The customer ID for which all data is to be deleted.

The deleteUserData options.

parameters

  • The customer ID for which all data is to be deleted.

parameters

  • The customer ID for which all data is to be deleted.

  • curl -X DELETE -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/user_data?customer_id={id}&version=2021-11-27"
  • IamAuthenticator authenticator = new IamAuthenticator("{apikey}");
    Assistant assistant = new Assistant("2021-06-14", authenticator);
    assistant.setServiceUrl("{url}");
    
    String customerId = "{id}";
    
    DeleteUserDataOptions options = new DeleteUserDataOptions.Builder(customerId).build();
    
    assistant.deleteUserData(options).execute();
  • const AssistantV2 = require('ibm-watson/assistant/v2');
    const { IamAuthenticator } = require('ibm-watson/auth');
    
    const assistant = new AssistantV2({
      version: '2021-06-14',
      authenticator: new IamAuthenticator({
        apikey: '{apikey}',
      }),
      serviceUrl: '{url}',
    });
    
    const params = {
      customerId: '{id}'
    };
    
    assistant.deleteUserData(params)
      .then(res => {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(res.result, null, 2));
      })
      .catch(err => {
        console.log(err)
      });
  • import json
    from ibm_watson import AssistantV2
    from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
    
    authenticator = IAMAuthenticator('{apikey}')
    assistant = AssistantV2(
        version='2021-06-14',
        authenticator = authenticator
    )
    
    assistant.set_service_url('{url}')
    
    response = assistant.delete_user_data(
        customer_id = '{id}'
    ).get_result()
    
    print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))

Response

Status Code

  • The request to delete data was successfully submitted.

  • Bad Request. The request did not pass a customer ID:

    • No customer ID found in the request

No Sample Response

This method does not specify any sample responses.

List environments

List the environments associated with an assistant.

List the environments associated with an assistant.

List the environments associated with an assistant.

List the environments associated with an assistant.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments
ServiceCall<EnvironmentCollection> listEnvironments(ListEnvironmentsOptions listEnvironmentsOptions)
listEnvironments(params)
list_environments(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        page_limit: Optional[int] = None,
        include_count: Optional[bool] = None,
        sort: Optional[str] = None,
        cursor: Optional[str] = None,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ListEnvironmentsOptions.Builder to create a ListEnvironmentsOptions object that contains the parameter values for the listEnvironments method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned environments will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The listEnvironments options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned environments will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned environments will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "environments": [
        {
          "name": "draft",
          "description": "Draft Environment For BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "draft",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "6bc9b96a-9f5c-4b98-992b-376d598023d7",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            },
            {
              "type": "action",
              "disabled": false,
              "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
              "snapshot": "draft",
              "skill_reference": "actions skill"
            },
            {
              "type": "dialog",
              "disabled": false,
              "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
              "snapshot": "draft",
              "skill_reference": "main skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "53e97692-dd73-490a-aaf5-91e3e892a915"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "c8a9fab3-dae5-4787-91d9-d864d6c76542"
            },
            {
              "type": "catalog",
              "integration_id": "6c366356-1509-428b-8bb1-d886a781fdde"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        },
        {
          "name": "live",
          "description": "Production Environment for BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "live",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "ba7fdffa-6d2d-4a39-895d-295b34b953e4",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "bbc3b420-1b13-4d1d-b1b5-56d74e487c9f",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "dfc7bd62-13a4-4e2c-9cf2-23658c03b9a5"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "c01535f7-0788-4541-a321-49c4a2eaabd2"
            },
            {
              "type": "catalog",
              "integration_id": "6857a74f-b853-4efb-8fb6-cf28aaa7ab86"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        },
        {
          "name": "QA Test Environment",
          "description": "Testing / Pre-prod Environment for BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "staging",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "d3c1a9f6-ab10-4967-9c8c-1a570236f19f",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "562ea49e-7b76-414a-8350-6d2d971723a7",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "a470927d-fa90-4c03-9de1-ccb57bf862d1"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "e07c9409-158f-4d04-9a23-7058d52832a8"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants/294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa/environments?verbose=true&include_count=true&version=2020-02-05",
        "total": 3,
        "matched": 3
      }
    }
  • {
      "environments": [
        {
          "name": "draft",
          "description": "Draft Environment For BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "draft",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "6bc9b96a-9f5c-4b98-992b-376d598023d7",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            },
            {
              "type": "action",
              "disabled": false,
              "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
              "snapshot": "draft",
              "skill_reference": "actions skill"
            },
            {
              "type": "dialog",
              "disabled": false,
              "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
              "snapshot": "draft",
              "skill_reference": "main skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "53e97692-dd73-490a-aaf5-91e3e892a915"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "c8a9fab3-dae5-4787-91d9-d864d6c76542"
            },
            {
              "type": "catalog",
              "integration_id": "6c366356-1509-428b-8bb1-d886a781fdde"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        },
        {
          "name": "live",
          "description": "Production Environment for BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "live",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "ba7fdffa-6d2d-4a39-895d-295b34b953e4",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "bbc3b420-1b13-4d1d-b1b5-56d74e487c9f",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "dfc7bd62-13a4-4e2c-9cf2-23658c03b9a5"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "c01535f7-0788-4541-a321-49c4a2eaabd2"
            },
            {
              "type": "catalog",
              "integration_id": "6857a74f-b853-4efb-8fb6-cf28aaa7ab86"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        },
        {
          "name": "QA Test Environment",
          "description": "Testing / Pre-prod Environment for BlueBonnet Ice Cream Co.",
          "environment": "staging",
          "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
          "orchestration": {
            "search_skill_fallback": false
          },
          "environment_id": "d3c1a9f6-ab10-4967-9c8c-1a570236f19f",
          "session_timeout": 200,
          "skill_references": [
            {
              "type": "search",
              "disabled": true,
              "skill_id": "562ea49e-7b76-414a-8350-6d2d971723a7",
              "skill_reference": "search skill"
            }
          ],
          "integration_references": [
            {
              "type": "preview_link",
              "integration_id": "a470927d-fa90-4c03-9de1-ccb57bf862d1"
            },
            {
              "type": "web_chat",
              "integration_id": "e07c9409-158f-4d04-9a23-7058d52832a8"
            }
          ],
          "role": "Manager",
          "custom_roles": []
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants/294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa/environments?verbose=true&include_count=true&version=2020-02-05",
        "total": 3,
        "matched": 3
      }
    }

Get environment

Get information about an environment. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Get information about an environment. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Get information about an environment. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Get information about an environment. For more information about environments, see Environments.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}
ServiceCall<Environment> getEnvironment(GetEnvironmentOptions getEnvironmentOptions)
getEnvironment(params)
get_environment(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        environment_id: str,
        *,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the GetEnvironmentOptions.Builder to create a GetEnvironmentOptions object that contains the parameter values for the getEnvironment method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The getEnvironment options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "name": "QA Staging Bot",
      "assistant_id": "1004f183-6ae1-406c-a239-ce376f46c362",
      "environment_id": "0925df9d-deac-43e7-1101-fbaf304095da",
      "description": "Staging bot to test changes",
      "environment": "staging",
      "language": "en",
      "session_timeout": "200",
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "disabled": false,
          "skill_id": "bbc4bb3f-a12c-4cec-b040-8f1b15f915a1",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        }
      ],
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "ebf6754e-aa79-40dc-a367-33f3a51aa570"
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "name": "QA Staging Bot",
      "assistant_id": "1004f183-6ae1-406c-a239-ce376f46c362",
      "environment_id": "0925df9d-deac-43e7-1101-fbaf304095da",
      "description": "Staging bot to test changes",
      "environment": "staging",
      "language": "en",
      "session_timeout": "200",
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "disabled": false,
          "skill_id": "bbc4bb3f-a12c-4cec-b040-8f1b15f915a1",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        }
      ],
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "ebf6754e-aa79-40dc-a367-33f3a51aa570"
        }
      ]
    }

Update environment

Update an environment with new or modified data. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Update an environment with new or modified data. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Update an environment with new or modified data. For more information about environments, see Environments.

Update an environment with new or modified data. For more information about environments, see Environments.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}
ServiceCall<Environment> updateEnvironment(UpdateEnvironmentOptions updateEnvironmentOptions)
updateEnvironment(params)
update_environment(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        environment_id: str,
        *,
        name: Optional[str] = None,
        description: Optional[str] = None,
        orchestration: Optional['BaseEnvironmentOrchestration'] = None,
        session_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
        skill_references: Optional[List['EnvironmentSkill']] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the UpdateEnvironmentOptions.Builder to create a UpdateEnvironmentOptions object that contains the parameter values for the updateEnvironment method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The updated properties of the environment.

The updateEnvironment options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • The name of the environment.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the environment.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

  • The search skill orchestration settings for the environment.

  • The session inactivity timeout setting for the environment (in seconds).

    Possible values: 10 ≤ value ≤ 604800

  • An array of objects identifying the skills (such as action and dialog) that exist in the environment.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the environment. To find the environment ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the environment settings and click API Details. Note: Currently, the API does not support creating environments.

  • The name of the environment.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the environment.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

  • The search skill orchestration settings for the environment.

  • The session inactivity timeout setting for the environment (in seconds).

    Possible values: 10 ≤ value ≤ 604800

  • An array of objects identifying the skills (such as action and dialog) that exist in the environment.

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"name\":\"API test assistant\",\"language\":\"en\",\"description\":\"Environment updated using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"name\":\"API test assistant\",\"language\":\"en\",\"description\":\"Environment updated using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/environments/{environment_id}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "name": "QA Staging Bot",
      "assistant_id": "1004f183-6ae1-406c-a239-ce376f46c362",
      "environment_id": "0925df9d-deac-43e7-1101-fbaf304095da",
      "description": "Staging bot to test changes",
      "environment": "staging",
      "language": "en",
      "session_timeout": "200",
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "disabled": false,
          "skill_id": "bbc4bb3f-a12c-4cec-b040-8f1b15f915a1",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        }
      ],
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "ebf6754e-aa79-40dc-a367-33f3a51aa570"
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "name": "QA Staging Bot",
      "assistant_id": "1004f183-6ae1-406c-a239-ce376f46c362",
      "environment_id": "0925df9d-deac-43e7-1101-fbaf304095da",
      "description": "Staging bot to test changes",
      "environment": "staging",
      "language": "en",
      "session_timeout": "200",
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "action",
          "disabled": false,
          "skill_id": "bbc4bb3f-a12c-4cec-b040-8f1b15f915a1",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        }
      ],
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "ebf6754e-aa79-40dc-a367-33f3a51aa570"
        }
      ]
    }

Create release

Create a new release using the current content of the dialog and action skills in the draft environment. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.)

Create a new release using the current content of the dialog and action skills in the draft environment. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

Create a new release using the current content of the dialog and action skills in the draft environment. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

Create a new release using the current content of the dialog and action skills in the draft environment. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases
ServiceCall<Release> createRelease(CreateReleaseOptions createReleaseOptions)
createRelease(params)
create_release(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        description: Optional[str] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the CreateReleaseOptions.Builder to create a CreateReleaseOptions object that contains the parameter values for the createRelease method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

An object describing the release.

The createRelease options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The description of the release.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 500

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The description of the release.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 500

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Request to create release has been accepted successfully.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Async request accepted

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "1"
    }
  • Async request accepted

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "1"
    }

List releases

List the releases associated with an assistant. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.)

List the releases associated with an assistant. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

List the releases associated with an assistant. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

List the releases associated with an assistant. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases
ServiceCall<ReleaseCollection> listReleases(ListReleasesOptions listReleasesOptions)
listReleases(params)
list_releases(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        page_limit: Optional[int] = None,
        include_count: Optional[bool] = None,
        sort: Optional[str] = None,
        cursor: Optional[str] = None,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ListReleasesOptions.Builder to create a ListReleasesOptions object that contains the parameter values for the listReleases method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned workspaces will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The listReleases options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned workspaces will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • The number of records to return in each page of results.

    Default: 100

  • Whether to include information about the number of records that satisfy the request, regardless of the page limit. If this parameter is true, the pagination object in the response includes the total property.

    Default: false

  • The attribute by which returned workspaces will be sorted. To reverse the sort order, prefix the value with a minus sign (-).

    Allowable values: [name,updated]

  • A token identifying the page of results to retrieve.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Successful request.

    {
      "releases": [
        {
          "status": "Available",
          "content": {
            "skills": [
              {
                "type": "action",
                "skill_id": "460924de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
                "snapshot": "1"
              },
              {
                "type": "dialog",
                "skill_id": "be339152-826c-46d1-afcd-b6a1e5b6fe62",
                "snapshot": "1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created": "2022-07-17T02:17:33.647Z",
          "release": "1",
          "updated": "2022-07-17T02:17:33.647Z",
          "description": "release created with both actions and dialog enabled",
          "environment_references": []
        },
        {
          "status": "Available",
          "content": {
            "skills": [
              {
                "type": "action",
                "skill_id": "460924de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
                "snapshot": "2"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created": "2022-07-17T02:21:55.612Z",
          "release": "2",
          "updated": "2022-07-17T02:21:55.612Z",
          "description": "Changes to the action skill, with dialog disabled.",
          "environment_references": [
            {
              "name": "QA TESTING ENVIRONMENT",
              "environment": "staging",
              "environment_id": "cd4c3893-48d9-4f84-b7d6-addfe9615b06"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "status": "Processing",
          "release": "3"
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants/294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa/releases?include_count=true&include_audit=true&version=2020-02-05",
        "total": 3,
        "matched": 3
      }
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "releases": [
        {
          "status": "Available",
          "content": {
            "skills": [
              {
                "type": "action",
                "skill_id": "460924de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
                "snapshot": "1"
              },
              {
                "type": "dialog",
                "skill_id": "be339152-826c-46d1-afcd-b6a1e5b6fe62",
                "snapshot": "1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created": "2022-07-17T02:17:33.647Z",
          "release": "1",
          "updated": "2022-07-17T02:17:33.647Z",
          "description": "release created with both actions and dialog enabled",
          "environment_references": []
        },
        {
          "status": "Available",
          "content": {
            "skills": [
              {
                "type": "action",
                "skill_id": "460924de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
                "snapshot": "2"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created": "2022-07-17T02:21:55.612Z",
          "release": "2",
          "updated": "2022-07-17T02:21:55.612Z",
          "description": "Changes to the action skill, with dialog disabled.",
          "environment_references": [
            {
              "name": "QA TESTING ENVIRONMENT",
              "environment": "staging",
              "environment_id": "cd4c3893-48d9-4f84-b7d6-addfe9615b06"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "status": "Processing",
          "release": "3"
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "refresh_url": "/v2/assistants/294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa/releases?include_count=true&include_audit=true&version=2020-02-05",
        "total": 3,
        "matched": 3
      }
    }

Get release

Get information about a release.

Release data is not available until publishing of the release completes. If publishing is still in progress, you can continue to poll by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. When processing has completed, the request returns the release data.

Get information about a release.

Release data is not available until publishing of the release completes. If publishing is still in progress, you can continue to poll by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. When processing has completed, the request returns the release data.

Get information about a release.

Release data is not available until publishing of the release completes. If publishing is still in progress, you can continue to poll by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. When processing has completed, the request returns the release data.

Get information about a release.

Release data is not available until publishing of the release completes. If publishing is still in progress, you can continue to poll by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. When processing has completed, the request returns the release data.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}
ServiceCall<Release> getRelease(GetReleaseOptions getReleaseOptions)
getRelease(params)
get_release(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        release: str,
        *,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the GetReleaseOptions.Builder to create a GetReleaseOptions object that contains the parameter values for the getRelease method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The getRelease options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request. Note that this does not mean that the asynchronous create operation has completed or was successful. Check the value of the status property to determine the status of the operation.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Successful request. Release that has been retrieved has a status of 'Available'.

    {
      "status": "Available",
      "content": {
        "skills": [
          {
            "type": "action",
            "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
            "snapshot": "1"
          },
          {
            "type": "dialog",
            "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
            "snapshot": "1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "release": "1",
      "description": "Initial changes with both action and dialog enabled.",
      "environment_references": []
    }
  • Successful request. Release that has been retrieved has a status of 'Available'.

    {
      "status": "Available",
      "content": {
        "skills": [
          {
            "type": "action",
            "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
            "snapshot": "1"
          },
          {
            "type": "dialog",
            "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
            "snapshot": "1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "release": "1",
      "description": "Initial changes with both action and dialog enabled.",
      "environment_references": []
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "2"
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "2"
    }
  • Successful request. However, the creation of the release has failed.

    {
      "status": "Failed",
      "release": "3",
      "status_errors": [
        {
          "message": "NLUError: Classification Error: A runtime error occurred"
        }
      ],
      "status_description": "NLUError",
      "description": "New version with action-only changes."
    }
  • Successful request. However, the creation of the release has failed.

    {
      "status": "Failed",
      "release": "3",
      "status_errors": [
        {
          "message": "NLUError: Classification Error: A runtime error occurred"
        }
      ],
      "status_description": "NLUError",
      "description": "New version with action-only changes."
    }

Delete release

Delete a release. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.)

Delete a release. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

Delete a release. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

Delete a release. (In the watsonx Assistant user interface, a release is called a version.).

DELETE /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}
ServiceCall<Void> deleteRelease(DeleteReleaseOptions deleteReleaseOptions)
deleteRelease(params)
delete_release(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        release: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the DeleteReleaseOptions.Builder to create a DeleteReleaseOptions object that contains the parameter values for the deleteRelease method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The deleteRelease options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

  • curl -X DELETE -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X DELETE --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

No Sample Response

This method does not specify any sample responses.

Deploy release

Update the environment with the content of the release. All snapshots saved as part of the release become active in the environment.

Update the environment with the content of the release. All snapshots saved as part of the release become active in the environment.

Update the environment with the content of the release. All snapshots saved as part of the release become active in the environment.

Update the environment with the content of the release. All snapshots saved as part of the release become active in the environment.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/deploy
ServiceCall<Environment> deployRelease(DeployReleaseOptions deployReleaseOptions)
deployRelease(params)
deploy_release(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        release: str,
        environment_id: str,
        *,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the DeployReleaseOptions.Builder to create a DeployReleaseOptions object that contains the parameter values for the deployRelease method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

An input object that identifies the environment where the release is to be deployed.

Examples:
{
  "environment_id": "ee3cc31e-ee90-4f7d-80e1-318a37c11f62"
}

The deployRelease options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

  • The environment ID of the environment where the release is to be deployed.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

  • The environment ID of the environment where the release is to be deployed.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"environment_id\":\"{environment_id}\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/deploy?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"environment_id\":\"{environment_id}\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/deploy?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Successful request.

    {
      "name": "Q/A Testing Bot",
      "description": "Test Environment for Pre-Production Releases.",
      "environment": "staging",
      "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
      "orchestration": {
        "search_skill_fallback": false
      },
      "environment_id": "cd4c3893-48d9-4f84-b7d6-addfe9615b06",
      "session_timeout": 200,
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "search",
          "disabled": true,
          "skill_id": "e545cd08-b256-4b13-882f-d8cc1ab86c6d",
          "skill_reference": "search skill"
        },
        {
          "type": "action",
          "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        },
        {
          "type": "dialog",
          "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "main skill"
        }
      ],
      "release_reference": {
        "release": "2"
      },
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "preview_link",
          "integration_id": "9eabc50c-fa8d-4100-8c73-ed5b43af08bb"
        },
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "72d4b283-1d38-49d2-a71e-ae72e596bea5"
        }
      ]
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "name": "Q/A Testing Bot",
      "description": "Test Environment for Pre-Production Releases.",
      "environment": "staging",
      "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa",
      "orchestration": {
        "search_skill_fallback": false
      },
      "environment_id": "cd4c3893-48d9-4f84-b7d6-addfe9615b06",
      "session_timeout": 200,
      "skill_references": [
        {
          "type": "search",
          "disabled": true,
          "skill_id": "e545cd08-b256-4b13-882f-d8cc1ab86c6d",
          "skill_reference": "search skill"
        },
        {
          "type": "action",
          "skill_id": "1ca10f29-8e27-46db-a664-06c0c218d182",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "actions skill"
        },
        {
          "type": "dialog",
          "skill_id": "19b7dd58-dd5a-457d-b056-99aadda5a7ff",
          "snapshot": "2",
          "skill_reference": "main skill"
        }
      ],
      "release_reference": {
        "release": "2"
      },
      "integration_references": [
        {
          "type": "preview_link",
          "integration_id": "9eabc50c-fa8d-4100-8c73-ed5b43af08bb"
        },
        {
          "type": "web_chat",
          "integration_id": "72d4b283-1d38-49d2-a71e-ae72e596bea5"
        }
      ]
    }
  • Environment cannot be draft.

    {
      "error": "Deploy to the draft environment is not permitted.",
      "code": 400
    }
  • Environment cannot be draft.

    {
      "error": "Deploy to the draft environment is not permitted.",
      "code": 400
    }

Create release export

Initiate an asynchronous process which will create a downloadable Zip file artifact (/package) for an assistant release. This artifact will contain Action and/or Dialog skills that are part of the release. The Dialog skill will only be included in the event that coexistence is enabled on the assistant. The expected workflow with the use of Release Export endpoint is to first initiate the creation of the artifact with the POST endpoint and then poll the GET endpoint to retrieve the artifact. Once the artifact has been created, it will last for the duration (/scope) of the release.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/export

Request

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" "Content-Type: application/json" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/export?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request. The artifact creation might have succeeded or failed.

  • Successful request that initiates the asynchronous process to create the release export package.

  • Unsuccessful request. Might indicate that one or more route parameters provided are wrong.

  • The release is not yet ready. Please try to create an export once the release is ready.

Example responses
  • {
      "status": "Completed",
      "release": "1",
      "task_id": "70510681-a96b-4feb-85f3-ff562fe23943",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f"
    }
  • {
      "status": "Failed",
      "release": "1",
      "task_id": "70510681-a96b-4feb-85f3-ff562fe23943",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "status_errors": [
        {
          "message": "An error message detail."
        }
      ],
      "status_description": "A generic asynchronous task failure message."
    }
  • {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "1",
      "task_id": "70510681-a96b-4feb-85f3-ff562fe23943",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f"
    }
  • {
      "code": 404,
      "error": "Resource not found"
    }

Get release export

A dual function endpoint to either retrieve the Zip file artifact that is associated with an assistant release or, retrieve the status of the artifact's creation. It is assumed that the artifact creation was already initiated prior to calling this endpoint. In the event that the artifact is not yet created and ready for download, this endpoint can be used to poll the system until the creation is completed or has failed. On the other hand, if the artifact is created, this endpoint will return the Zip file artifact as an octet stream. Once the artifact has been created, it will last for the duration (/scope) of the release.

When you will have downloaded the Zip file artifact, you have one of three ways to import it into an assistant's draft environment. These are as follows.

  1. Import the zip package in Tooling via "Assistant Settings" -> "Download/Upload files" -> "Upload" -> "Assistant only".
  2. Import the zip package via "Create release import" endpoint using the APIs.
  3. Extract the contents of the Zip file artifact and individually import the skill JSONs via skill update endpoints.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/export

Request

Custom Headers

  • Allowable values: [application/json,application/octet-stream]

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the release.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "Content-Type: application/json" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/releases/{release}/export?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request. Either retrieves the status of an on-going asynchronous process which is creating the Zip file artifact or, provides the artifact as in an octet stream response.

  • Unsuccessful request. Might indicate that one or more route parameters provided are wrong or, that the creation of the artifact has never been initiated for the assistant release.

Example responses
  • {
      "status": "Processing",
      "release": "1",
      "task_id": "70510681-a96b-4feb-85f3-ff562fe23943",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f"
    }
  • {
      "status": "Failed",
      "release": "1",
      "task_id": "70510681-a96b-4feb-85f3-ff562fe23943",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "status_errors": [
        {
          "message": "An error message detail."
        }
      ],
      "status_description": "A generic asynchronous task failure message."
    }
  • {
      "code": 404,
      "error": "Resource not found"
    }

Create release import

Import a previously exported assistant release Zip file artifact (/package) into an assistant. This endpoint creates (/initiates) an asynchronous task (/job) in the background which will import the artifact contents into the draft environment of the assistant on which this endpoint is called. Specifically, the asynchronous operation will override the action and/or dialog skills in the assistant. It will be worth noting that when the artifact that is provided to this endpoint is from an assistant release which has coexistence enabled (i.e., it has both action and dialog skills), the import process will automatically enable coexistence, if not already enabled, on the assistant into which said artifact is being uploaded to. On the other hand, if the artifact package being imported only has action skill in it, the import asynchronous process will only override the draft environment's action skill, regardless of whether coexistence is enabled on the assistant into which the package is being imported. Lastly, the system will only run one asynchronous import at a time on an assistant. As such, consecutive imports will override previous import's updates to the skills in the draft environment. Once created, you may poll the completion of the import via the "Get release import Status" endpoint.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/import

Request

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

Request body is an Octet-stream of the artifact Zip file that is being imported.

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/import?version=2021-11-27" --data-binary '@/home/johnyboo/Desktop/IBM-WA-365bf032-b765-4843-9e4d-daf2710da704-V123.zip'

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request that initiates the asynchronous process to import the release export artifact (/package).

  • Unsuccessful request and indicates that something is wrong with the Zip file artifact that was provided.

  • Unsuccessful request. Might indicate that one or more route parameters provided are wrong.

  • Unsuccessful request indicating that another artifact import is already underway. Try again after some time.

  • The artifact that was provided is too large.

  • An invalid request indicating that the "content-type" header in the request is set to a value other than "application/octet-stream".

Example responses
  • {
      "status": "Processing",
      "task_id": "80510681-b96b-4feg-86f4-gg562fe23944",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "skill_impact_in_draft": [
        "action",
        "dialog"
      ]
    }
  • {
      "status": "Processing",
      "task_id": "80510681-b96b-4feg-86f4-gg562fe23944",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "skill_impact_in_draft": [
        "action"
      ]
    }
  • {
      "code": 400,
      "error": "No data"
    }
  • {
      "code": 400,
      "error": "Invalid Assistant Release Import Artifact",
      "errors": [
        {
          "type": "artifact_validation",
          "message": "Provided assistant release artifact does not have any recognized skill files (\"action-skill.json\", \"dialog-skill.json\") in the folders that were scanned. Folders scanned: <root>, ..."
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "code": 400,
      "error": "Invalid Assistant Release Import Artifact",
      "errors": [
        {
          "type": "schema_validation",
          "message": "allowed values for resolver are: end_action, continue, fallback, jump_to, connect_to_agent, search, search_and_end_action, invoke_another_action, invoke_another_action_and_end, replay, callout, client_actions",
          "file": "action-skill.json",
          "path": "/workspace/actions/0/steps/0/resolver/type"
        },
        {
          "type": "schema_validation",
          "message": "intent examples contain mentions for non-supported open entity language",
          "file": "dialog-skill.json",
          "path": "/workspace/intents"
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "code": 404,
      "error": "Resource not found"
    }
  • {
      "code": 409,
      "error": "An assistant release import is already underway"
    }
  • {
      "code": 415,
      "error": "Unsupported Media Type"
    }

Get release import Status

Monitor the status of an assistant release import. You may poll this endpoint until the status of the import has either succeeded or failed.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/import

Request

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "Content-Type: application/json" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/import?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request that either returns the status of the last import that was executed or, a presently executing import.

  • Unsuccessful request. Might indicate that one or more route parameters provided are wrong or, a release import may never have been initiated on this assistant.

Example responses
  • {
      "status": "Completed",
      "task_id": "80510681-b96b-4feg-86f4-gg562fe23944",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "skill_impact_in_draft": [
        "action",
        "dialog"
      ]
    }
  • {
      "status": "Processing",
      "task_id": "80510681-b96b-4feg-86f4-gg562fe23944",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "skill_impact_in_draft": [
        "action",
        "dialog"
      ]
    }
  • {
      "status": "Failed",
      "task_id": "80510681-b96b-4feg-86f4-gg562fe23944",
      "assistant_id": "ff2a4cad-280e-4bb5-bae5-34d2760f2d1f",
      "skill_impact_in_draft": [
        "action",
        "dialog"
      ],
      "status_description": "Failed to import assistant release export artifact",
      "status_errors": [
        {
          "message": "An error has occurred. These are some details."
        }
      ]
    }
  • {
      "code": 404,
      "error": "Resource not found"
    }

Get skill

Get information about a skill.

Get information about a skill.

Get information about a skill.

Get information about a skill.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}
ServiceCall<Skill> getSkill(GetSkillOptions getSkillOptions)
getSkill(params)
get_skill(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        skill_id: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the GetSkillOptions.Builder to create a GetSkillOptions object that contains the parameter values for the getSkill method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the action or dialog skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details. To find the search skill ID, use the Get environment API to retrieve the skill references for an environment and it will include the search skill info, if available.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The getSkill options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • {
      "name": "Test assistant",
      "type": "action",
      "valid": true,
      "status": "Available",
      "language": "en",
      "skill_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
      "description": "Test action skill",
      "assistant_id": "b352173e-51af-4fab-9948-d9d9054755bf",
      "workspace_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
      "dialog_settings": {},
      "next_snapshot_version": "1",
      "environment_id": "2c682617-fa67-4d1f-a339-4bed5992dc87"
    }
  • {
      "name": "Test assistant",
      "type": "action",
      "valid": true,
      "status": "Available",
      "language": "en",
      "skill_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
      "description": "Test action skill",
      "assistant_id": "b352173e-51af-4fab-9948-d9d9054755bf",
      "workspace_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
      "dialog_settings": {},
      "next_snapshot_version": "1",
      "environment_id": "2c682617-fa67-4d1f-a339-4bed5992dc87"
    }

Update skill

Update a skill with new or modified data.

Note: The update is performed asynchronously; you can see the status of the update by calling the Get skill method and checking the value of the status property.

Update a skill with new or modified data.

Note: The update is performed asynchronously; you can see the status of the update by calling the Get skill method and checking the value of the status property.

Update a skill with new or modified data.

Note: The update is performed asynchronously; you can see the status of the update by calling the Get skill method and checking the value of the status property.

Update a skill with new or modified data.

Note: The update is performed asynchronously; you can see the status of the update by calling the Get skill method and checking the value of the status property.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}
ServiceCall<Skill> updateSkill(UpdateSkillOptions updateSkillOptions)
updateSkill(params)
update_skill(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        skill_id: str,
        *,
        name: Optional[str] = None,
        description: Optional[str] = None,
        workspace: Optional[dict] = None,
        dialog_settings: Optional[dict] = None,
        search_settings: Optional['SearchSettings'] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the UpdateSkillOptions.Builder to create a UpdateSkillOptions object that contains the parameter values for the updateSkill method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the action or dialog skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details. To find the search skill ID, use the Get environment API to retrieve the skill references for an environment and it will include the search skill info, if available.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The updated properties of the skill.

The updateSkill options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

  • The name of the skill. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the skill. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

  • An object containing the conversational content of an action or dialog skill.

  • For internal use only.

  • An object describing the search skill configuration.

    Note: Search settings are not supported in Import skills requests, and are not included in Export skills responses.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Unique identifier of the skill. To find the skill ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the skill settings and click API Details.

  • The name of the skill. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 64

  • The description of the skill. This string cannot contain carriage return, newline, or tab characters.

    Possible values: 1 ≤ length ≤ 128

  • An object containing the conversational content of an action or dialog skill.

  • For internal use only.

  • An object describing the search skill configuration.

    Note: Search settings are not supported in Import skills requests, and are not included in Export skills responses.

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"description\":\"Skill updated using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"description\":\"Skill updated using API.\"}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills/{skill_id}?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Request to update skill has been accepted successfully.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Async request accepted.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "skill_id": "202e1800-799f-49f9-8c29-14b595b30958",
      "assistant_id": "9ecf136d-0874-4939-8196-fd79df3b6936",
      "type": "dialog",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Updated skill 2",
      "description": "created for assistant 9ecf136d-0874-4939-8196-fd79df3b6936"
    }
  • Async request accepted.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "skill_id": "202e1800-799f-49f9-8c29-14b595b30958",
      "assistant_id": "9ecf136d-0874-4939-8196-fd79df3b6936",
      "type": "dialog",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Updated skill 2",
      "description": "created for assistant 9ecf136d-0874-4939-8196-fd79df3b6936"
    }

Export skills

Asynchronously export the action skill and dialog skill (if enabled) for the assistant. Use this method to save all skill data from the draft environment so that you can import it to a different assistant using the Import skills method. Use assistant_id instead of environment_id to call this endpoint.

A successful call to this method only initiates an asynchronous export. The exported JSON data is not available until processing completes.

After the initial request is submitted, you can poll the status of the operation by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. If an error occurs (indicated by a status value of Failed), the status_description property provides more information about the error, and the status_errors property contains an array of error messages that caused the failure.

When processing has completed, the request returns the exported JSON data. Remember that the usual rate limits apply.

Asynchronously export the action skill and dialog skill (if enabled) for the assistant. Use this method to save all skill data so that you can import it to a different assistant using the Import skills method.

A successful call to this method only initiates an asynchronous export. The exported JSON data is not available until processing completes.

After the initial request is submitted, you can poll the status of the operation by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. If an error occurs (indicated by a status value of Failed), the status_description property provides more information about the error, and the status_errors property contains an array of error messages that caused the failure.

When processing has completed, the request returns the exported JSON data. Remember that the usual rate limits apply.

Asynchronously export the action skill and dialog skill (if enabled) for the assistant. Use this method to save all skill data so that you can import it to a different assistant using the Import skills method.

A successful call to this method only initiates an asynchronous export. The exported JSON data is not available until processing completes.

After the initial request is submitted, you can poll the status of the operation by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. If an error occurs (indicated by a status value of Failed), the status_description property provides more information about the error, and the status_errors property contains an array of error messages that caused the failure.

When processing has completed, the request returns the exported JSON data. Remember that the usual rate limits apply.

Asynchronously export the action skill and dialog skill (if enabled) for the assistant. Use this method to save all skill data so that you can import it to a different assistant using the Import skills method.

A successful call to this method only initiates an asynchronous export. The exported JSON data is not available until processing completes.

After the initial request is submitted, you can poll the status of the operation by calling the same request again and checking the value of the status property. If an error occurs (indicated by a status value of Failed), the status_description property provides more information about the error, and the status_errors property contains an array of error messages that caused the failure.

When processing has completed, the request returns the exported JSON data. Remember that the usual rate limits apply.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_export
ServiceCall<SkillsExport> exportSkills(ExportSkillsOptions exportSkillsOptions)
exportSkills(params)
export_skills(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        *,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ExportSkillsOptions.Builder to create a ExportSkillsOptions object that contains the parameter values for the exportSkills method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

The exportSkills options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_export?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_export?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Request to export skills has completed successfully.

  • Request to export skills asynchronously has been accepted.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Request to export skills has completed successfully. Skill content is included in the workspace property.

    {
      "assistant_skills": [
        {
          "name": "new assistant",
          "type": "action",
          "status": "Available",
          "language": "en",
          "skill_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
          "workspace": {},
          "description": "Updated description",
          "dialog_settings": {}
        }
      ],
      "assistant_state": {
        "action_disabled": false
      }
    }
  • Request to export skills has completed successfully. Skill content is included in the workspace property.

    {
      "assistant_skills": [
        {
          "name": "new assistant",
          "type": "action",
          "status": "Available",
          "language": "en",
          "skill_id": "e5580233-c0c2-4a81-809d-7647ca02dbce",
          "workspace": {},
          "description": "Updated description",
          "dialog_settings": {}
        }
      ],
      "assistant_state": {
        "action_disabled": false
      }
    }
  • Request to export skills asynchronously has been accepted.

    {
      "assistant_id": "092524de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
      "status": "Processing"
    }
  • Request to export skills asynchronously has been accepted.

    {
      "assistant_id": "092524de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
      "status": "Processing"
    }

Import skills

Asynchronously import skills into an existing assistant from a previously exported file. This method only imports assistants into a draft environment. Use assistant_id instead of environment_id to call this endpoint.

The request body for this method should contain the response data that was received from a previous call to the Export skills method, without modification.

A successful call to this method initiates an asynchronous import. The updated skills belonging to the assistant are not available until processing completes. To check the status of the asynchronous import operation, use the Get status of skills import method.

Asynchronously import skills into an existing assistant from a previously exported file.

The request body for this method should contain the response data that was received from a previous call to the Export skills method, without modification.

A successful call to this method initiates an asynchronous import. The updated skills belonging to the assistant are not available until processing completes. To check the status of the asynchronous import operation, use the Get status of skills import method.

Asynchronously import skills into an existing assistant from a previously exported file.

The request body for this method should contain the response data that was received from a previous call to the Export skills method, without modification.

A successful call to this method initiates an asynchronous import. The updated skills belonging to the assistant are not available until processing completes. To check the status of the asynchronous import operation, use the Get status of skills import method.

Asynchronously import skills into an existing assistant from a previously exported file.

The request body for this method should contain the response data that was received from a previous call to the Export skills method, without modification.

A successful call to this method initiates an asynchronous import. The updated skills belonging to the assistant are not available until processing completes. To check the status of the asynchronous import operation, use the Get status of skills import method.

POST /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import
ServiceCall<SkillsAsyncRequestStatus> importSkills(ImportSkillsOptions importSkillsOptions)
importSkills(params)
import_skills(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        assistant_skills: List['SkillImport'],
        assistant_state: 'AssistantState',
        *,
        include_audit: Optional[bool] = None,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ImportSkillsOptions.Builder to create a ImportSkillsOptions object that contains the parameter values for the importSkills method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

An input object that contains the skills to import.

The importSkills options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An array of objects describing the skills for the assistant. Included in responses only if status=Available.

  • Status information about the skills for the assistant. Included in responses only if status=Available.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • An array of objects describing the skills for the assistant. Included in responses only if status=Available.

  • Status information about the skills for the assistant. Included in responses only if status=Available.

  • Whether to include the audit properties (created and updated timestamps) in the response.

    Default: false

  • curl -X POST -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "@./skills.json" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "@./skills.json" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Request to import skills has been accepted successfully.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Successful request.

    {
      "assistant_id": "092524de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
      "status": "Processing"
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "assistant_id": "092524de-d3ce-468b-abf2-9f1f70f599ac",
      "status": "Processing"
    }

Get status of skills import

Retrieve the status of an asynchronous import operation previously initiated by using the Import skills method.

Retrieve the status of an asynchronous import operation previously initiated by using the Import skills method.

Retrieve the status of an asynchronous import operation previously initiated by using the Import skills method.

Retrieve the status of an asynchronous import operation previously initiated by using the Import skills method.

GET /v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import/status
ServiceCall<SkillsAsyncRequestStatus> importSkillsStatus(ImportSkillsStatusOptions importSkillsStatusOptions)
importSkillsStatus(params)
import_skills_status(
        self,
        assistant_id: str,
        **kwargs,
    ) -> DetailedResponse

Request

Use the ImportSkillsStatusOptions.Builder to create a ImportSkillsStatusOptions object that contains the parameter values for the importSkillsStatus method.

Path Parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed. Set the value for this ID depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.

    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To get the assistant ID and environment ID in the watsonx Assistant interface, open the Assistant settings page, and scroll to the Assistant IDs and API details section and click View Details.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID.

    To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the Assistant settings and click API Details.

Query Parameters

  • Release date of the API version you want to use. Specify dates in YYYY-MM-DD format. The current version is 2024-08-25.

The importSkillsStatus options.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

parameters

  • The assistant ID or the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed, depending on the type of request:

    • For message, session, and log requests, specify the environment ID of the environment where the assistant is deployed.
    • For all other requests, specify the assistant ID of the assistant.

    To find the environment ID or assistant ID in the watsonx Assistant user interface, open the assistant settings and scroll to the Environments section.

    Note: If you are using the classic Watson Assistant experience, always use the assistant ID. To find the assistant ID in the user interface, open the assistant settings and click API Details.

  • curl -X GET -u "apikey:{apikey}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import/status?version=2021-11-27"
  • curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" "{url}/v2/assistants/{assistant_id}/skills_import/status?version=2021-11-27"

Response

Status Code

  • Successful request.

  • Invalid request.

Example responses
  • Successful request.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa"
    }
  • Successful request.

    {
      "status": "Processing",
      "assistant_id": "294c910d-6055-436d-8c68-c339fbf82efa"
    }
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