从 GOOGLE ASSISTANT 到 PRIVATE SERVER 的 HTTP POST 并转换语音响应

Question

I want use Google Assistant from my phone to send HTTP POST command to my server. I have a simple webnms app running over it, this server support REST API and now I want to use Google Assistant to shoot GET or POST command to that server and return my output.

Is it something possible? I am not full time developer.

Answer 1

Yes, as @Prisoner says it is possible. It is not what you asked - but have you seen these ways that Google provides to get skills published without requiring a lot of developer savvy?

https://developers.google.com/actions/content-actions/

https://developers.google.com/actions/templates/first-app

I don't speak for them, but IMO Google's target audience for Action building apart from the above is those who have at least some familiarity with the JavaScript language and its "run-time" Node.

There is also this - which I haven't tried by the way.

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/digital-home/easy-actions-google-assistant-3665372/

In case it is not obvious, Google Actions are essentially websites that interact with Google's assistant running on a Home device or a smart phone, say. Think of the Assistant as a browser initiating requests and your Action as serving them. If you can (build and?) deploy a server that handles POSTS over HTTPS on a publicly addressable URL, and if you can understand the JSON payload that the Assistant sends and respond with appropriate JSON to carry out you application then you are good to go.

Where you don't have a public IP address - eg in testing - you can use a tool like ngrok ( https://ngrok.com/ ) to reverse proxy requests emanating from the Assistant to your server.

I have slides for a presentation I did targeting fledgling developers who had never built an Action here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lGxmoMDZLFSievf5phoQVmlp85ofWZ2LDjNnH6wx7UY/edit?usp=sharing

and the code that goes with it here

https://github.com/unclewill/parrot

On the upside the code is about as simple as it gets. On the downside it does almost nothing. In particular, it doesn't try to understand language. As @Prisoner says you'll likely need a tool like Dialog Flow for that.

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible.

Your server will need to implement the Actions on Google API . This is a REST API which will accept JSON containing what the user is intending to do and specific information about what they have said. Your server will need to send back JSON indicating the reply, along with additional information about how to continue the conversation.

You will likely also want to use a tool such as Dialogflow to handle building the conversational script and converting a user's phrases into something that makes sense to you. You'll also need to use the Actions on Google console to manage your Action and provide additional details about how users contact your Action. All of this is explained in the Actions on Google documentation .

Simple Actions are fairly easy to develop, and can certainly be done by a developer as a hobby. Good Actions, however, take a lot more thought and planning. Google offers you to the tools - it is up to you to best take advantage of them.

Answer 3

I've found the solution. In the "Action" console https://console.actions.google.com/project/sandbox-csuite/scenes/Start Go to menu "Webhook", click "Change fulfillment method", and then select "HTTPS endpoint"