IBM Watson Assistant: How to set a context variable from option response?

Question

I couldn't figure out a problem with IBM Watson Assistant. I've chosen to use an Option type as response. That way, I can see a list on my chatbot where each item is clickable and has an associated value.

When a user clicks one of the options, the associated user input value is sent to the assistant. How can I give this value to a context variable? Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, that is possible for option responses and is the typical use case. I have demonstrated that in a simple chatbot I use in some of my talks.

I use different language code as options. Users can click on them and the result is saved in the variable langcode . Because users could have already specified what I would ask for, I check for it and save it.

The simple bot has more uses of options and the full skill is available in case you want to see all the details.