How to add LUIS intent in bot framework locally? - node.js

Question

I am developing a chatbot using bot framework. I have already developed a basic Node Echo Bot and also basic QnA Bot. I am currently developing a LUIS bot of which i already created an intents on luis.ai. I have created the bot on Azure and downloaded the source code. Now, my instructor asked me to develop a bot that works with the LUIS app. How can I do this?

Answer 1

I'm not entirely sure that I understand your unedited question, so I will answer it for both of the two ways that I interpret it.
Add LUIS to a Bot
See the Core Bot Sample for reference.
Add your LUIS connection information to your .env file
MicrosoftAppId=
MicrosoftAppPassword=
LuisAppId=<AddMe>
LuisAPIKey=<AddMe>
LuisAPIHostName=<AddMe>
Instantiate a LuisRecognizer
const recognizer = new LuisRecognizer({
applicationId: process.env.LuisAppId,
endpointKey: process.env.LuisAPIKey,
endpoint: `https://${ process.env.LuisAPIHostName }`
}, {}, true);
Get the result and intent of user input
const recognizerResult = await recognizer.recognize(context);
const intent = LuisRecognizer.topIntent(recognizerResult);
Note: Core Bot does all of this in luisHelper.js. It then calls it with something like bookingDetails = await LuisHelper.executeLuisQuery(this.logger, stepContext.context);. You can do this, too. An alternative method, if you want to get the intent of every user message, is to include steps 2 and 3 (recognizer, recognizerResult, intent) in onMessage(), instead.
Additional Note: If you want to start with LUIS from a pre-built sample, the following samples use LUIS:
Core Bot
NLP with Dispatch
Virtual Assistant
Run LUIS Locally
Follow the LUIS Container How-To to run LUIS out of a Docker Container.
Basically, instead of querying your app on luis.ai, you set your bot up to query your docker container, which is running an exported, containerized version of your LUIS app. If you need to improve the app's prediction accuracy after your bot's been running awhile, you re-upload the query logs from your container back to LUIS.
It's a pretty difficult and extensive tutorial, so there's no point in me posting it here. If you run into trouble, feel free to open a new Stack Overflow ticket.