Actions on Google: Facts about Google Sample using Node.js and Cloud Functions for Firebase
This is a knowledgeable Assistant app that shares interesting facts about Google. The sample introduces advanced features like custom entities, contexts, and deep links. Use this app and you might see that it even knows about a subject other than Google!
Setup Instructions
See the developer guide and release notes at https://developers.google.com/actions/ for more details.
Steps
- Use the Actions on Google Console to add a new project with a name of your choosing and click Create Project.
- Scroll down to the More Options section, and click on the Conversational card.
- On the left navigation menu under BUILD, click on Actions. Click on Add Your First Action and choose your app's language(s).
- Select Custom intent, click BUILD. This will open a Dialogflow console. Click CREATE.
- Click on the gear icon to see the project settings.
- Select Export and Import.
- Select Restore from zip. Follow the directions to restore from the
FactsAboutGoogle.zip
file in this repo. - Deploy the fulfillment webhook provided in the
functions
folder using Google Cloud Functions for Firebase:- Follow the instructions to set up and initialize Firebase SDK for Cloud Functions. Make sure to select the project that you have previously generated in the Actions on Google Console and to reply
N
when asked to overwrite existing files by the Firebase CLI. - Run
firebase deploy --only functions
and take note of the endpoint where the fulfillment webhook has been published. It should look likeFunction URL (factsAboutGoogle): https://${REGION}-${PROJECT}.cloudfunctions.net/factsAboutGoogle
- Follow the instructions to set up and initialize Firebase SDK for Cloud Functions. Make sure to select the project that you have previously generated in the Actions on Google Console and to reply
- Go back to the Dialogflow console and select Fulfillment from the left navigation menu. Enable Webhook, set the value of URL to the
Function URL
from the previous step, then click Save. - Select Integrations from the left navigation menu and open the Integration Settings menu for Actions on Google.
- Enter the following intents as Additional triggering intents.
choose_fact
choose_cats
- Enable Auto-preview changes and Click Test. This will open the Actions on Google simulator
- Type
Talk to my test app
in the simulator, or sayOK Google, talk to my test app
to any Actions on Google enabled device signed into your developer account.
For more detailed information on deployment, see the documentation.
References and How to report bugs
- Actions on Google documentation: https://developers.google.com/actions/.
- If you find any issues, please open a bug here on GitHub.
- Questions are answered on StackOverflow.
How to make contributions?
Please read and follow the steps in the CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
See LICENSE.
Terms
Your use of this sample is subject to, and by using or downloading the sample files you agree to comply with, the Google APIs Terms of Service.
Google+
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