Bot Framework v4 QnA Maker bot sample. This sample shows how to integrate Multiturn and Active learning in a QnA Maker bot with ASP.Net Core-2. Click [here][72] to know more about using follow-up prompts to create multiturn conversation. To know more about how to enable and use active learning, click [here][71].
This bot has been created using Bot Framework, it shows how to create a bot that uses the QnA Maker Cognitive AI service.
The QnA Maker Service enables you to build, train and publish a simple question and answer bot based on FAQ URLs, structured documents or editorial content in minutes. In this sample, we demonstrate how to use the QnA Maker service to answer questions based on a FAQ text file used as input.
The QnA Maker Service enables you to build, train and publish a simple question and answer bot based on FAQ URLs, structured documents or editorial content in minutes. In this sample, we demonstrate how to use the Multiturn experience for the knowledge base with active learning feature enabled.
This samples requires prerequisites in order to run.
This bot uses QnA Maker Service, an AI based cognitive service, to implement simple Question and Answer conversational patterns.
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Node.js version 10.14 or higher
# determine node version node --version
QnA knowledge base setup and application configuration steps can be found here.
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples.git
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In a terminal, navigate to
experimental/qnamaker-multiturn-bot/javascript_nodejscd experimental/qnamaker-multiturn-bot/javascript_nodejs -
Install modules
npm install
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Setup QnAMaker
The prerequisite outlined above contain the steps necessary to provision a QnA Knowledge Base on www.qnamaker.ai. QnA knowledge base setup and application configuration steps can be found here.
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Start the bot
npm start
Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.
- Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.3.0 or greater from here
- Launch Bot Framework Emulator
- File -> Open Bot
- Enter a Bot URL of
http://localhost:3999/api/messages
QnA Maker enables you to power a question and answer service from your semi-structured content.
One of the basic requirements in writing your own bot is to seed it with questions and answers. In many cases, the questions and answers already exist in content like FAQ URLs/documents, product manuals, etc. With QnA Maker, users can query your application in a natural, conversational manner. QnA Maker uses machine learning to extract relevant question-answer pairs from your content. It also uses powerful matching and ranking algorithms to provide the best possible match between the user query and the questions.
To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.