Calling External API Services from a Chatbot
A webhook in the context of SAP Conversational AI is a server-side endpoint that a chatbot calls to retrieve or process external data during a conversation. Developers use it to connect a chatbot to external APIs and services — for example, to retrieve tracking information or consume API services and return dynamic responses to users. A webhook can be built using languages such as Python and is invoked by the chatbot to fetch data, which can then be scripted and formatted into a structured chatbot message.
Tutorials that teach this
- Tutorial Add Webhook to Chatbot to Retrieve Tracking Info
- Tutorial Consume API Services and Call Webhooks from Your Chatbot
- Tutorial Use Scripting to Design a Chatbot Message from an API Response
- Tutorial Let Customers Ask Chatbot for Shipping Price
- Tutorial Build a Webhook for a Chatbot Using Python
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