Flow Advance: String templates

[#1]

Within text replies you can use params that are matched by the AI or collected using Any text.

If you trained the AI to match entities they can be used with a template syntax.

For example, if you trained the AI with an entity named country, you will be able use it like so:

I am going to check the weather for {{country}}

This would result in a response like:

I am going to check the weather for France

Param value

Entity matches could be fuzzy and by default string templates print the value of a matched parameter.

You can also access the match by using {{param.match}}

String templates can be used in different replies like:

• Text replies
• Titles and subtitles of a card
• Button labels.

Param selection

Matched params with the same name are appended and multiple params render as a list within string templates.

You have the option to select the elements that will be rendered. For example to access the last element of the list use param.last.match:

The first element of the list can be accessed by param.first.match or param.0.match.

It also works with the following: 

value: param.first.value, param.last.value, param.*any_digit*.value.

Filters

String templates also support advanced formatting filters. The following are supported:

Category	Filter
Math	plus, minus, modulo, times, floor, ceil, round, divided_by, abs
String	append, prepend, capitalize, upcase, downcase, strip,lstrip, rstrip, strip_newlines, split, replace, replace_first, remove, remove_first, truncate, truncatewords
Date	format like strftime

For example, a date can be rendered in different formats:

[#2]

Within text replies you can use params that are matched by the AI or collected using Any text.

If you trained the AI to match entities they can be used with a template syntax.

For example, if you trained the AI with an entity named country, you will be able use it like so:

I am going to check the weather for {{country}}

This would result in a response like:

I am going to check the weather for France

Param value

Entity matches could be fuzzy and by default string templates print the value of a matched parameter.

You can also access the match by using {{param.match}}

String templates can be used in different replies like:

• Text replies
• Titles and subtitles of a card
• Button labels.

Param selection

Matched params with the same name are appended and multiple params render as a list within string templates.

You have the option to select the elements that will be rendered. For example to access the last element of the list use param.last.match:

The first element of the list can be accessed by param.first.match or param.0.match.

It also works with the following: 

value: param.first.value, param.last.value, param.*any_digit*.value.

Filters

String templates also support advanced formatting filters. The following are supported:

Category	Filter
Math	plus, minus, modulo, times, floor, ceil, round, divided_by, abs
String	append, prepend, capitalize, upcase, downcase, strip,lstrip, rstrip, strip_newlines, split, replace, replace_first, remove, remove_first, truncate, truncatewords
Date	format like strftime

For example, a date can be rendered in different formats:

[#3]

Within text replies you can use params that are matched by the AI or collected using Any text.

If you trained the AI to match entities they can be used with a template syntax.

For example, if you trained the AI with an entity named country, you will be able use it like so:

I am going to check the weather for {{country}}

This would result in a response like:

I am going to check the weather for France

Param value

Entity matches could be fuzzy and by default string templates print the value of a matched parameter.

You can also access the match by using {{param.match}}

String templates can be used in different replies like:

• Text replies
• Titles and subtitles of a card
• Button labels.

Param selection

Matched params with the same name are appended and multiple params render as a list within string templates.

You have the option to select the elements that will be rendered. For example to access the last element of the list use param.last.match:

The first element of the list can be accessed by param.first.match or param.0.match.

It also works with the following: 

value: param.first.value, param.last.value, param.*any_digit*.value.

Filters

String templates also support advanced formatting filters. The following are supported:

Category	Filter
Math	plus, minus, modulo, times, floor, ceil, round, divided_by, abs
String	append, prepend, capitalize, upcase, downcase, strip,lstrip, rstrip, strip_newlines, split, replace, replace_first, remove, remove_first, truncate, truncatewords
Date	format like strftime

For example, a date can be rendered in different formats: