Wikipedia information

This skill implementation follows steps explained on the intro page to provide Wikipedia information on a spoken topic. The functionality of this skill is limited , because only topics contained in Rhasspy’s sentence file can be used for information retrieval. This skill requires an active internet connection to access Wikipedia’s API.

Add slots

This skill requires a slot list named topics. After creating the slot list add your desired topics.

Download a list of example topics here.

Add intents

[WikipediaInfo]
erzähl mir etwas über ($topics){topic}

After training click View and then Confirm Guesses to accept pronunciation for unknown words.

Example sentences

1. erzähl mir etwas über Angela Merkel (tell me something about Angela Merkel) 

Node-RED flow creation

The web socket in node waits for an intent to be spoken. After an intent is recognized a json structured payload is passed to the first switch called check intent. This switch passes the information to the next node depending on the intent name associated with the spoken intent. The function node contains javascript code, responsible for creating a query URL using the spoken topic. The created query URL is then used to access Wikipedia’s API inside a http request node. The following function node processes the retrieved information from Wikipedia’s API. The topic’s information is then passed to Rhasspy’s text to speech API.

Download the json file associated with this flow and import it into Node-RED using the header menu to get a deeper look into this skill.

Download flow as json file

JSON

[
    {
        "id": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Wikipedia",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "b076246d.c3aef8",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "Extract Information from API",
        "func": "msg = {payload: msg.payload.extract}\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "x": 720,
        "y": 320,
        "wires": [
            [
                "dfe030a0.66b6d8"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "a0f47a0b.5ece78",
        "type": "websocket in",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "rhasspy in",
        "server": "5999adec.e962a4",
        "client": "",
        "x": 120,
        "y": 240,
        "wires": [
            [
                "f7a96d64.4dedf8"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "f7a96d64.4dedf8",
        "type": "switch",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "check intent",
        "property": "intent.name",
        "propertyType": "msg",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "eq",
                "v": "WikipediaInfo",
                "vt": "str"
            }
        ],
        "checkall": "true",
        "repair": false,
        "outputs": 1,
        "x": 270,
        "y": 240,
        "wires": [
            [
                "34100001.76b8f8"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "5f77b41a.20036c",
        "type": "http request",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "Wikipedia API",
        "method": "GET",
        "ret": "obj",
        "paytoqs": "ignore",
        "url": "",
        "tls": "",
        "persist": false,
        "proxy": "",
        "authType": "",
        "x": 480,
        "y": 320,
        "wires": [
            [
                "b076246d.c3aef8"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "34100001.76b8f8",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "Wikipedia URL Create",
        "func": "word = msg.slots.topic\nwords = word.split(\" \");\nmsg = {payload: words.length}\nfor(i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {\n    words[i] = words[i][0].toUpperCase() + words[i].substr(1);\n}\nmsg = {url: \"https://de.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/\" + words.join(\" \")}\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "x": 460,
        "y": 240,
        "wires": [
            [
                "5f77b41a.20036c"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "dfe030a0.66b6d8",
        "type": "http request",
        "z": "298a30ce.25a2b",
        "name": "TTS",
        "method": "POST",
        "ret": "txt",
        "paytoqs": "ignore",
        "url": "http://192.168.0.177:12101/api/text-to-speech",
        "tls": "",
        "persist": false,
        "proxy": "",
        "authType": "",
        "x": 810,
        "y": 240,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "5999adec.e962a4",
        "type": "websocket-listener",
        "path": "ws://192.168.0.177:12101/api/events/intent",
        "wholemsg": "true"
    }
]

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