Error: One or more required fields were not set on the message

[sherine-pt]

I am trying to implement the chatbase analytics for dialogflow agent using dialogflow google cloud function.

When I send the chatbase message independently using the sample nodejs function. It sends the message to chatbase without any issues and I can able to view the analytics in chatbase dashboard. But copied the same code to dialogflow cloud function it throws the following error.

Error: One or more required fields were not set on the message, please check the documentation on how to set the following message fields: api_key, type, user_id, time_stamp, platform, message at RequiredKeysNotSet

I have set all the required fields but it still throwing an error. Tried for both single and multiple messages. Attached the sample code here.

I am using the following chatbase dependency
@google/chatbase": "^1.1.1"

[parimalyeole]

I was facing the same issue

Make sure you are passing api_key, type, user_id, time_stamp(not require/ if you pass send in required format), platform in required data type

Fallowing code work for me
` const msg = chatbase.newMessage(API_KEY_CHATBASE, attributes.user.userId)
.setAsTypeAgent()
.setTimestamp(Date.now().toString())
.setPlatform('Alexa')
.setMessage("some msg here")
.setIntent("someintend")
.setCustomSessionId(event.session.sessionId);

msg.send();`

[cristiancavalli]

@parimalyeole Please make sure that, when setting the timestamp field, it is of type number not string so: .setTimestamp(Date.now()) without the toString() invocation.

[parimalyeole]

@cristiancavalli
Are you sure about that coz
.setTimestamp(Date.now().toString()) completely work for me....

same is also mention in the documentation of "chatbase-node"
here is implementation...
https://github.com/google/chatbase-node/blob/master/lib/MessageSink.js#L252
https://github.com/google/chatbase-node/blob/master/lib/MessageSink.js#L126

but when we look at the chatbase documentation
https://www.chatbase.com/documentation/generic
it is mention as int
time_stamp: int, <required> milliseconds since the UNIX epoch, used to sequence

I don't know how that is working...

[cristiancavalli]

@parimalyeole you 100% correct, please leave the timestamp code as it. There is a bug which will prevent you from using it the other way I intended which I will post a patch for soon. I was able to get your snippet working though so perhaps the a variable you are supplying to the newMessage function is empty or not of type string? (both api-key and userid must be strings):

 chatbase.newMessage('an-api-key', '123')
    .setPlatform('INTERWEBZ')
    .setMessage('test')
    .setVersion('1.0')
    .setIntent('test-me')
    .setAsTypeAgent()
    .setTimestamp(Date.now().toString())
    .send()
    .then(msg => console.log(msg.getCreateResponse()))
    .catch(err => console.error(err));

please lmk if this does not work for you

[cristiancavalli]

@parimalyeole I think I identified and fixed the issue: due to an api change the field custom_session_id has been supplanted by session_id for providing custom session values. This has been fixed and tests added in commit: ea64b09

[cristiancavalli]

@parimalyeole this has now been updated in version 1.1.2: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google/chatbase

Thank you for your patience and raising this issue!

[parimalyeole]

@cristiancavalli, Thanks!!!

[Atitkumar]

i made a chatbot for room reservation and if i give the old date like 20/2/2010 it is not showing error that this date is already gone i want a solution for this pls help me how do i do that it will show error or not accept the out dated year or month..