How do I store user defined values in wit.ai?

Question

I am new to chatbots and using the wit.ai. I had like to store user defined values for future use, such as Name of the user. When the user says his name. It gets stored in a variable that can be used later. Using entities limits me to a predefined list of names.

Answer 1

They have changed the getting started guide. Initially they showed the way to store user queries.

What you want to use is context object. It can store information which you want to pass on for later use. It is used to save the state of conversation.

In your story, click on Bot Executes, then an action to be executed at backend and finally type the variable name like username in the update context keys with field. This will make username available for use.