How to get the current location of a user in Dialogflow chatbot?

Question

I am trying to get the user location in Dialogflow, but so far I am not able to get it.

I have found information showing how to get the location in Dialogflow using Google assistance like this article. The thing is that I just want to do it with a chatbot and get the response there. I have tried as well the code below but still not working:

'use strict';

const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const admin = require('firebase-admin');


const {WebhookClient} = require('dialogflow-fulfillment');
const {Card, Suggestion} = require('dialogflow-fulfillment');
const {Permission} = require('actions-on-google');

process.env.DEBUG = 'dialogflow:debug'; // enables lib debugging statements


exports.dialogflowFirebaseFulfillment = functions.https.onRequest((request, response) => {
  const agent = new WebhookClient({ request, response });
  console.log('Dialogflow Request headers: ' + JSON.stringify(request.headers));
  console.log('Dialogflow Request body: ' + JSON.stringify(request.body));

   function requestPermission(agent) {
    agent.requestSource = agent.ACTIONS_ON_GOOGLE;
    let conv = agent.conv();
    console.log('conv '+conv);
    conv.ask(new Permission({
    context: 'to locate you',
    permissions: 'DEVICE_PRECISE_LOCATION',
    }));
    agent.add(conv); // Please add this

    }

  function welcome(agent) {
    agent.add(`Welcome to my agent!`);
  }

  function fallback(agent) {
    agent.add(`I didn't understand`);
    agent.add(`I'm sorry, can you try again?`);
  }



  let intentMap = new Map();
  intentMap.set('Default Welcome Intent', welcome);
  intentMap.set('Default Fallback Intent', fallback);

  intentMap.set('request_permission', requestPermission);

  agent.handleRequest(intentMap);
});

I added an intent call "request_permission". I will appreciate any help or recomendation.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '20 at 10:39

There is no general solution in Dialogflow to get the location. Not all systems that work with Dialogflow have a way to transmit location automatically, and others use different means via messages.

The solution for Actions on Google just works with the Google Assistant.

How to get the current location of a user in Dialogflow chatbot?

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