This tag targets question related to programming for Google Home device.
Questions tagged [google-home]
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Actions on Google - smart home - how to make Google Home response properly when smart home device is offline?
My smart home app can control my smart home devices already.
However, I can't make Google Home to say like "your device is offline" when the smart home device is offline.
Google Home always says "ok, turning device_name on.".
According to the…

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Format for JSON files for Intents and Entities on API.AI
I am looking for good explanation of what the general format is for creating an JSON file for an intent or entity. I see that the option is available for uploading JSON files for the intents and entities. I am looking for a format that I can use and…

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Fact App for Google Assistant
I'm messing around with my Google Home and creating an app that reads off facts about sloths. I've created the agent using API.AI and I am hosting my functions on Firebase and connecting it to API.AI via the webhook. You ask Google to tell you a…

Mike
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Hello World Google Home app not working in simulation
Getting errors saying this doesn't work in simulation?
https://console.actions.google.com/project/helloworld-4e256/simulator
I'm following this tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYkUEunn9iA
{
"response": "Sorry, this action is not…

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Actions on Google - "Sorry I can't help"
Recently, my application has stopped working on Actions on Google, with a message of "Sorry I can't help". When viewing inside the simulator, i see a properly formatted response, with output messages that application sends, however, the response is…

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Actions on Google - set Activity Controls
I've got an Actions on Google application which runs when shared with another Google account but doesn't run for the application owner.
I keeps asking me to:
Please turn on Voice & Audio Activity, Web & App Activity, and Device Information…

user1902585
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How to run Google Assistant SDK on start-up?
How do I get google-assistant-demo to run on boot?
I can run it manually with
$ source /home/pi/env/bin/activate
(env) $ google-assistant-demo
But I want to run it on start up, in CLI Mode or GUI mode.
I want it to run inside its virtual…

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Google Assistant: Open / continue action on phone
I'm developing an action for Google Assistant and I was wondering if I could continue an action which I have started on a device without a screen (e.g. Google Home) on my mobile phone.
E.g. I ask Google Home to search for a good hotel in New York…

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Define a appropriate entity to store number intervals
I am wondering what is the ideal way to define entities of different kinds with interval value. e.g. with maximum and minimum number.
I tried to define a number-intervalentity with min and max values. Then defined a price-range composite entity with…

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Error in Google Cloud Platform: The API "assistant" doesn't exist or you don't have permission to access it
I am developing with google home with API.AI/Dialogflow. When I deploy to Actions on Google, the following error appears:
Agent is not yet registered. Please visit
https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/assistant/overview?project=xxxxxxx
But…

Elton Santos
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actions-on-google api.ai doesn't send body in POST request with nodejs and express
I'm trying to run the sillyNameMaker example from actions-on-google with api.ai, on my computer.
I set up a nodejs server with express, and a ngrok tunneling. When I try to send a request with my agent on api.ai, my server receives the POST…

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How do I make my action supported in UK English
I have couple of actions live on Google Home but they are only available in US English. I am in UK so I need to support UK English or keep my Google home ever locked to US English.
I was thinking languageCode parameter in JSON will accept a list or…

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Actions-on-Google : TypeError: assistant.getContextArgument is not a function
i have some problems with my node code.
I am building an action-on-google with api.ai, node.js and a webhook on Heroku.
The problem is that I want to an Argument out of a context, but I only get errors.
When I use getContexts there is not problem…

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Can someone explain, what does the webhook do in api.ai?
I am new to api.ai. I want to send data to the web server and receive it and then give it to the users? From the documentation that I read, I understood that I have to use a webhook. But I am not sure how will api.ai send and receive the data?
Can…

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Using key-value pairs as api.ai entities for Google Actions
To create a simple Google Action app in Api.ai, you need at least one intent and some entities depending on what you want to do. In the published personal chef example by Google Developers, you have entities like dish, vegetables and etc. very…

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