README

This instruction does demonstrate how to setup and use the IBM Watson Assistant Service on IBM Cloud to get your access code for the vending machine.

vendingmachine

Architecture

We use IBM Watson Assistant and an external API to get the access code for the vending machine, as shown in the image below.

architecture

Find out more about IBM Watson Assistant and chat-bots on IBM Developer.

Estimated time and level

Time	Level
10 - 15 min	beginners

Objectives

After you complete this instruction, you'll understand the following topics:

• Create an instance of IBM Watson Assistant on IBM Cloud.

• Add a customized dialog skill to IBM Watson Assistant

• Use a chat-bot to get your access-code for the vending machine.

Agenda

These are the sections of the instructions, go through all of them in sequence, start with Pre-work :

1. Pre-work
2. Create a Watson Assistant Service instance on IBM Cloud
3. Import a dialog-skill
4. Run the chatbot and get your code for the vending-machine

Compatibility

These insturctions have been tested on the following platforms:

• IBM Watson Assistant Service (Lite) on IBM Cloud

Credits

• Herwig Diessner
• Thomas Südbröcker