ActiveContext - Amazon Lex V1

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ActiveContext

A context is a variable that contains information about the current state of the conversation between a user and Amazon Lex. Context can be set automatically by Amazon Lex when an intent is fulfilled, or it can be set at runtime using the PutContent, PutText, or PutSession operation.

Contents

name

The name of the context.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Pattern: ^([A-Za-z]_?)+$

Required: Yes

parameters

State variables for the current context. You can use these values as default values for slots in subsequent events.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 10 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.

Required: Yes

timeToLive

The length of time or number of turns that a context remains active.

Type: ActiveContextTimeToLive object

Required: Yes

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: