rainbird-api

rainbird-api-js

A promise-based wrapper around the Rainbird API

Install

Requires Node v8.11.0 or later.

npm install rainbird-api --save

Usage

const rb = require('rainbird-api')

// Start a new session
const session = new rb.Session(apiKey)
await session.start(knowledgeMapId)

await session.query({
  subject: 'John',
  relationship: 'speaks'
})
// > { question: { prompt: 'Where does John live?', ... } }

// Inject facts
await session.inject({
  subject: 'Sam',
  relationship: 'lives in',
  object: 'France'
})

// Respond with a fact
const { facts } = await session.respond({
  subject: 'John',
  relationship: 'lives in',
  object: 'England'
})

// Get an evidence tree object by calling audit on the answer.
await facts[0].audit()

Context

Context is supported but supplying a contextId option when creating a new Session eg.

const session = new rb.Session({
  apiKey: API_KEY,
  contextId: '123'
})

Notes

Session.response and Session.query can return either questions or facts (answers)

Development

Clone and install dependencies

git clone https://github.com/tom-sherman/rainbird-api-js
cd rainbird-api-js
npm install

You must set the following environment variables to be able to run tests:

• RB_API_KEY - A valid Rainbird API key.
• RB_HELLOWORLD_KMID - A "Hello World" knowledge map.

These can be placed in a .env file for convenience.

Further reading

• https://rainbirdai.github.io/rainbird-docs/
• https://github.com/RainBirdAi