Amadeus

The Flight Search solution contains example flows to search for the cheapest flights between two locations.

The Flight Search solution contains example flows to search for the cheapest flights between two locations. Watch the video for an explanation of the core concepts used this solution.

Core concepts

Slot filling
Subflows
Date handling
Integration
Sharing information between flows
Flow links

Example conversations

User: I want to find a flight.

Bot: Where would you like to depart from?
User: London

Bot: Where would you like to fly to?
User: Barcelona

Bot: When would you like to depart?
User: Tomorrow

Bot: When would you like to return?
User: Wednesday

Bot: The cheapest flight from London to Barcelona departing on Monday Oct 22, 2018 and returning on Wednesday Oct 24, 2018 costs GBP 89 and is operated by Vueling.

User: What is the price if I depart one day later?
Bot: The cheapest flight from London to Barcelona departing on Monday Oct 23, 2018 and returning on Wednesday Oct 24, 2018 costs GBP 67 and is operated by Vueling.

User: I am looking for a flight from Dallas to Paris tomorrow and returning 3 days later
Bot: The cheapest flight from Dallas to Paris departing on Friday Nov 2, 2018 and returning on Monday Nov 5, 2018 costs USD 2398,55 and is operated by American Airlines.

User: What if I depart from Austin?
Bot: The cheapest flight from Austin to Paris departing on Friday Nov 2, 2018 and returning on Monday Nov 5, 2018 costs USD 2698,55 and is operated by Air France.

Solution components

This solution contains the following components:

Name	Type	Description
Flight Search	Folder	Folder which contains subfolders for the flows, subflows and language objects that are part of this solution.
Find flight	Flow	Slot filling flow. Allows user to find a flight using departure city, destination city, departure date and return date.
Refine search	Flow	Context dependent flow. Allows users to change search crriteria.
Get departure airport	Subflow	Asks user for departure airport or city if unknown
Get destination airport	Subflow	Asks user for destination airport or city if unknown
Get departure date	Subflow	Asks user for departure date if unknown. Also makes sure date is in the future.
Get return date	Subflow	Asks user for return date if unknown. Also makes sure date is in the future.
AIRPORTS.ENTITY	Entity	Language object containing airports. If an airport is not recognized, it can be added here.
TRAVELCLASS.ENTITY	Entity	Captures travel classes 'economy' and 'business'
AIRLINE_RETURN.REC	Language object	Captures different ways of expressing return, inbound etc.
flightSearchParameters	Global variable	Map in which the search criteria used to find a flight are stored.
flightSearchInProgress	Global variable	Boolean that tracks if the Find cheapest flight flow is active.
amadeusApiKey	Global variable	Contains the Amadeus Self-Service API key, used by the Find Flights integration.
amadeusApiSecret	Global variable	Contains the Amadeus Self-Service API secret, used by the Find Flights integration.
activeTopic	Global variable	Used to track the active topic of the conversation.
Conversation Topic	Scripted Context	Global variable to track active topic.
Amadeus API	Integration	Integration to find the cheapest flight.
DateTimeHandler.1.2.3.jar	File	A .jar file needed for date time handling.

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Dependencies

To search for matching flights, the solution uses the Amadeus Self Service - Flight Low-fare Search API. To be able to use this API you will need to register here and then obtain an API Key and API Secret here. You need to store the API Key the global variable amadeusApiKey and the secret in the global variable amadeusApiSecret.

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