Creating a Watson Assistant API

This hands-on tutorial uses IBM's Watson Assistant API as the engine for chatbots. Watson Assistant can use natural language analysis to interpret the intent and purpose of natural conversation and return an appropriate answer.

Details about Watson Assistant can be found at the following URL: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/watson-assistant-2/.

To use the Watson Assistant API, you need to create an instance of the Watson Assistant API on IBM Cloud. Follow these steps to create it:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud dashboard, and search Assistant in the Catalog. Click the Assistant tile on the results of your search:

   Figure 12.10 – Search for Watson Assistant

2. Create a Watson Assistant API service. Select a region for the Watson Assistant service data center. Dallas is stable so here we selected Dallas.
3. Select Lite for the pricing plan. Other items such as service name and resource group can be left at their default values.
4. Click...