IBM Watson: How do I add a hyperlink to Watson Responses?

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I've tried other responses mentioned on other forums but I'm still not able to get the right result.

As of this moment, this is what the layout looks like

Any help would be much appreciated!

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Add in your Watson response the HTML tag, the browser will render:

The link to go to google is: click <a  target="_blank" href="https://google.com.br">Google</a>.<br/><br/>

Add inside Watson response:

Tested hyperlink:

Obs.: Check inside Try it out, this does not work, but inside your Web application, all will works fine. This is valid for other <html> tag, for example: <button>, etc

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answered Apr 26 '17 at 18:14

Sayuri Mizuguchi

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Is the output from Watson Virtual Agent or your own custom chat interface? I am trying it out in Virtual Agent but I can't get it to show up as a hyperlink - the html markup itself shows – callmekatootie Oct 28 '17 at 12:01
In this case, my custom chat interface, web page. Depends what is your channel, like messenger, for example, the link works only if you send directly `https://yourwebsite.com` – Sayuri Mizuguchi Oct 28 '17 at 21:32
Ok good to know. What I have experienced so far is that Watson Virtual Agent does not show them as links – callmekatootie Oct 30 '17 at 05:32
Did you add in the `response` my example? Try to use just the `< a href>` tagged with the link. – Sayuri Mizuguchi Oct 30 '17 at 11:31
I did. Watson Virtual Agent Widget does not show it as a link – callmekatootie Nov 06 '17 at 16:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '18 at 09:29

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replace the "quotation marks" around the link with 'apostrophe'

{
  "output": {
    "text": {
      "values": [
        "say something <a href='http://www.website.com/'>link text</a>"
      ],
      "selection_policy": "sequential"
    }
  }
}

answered Aug 04 '18 at 09:29

Graeme Tulip

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 04:45

You need to pass the hyperlink through the context

Example (using python at backend) -

response['context']['link'] = "www.google.com"
conversation.message(workspace_id=workspace_id,
    message_input={'text': user_input},
    context=response['context'])

Now in your dialog

{
  "context": {},
  "output": {
    "text": {
      "values": [
        "$link"
      ],
      "selection_policy": "sequential"
    }
  }
}

So the values you pass in context are displayed prefix $

Link can directly be added to watson conversation response – user2881430 Apr 26 '17 at 22:28 — user2881430, Apr 26 '17 at 22:28

IBM Watson: How do I add a hyperlink to Watson Responses?

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