Extract text from file
This functionality allows you to extract text from a file that the client sent in a dialog.
What's it for?
The client can send files in docx, pdf, rtf, txt or any other format;
The bot will be able to process the file, or pass the result from the file to other action steps.
Creating an action to extract text from a file
Go to Settings
Action name — a display name by which you can easily identify the required tool in the general list
+ Add Step — you can trigger multiple webhooks or perform multiple other functions within a single action. For each new webhook, you must add an additional step using the "+ Add Step" button.
⚙️(Bot response rules) — with this setting, we have the option to choose which step's response will be passed to the bot - from the first, the last, or from all.
Argument in which the file will be transferred — is a field for selecting the argument in which the file will be passed to the function.
Export mode — here you can choose one of two options for extracting text from files:
HTML extraction
Markdown extraction
Put the received text into a variable — enable the option so that after calling the webhook, the received text can be placed in a variable and passed to another function if necessary.
Scanned Text Reading Mode — you can choose one of three modes for reading scanned text:
Do not use text recognition
Use recognition if the file is a PDF and contains at least one image
Always recognize text on images
Trigger conditions
Call by LLM model — the function is called by the LLM model through instructions written to the bot.
Trigger call — the function is called based on a pre-defined event when the specified conditions are met.
Function Name — should describe the main idea of this action. Only English alphabet characters and underscores (_) are allowed.
Function Description — a description of what this action will do.
Action variables
Argument - since the argument for the function any File by design, in the Argument field we write
file.Argument Description - this field is optional and serves as a description to avoid confusion if there are multiple arguments.
Ensure that the argument is written in English and without spaces. You can use English alphabet characters and underscores (_).
Additional Settings
Stop dialog on call — after calling the function to "Extract text from file", the dialogue will stop and the bot will stop responding.
Do not respond on call — after calling the "Extract text from file" function, the dialogue will not be stopped, but no response will be sent to the dialogue.
Notify on error — if a function call fails, you will receive a notification.
Stop on error — if the function call fails, the dialog will stop.
Error Message — what text will be returned to the bot in case of an error. We recommend writing something like "An error occurred"
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