Amazon Connect

Setting Up in Amazon Connect

Prerequisites

• An existing Amazon Connect instance with Contact Trace Records (CTRs) enabled.
• Administrative permissions within your Amazon Connect instance.

1. Access Amazon Connect:
   • Log into the AWS Management Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/
   • Navigate to the Amazon Connect service and select your instance.
2. Enable Contact Trace Records (CTRs):
   • Within your instance settings, find the section for Data Storage.
   • Ensure that Contact Trace Records (CTRs) are enabled and configured to capture the details of interactions you want to analyze.

Generating API Access

1. Open the IAM Console: Navigate to https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/
2. Create a New IAM Role:
   • Go to "Roles" -> "Create Role".
   • Select "AWS Service" as the trusted entity and choose "Connect".
   • Click "Next: Permissions".
3. Attach Policy:
   • Attach the AmazonConnect_FullAccess policy for broad access, or create a custom policy with these minimum permissions:
     • connect:ListContactFlows
     • connect:ListContactTraceRecords
   • Click "Next: Tags" (add tags if desired) -> "Next: Review".
   • Give your role a descriptive name (e.g., "Dashbot Connect Integration") and click "Create Role".

Retrieving Conversational Data

• Choose Your Method:

  • AWS SDK: Use the SDK for your preferred language (Python, JavaScript, etc.) for programmatic interaction.
  • AWS CLI: Use the AWS Command Line Interface for convenient scripting.

• Python Example (Boto3):

  Python

  import boto3
  
  # Replace with your credentials and region
  session = boto3.Session(
      aws_access_key_id='YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
      aws_secret_access_key='YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY',
      region_name='YOUR_CONNECT_REGION'
  )
  connect = session.client('connect')
  
  # Get Contact Flows (if needed)
  response = connect.list_contact_flows(InstanceId='YOUR_CONNECT_INSTANCE_ID')
  
  # Get Contact Trace Records
  contact_id = 'YOUR_CONTACT_ID'  # Obtain from contact flows or otherwise
  response = connect.list_contact_trace_records(
      InstanceId='YOUR_CONNECT_INSTANCE_ID', 
      ContactId=contact_id
  )
  # Process CTR data (see next step)
  
  

POST responses to Dashbot

When you're ready to pass the data to Dashbot, post it to the following endpoint:

https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=universal&v=10.1.1-rest&type=incoming&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE

Make sure to set the ‘Content-Type’ header to ‘application/json’ and to replace API_KEY_HERE with your api key.

You must send the data with the following fields:

• text – string – (required)
• userId – string – (required) – should be the SAME userId for both incoming and outgoing messages this is NOT the bot’s user ID

To review all optional fields see our API reference.

The data to POST should pass the following data:

{
  "text": "Hi, bot",
  "userId": "+14155551234",
  "platformJson": {
    "whateverJson": "any JSON specific to your platform can be stored here"
  }
}

Sample cURL

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json"
     -d '{"text":"Hi, bot","userId":"+14155551234","platformJson":{"whateverJson":"any JSON specific to your platform can be stored here"}}'
     'https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=11.1.0-rest&type=incoming&apiKey=API_KEY'

Notice, you must replace the placeholder API_KEY_HERE above with your api key.