Snippet to invoke Recast.ai from Tropo

tropo-recast.js

// POST https://api.recast.ai/v2/request
// Authorization=Token YOUR_RECAST_TOKEN
// {
//    "text" : "I need somone speaks swedish",
//    "language" : "en"	
// }
function invokeRecast(token, text, language) {
    try {
        // Open Connection
        var url = "https://api.recast.ai/v2/request";
        var connection = new java.net.URL(url).openConnection();

        // Set timeout to 10s
        connection.setReadTimeout(10000);
        connection.setConnectTimeout(10000);

        // Method == POST
        connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
        connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Token " + token);
        
        // TODO : check if this cannot be removed
        var payload = '{ "text": "' +  text + '", "language": "' + language + '" }';

        connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", payload.length);
        connection.setUseCaches(false);
        connection.setDoInput(true);
        connection.setDoOutput(true);

        //Send Post Data
        var bodyWriter = new java.io.DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
        log("RECAST: posting: " + payload);
        bodyWriter.writeBytes(payload);
        bodyWriter.flush();
        bodyWriter.close();

        var result = connection.getResponseCode();
        log("RECAST: read response code: " + result);

        if (result < 200 || result > 299) {
            log("RECAST: could not invoke recast successfully");
            return null;
        }
        
        // Read stream and create response from JSON
        var bodyReader = connection.getInputStream();
        var contents = new String(org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(bodyReader));
        var parsed = JSON.parse(contents);
    
        return parsed;
    }
    catch (e) {
        log("RECAST: could not log to Spark, socket Exception or Server Timeout");
        return null;
    }
  
  return { "results": { "uuid":1 }};
}

var response = invokeRecast(recast, "I need somone speaks swedish", "en");
log("TEST: " + response.results.uuid);