Help consuming an endpoint(for an internalAction) from App.tsx
I'm new to the Convex platform, and while running the sample repository from this article(https://stack.convex.dev/ai-chat-using-langchain-and-convex#ingest-data-loading--splitting--embedding-data) I realized I don't know how to consume the endpoint they created with this line (https://github.com/get-convex/convex-ai-chat-langchain/blob/97610aa58f73ac5abaabdb1e926efceb6ff340f7/convex/ingest/load.ts#L35). I have tried different scripts I found in internet but nothing has worked so far.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks in advance!!!
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Internal actions generally can't be accessed from scripts; they can only be
- run from other actions
- scheduled from other actions or mutations
- run via CLI
npx convex run ingest/load:fetchAndEmbedSingle '{"arg": "value"}'
- run from the dashboard function runnerthanks Tom, the CLI commands you wrote worked like a charm
@ballingt regarding the option "run from other actions", do you have any example that I could try?
Generally you don't need to do this, you can just write a helper function (just a TypeScript function) and call it.
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Actions can call third party services to do things such as processing a payment
Is there a reason you wamt to call an action from another action? Generally scheduling actions is most useful https://docs.convex.dev/scheduling/scheduled-functions
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Convex allows you to schedule functions to run in the future. This allows you to
What I would like to do is to call the "fetchAndEmbedSingle" action when a user enters a website url(the knowledge base for the RAG) in a textfield and clicks a send button.
Sounds like you want a public action like
export const submitUrl = action(() => { ... }) that you call on button press. Or a public mutation like export const submitUrl = mutation(() => { ... }) that schedules the fetchAndEmbedSingle action to run.
Have you tried the Tour of Convex ? It's very helpful for learning some of the basics like what queries, mutations, and actions areThx, I will take the tour