NASA Spinoff search

src/assistant/bidaraFunctions.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ssSearch, genImage, imageToText, getFileType, getImagePatterns, patentSearch } from "./commonFunctions";
+import { ssSearch, genImage, imageToText, getFileType, getImagePatterns, patentSearch, nasaSearch } from "./commonFunctions";
 
 export async function bioSsSearch(params, context) {
 
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ export async function bioSsSearch(params, context) {
 }
 export async function callFunc(functionDetails, context) {
   let tmp = '';
-  if(functionDetails.name == "get_graph_paper_relevance_search") {
+  if (functionDetails.name == "get_alternative_query") {
+    tmp = await nasaSearch(functionDetails.arguments, context);
+  }
+  else if(functionDetails.name == "get_graph_paper_relevance_search") {
     tmp = await bioSsSearch(functionDetails.arguments);
   }
   else if(functionDetails.name == "text_to_image") {

src/assistant/common.js

@@ -140,3 +140,18 @@ export const PATENT_SEARCH_FUNC = {
     "required": ["query"],
   }
 }
+
+export const GET_ALTERNATIVE_QUERY = {
+  "name": "get_alternative_query",
+  "description": "Search the NASA Spinoffs database for projects similar to the user queried and how that technology was applied in different domains.",
+  "parameters": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+      "query": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "description": "Query containing keywords describing the project the user is currently thinking about.",
+      }
+    },
+    "required": ["query"]
+  }
+}

src/assistant/commonFunctions.js

@@ -268,3 +268,39 @@ async function backoffExponential(callback, maxRetries, retries, retryOffset) {
 function waitFor(milliseconds) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
 }
+
+// Offer this functionality as a way to expand the biomimeticist's perspective during step 1a.
+// helps the biomimeticist brainstorm and see how previous NASA technologies have been applied
+// outside of their intended domain and how that learning can be brought into their own project
+export async function nasaSearch(params, context) {
+  // Retrieve the keywords for the intended project query
+  let searchParams = JSON.parse(params);
+  if ("parameters" in searchParams) {
+    searchParams = searchParams.parameters;
+  }
+  let keywords = JSON.stringify(searchParams.query);
+  if (!keywords) {
+    return "The query keywords passed were not found. Please try again.";
+  }
+
+  // Search the techtransfer spinoff API to find similar projects that NASA has worked on
+  const fullUrl = `https://api.nasa.gov/techtransfer/spinoff/?${keywords}&api_key=DEMO_KEY`.replace(/['"]+/g, ''); // the url doesn't allow quotation marks around the keywords
+  let nasaProducts = "";
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(fullUrl);
+    const data = await response.json();
+
+    // Response format is:
+    // 1. The headline of the article about NASA's project
+    // 2. An abstract describing how this project deviates from the norm
+    // 3. The primary NASA center of the project
+    nasaProducts = data.results.map(product => 
+      [product[2],
+       product[3],
+       product[9]]
+    );
+    return `Return the following results in a modular format, including the NASA center they are in, as well as a short description of what they do: ${nasaProducts}`;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+  }
+}