Framework to facilitate data access

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• in response to received user commands:
• updating a data structure comprising a first plurality of object attributes with a second one or more object attributes;
• associating a first object type with a first search method;
• and
• in response to updating of the data structure, updating an application programming interface based on the updated data structure;
• executing a chatbot application to:
• receive a query from a user and to transmit the query to a chatbot platform;
• receive attribute values of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes from the chatbot platform in response to transmission of the query;
• determine the first object type based on the query;
• and
• transmit an indicator of the first object type and the attribute values received from the chatbot platform via the updated application programming interface;
• receiving the attribute values and the indicator of the first object type from the chatbot application via the updated application programming interface;
• and
• in response to receiving the attribute values and the indicator of the first object type via the updated application programming interface:
• mapping the attribute values to respective ones of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes;
• identifying the first search method as associated with the first object type;
• and
• executing the first search method to generate a query for object instances of the first object type and associated with the attribute values mapped to respective ones of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes.

A system comprising:

• a memory storing processor-executable program code;
• a processing unit to execute the processor-executable program code to cause the system to:
• in response to received user commands:
• update a data structure comprising a first plurality of object attributes with a second one or more object attributes;
• associate a first object type with a first search method;
• and
• in response to updating of the data structure, update an application programming interface based on the updated data structure;
• executing a chatbot application to:
• receive a query from a user and to transmit the query to a chatbot platform;
• receive attribute values of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes from the chatbot platform in response to transmission of the query;
• determine the first object type based on the query;
• and
• transmit an indicator of the first object type and the attribute values received from the chatbot platform via the updated application programming interface;
• receive attribute values and the indicator of the first object type from the chatbot application via the updated application programming interface;
• and
• in response to receiving the attribute values and the indicator of the first object type via the updated application programming interface:
• map the attribute values to respective ones of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes;
• identify the first search method as associated with the first object type;
• and
• execute the first search method to generate a query of object instances of the first object type.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code, the program code executable by a processing unit of a computing system to cause the computing system to:

• in response to received user commands:
• update a data structure comprising a first plurality of object attributes with a second one or more object attributes;
• associate a first object type with a first search method;
• and
• in response to updating of the data structure, update an application programming interface based on the data structure comprising the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes;
• execute a chatbot application to:
• receive a query from a user and to transmit the query to a chatbot platform;
• receive attribute values of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes from the chatbot platform in response to transmission of the query;
• determine the first object type based on the query;
• and
• transmit an indicator of the first object type and the attribute values received from the chatbot platform via the updated application programming interface;
• receive attribute values and the indicator of the first object type from the chatbot application via the updated application programming interface;
• and
• in response to receiving the attribute values and the indicator of the first object type via the updated application programming interface:
• map the attribute values to respective ones of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes;
• identify the first search method as associated with the first object type;
• and
• execute the first search method to generate a query for object instances of the first object type and associated with the attribute values mapped to respective ones of the first plurality of object attributes and the second one or more object attributes.