alexa-workshop

Initial setup

• Navigate to ./.ask directory, copy config.example file and rename it to config
• Navigate to ./lambda/custom directory and run npm install to install the dependencies listed in package.json

Useful commands

• ASK CLI
  • ask deploy: deploy the latest changes to AWS
• BST CLI
  • bst launch: simulate a launch request
  • bst utter <UTTERANCE> -m models/it-IT.json: simulate an utterance

Exercises

Exercise 1

You must implement code for the following handlers:

• help
• start
• stop
• error

The following diagrams show the expected behavior for each handler.

help

start

stop

error

Tips:

• You must list all the intents in models/it-IT.json
• The canHandle method must return true if the handler should manage the user's request, false otherwise
• handlerInput.requestEnvelope.request.type is equal to 'IntentRequest' if the request is an intent
• handlerInput.requestEnvelope.request.intent.name contains the name of the intent that matched the request (if any)
• You can close the session by passing true to the withShouldEndSession method