AlexaSkill.nodejs

Dependencies

• NodeJS (18.x)

• aws cli

• ask cli

• ask-sdk-core

Config

• aws configure: link to docs

  • You'll need a Access Key Pair linked to your AWS IAM User

• ask configure: link to docs

  • You'll need a Account on the Alexa Developer Console.
  • Remember to connect to the aws account.

Init

• ask new: link to docs

  • Build a new Alexa skill template.
  • NodeJS, Python and Java are the supported languages
  • AWS lambda is the usual choice for building easy to scale skills
  • Some more info will be required. Usually default is fine

Deploy

• ask deploy link to docs

  • Deploy your code and interaction model to Alexa Developer Console and AWS Lambda (if asigned as the desired backend)
  • Your IAM User need to have the Lambda and IAM needed credentials
  • The command will automatically update the needed information on the .ask/ folder.

Local testing

• ask run --watch

  • Makes the lambda call the code in your machine

Instructions

• Handlers code should be build in a builder function inside the 'handlers' folder.

• Inside index.js, the builder return should be loaded into a constant that would be indexed into the custom SkillBuilders (Alexa.SkillBuilders.custom)

• The code inside the middleware will be run everytime an Intent gets called. So, make sure to not run anything too heavy inside it.

• GLOBALS is meant to be a global variable available for all instances of the skill that means every user has access to the same version of Globals.