I have a Python Lambda function that can respond to both an IoT Button and Alexa skill. Is there a way to read the event or context handed to the handler function to identify which service trigge...

I'm trying to begin developing a skill for alexa using flask-ask and ngrok in python. Following is my code: from flask import Flask from flask_ask import Ask, statement, question, session import j...

In my interaction model I defined a slot named city that is optional, not required, to fulfill an intent. I'm using the python ask sdk, so my handler is this: class IntentHandler(RequestHandler):...

I am creating an Alexa skill, I have coded several custom and default intents and they are working fine. Now I want to write a fallback intent wherein I want to get the exact statement asked/sent t...

I have an "Amazon Smart Plug" connected to home WiFi, and it is controllable right now using two mechanisms: From my Echo Show device, I can turn the plug on and off using the touchscreen or Alex...

I'm trying to query a DynamoDB table from a Lambda function (for an Alexa skill), but when I send the intent that calls require('aws-sdk'), the skill seems to hang and timeout. The Alexa test page ...

I need to use SSML to play an audio file with the tag in my Alexa Skill (as per Amazon's instructions). Problem is, I don't know how to use SSML with Python. I know I can use it with Java but I w...

I'm building an Alexa Skill, and it requires that I store the userId of a user. I've tried to retrieve it with event.session.user.userId. However, when I call console.log(event.session.user.userId)...

I want to get the "time zone" set in the settings or local date time of the Alexa device. Is there any API available for it? Or is there any option to get the date-time of the user using his postal...

My intent to call the specified phone number from my own skill. For example Me: Alexa, ask <invocation> to find the customer service number Alexa: Sure, the customer service number is 1800-x...

I am trying to make an Alexa skill where Alexa says something that has been marked up with SSML. I have tried to mimic the example in this repo, but I am always receiving a lambda response of { ....

I have been getting "Failed to write to 'index.js'. Please try again." whenever I try to update my lambda function code. I tried recreating the function again but to no avail, why am I facing this ...

I'm relatively new to AWS lambda function and nodejs. I'm working on to try and get the list of 5 cities in a country by using HTTP POST request from this website: "http://www.webservicex.net/globa...

I am writing an Alexa skill where I'd like to store records in a database with a future time. For example, if the user says "in two hours", I want to store the time two hours from now. So far, I h...

I'm working on an Alexa skill (for Echo), and i've looked into Alexa skill kit from the very start. Now, i'm confused about Alexa Voice Service. i've read documentation on Amazon, but cannot unde...

How to set a background color for an Amazon Alexa APL skill? This is how my .json file looks like: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexa-labs/skill-sample-nodejs-sauce-boss/master/lambda/custom/d...

I have set up a simple intent { "interactionModel": { "languageModel": { "invocationName": "viva bank", "intents": [ ...builtin intents...{ "name": "ask", "slots": [{ "name": ...

I'm creating a custom Alexa skill and it need to collect a unknown number of names that the user says. I have tried to store the names in a slot. I was able to get one name to work this way but no...

I have created a skill so that people can keep track of some state. But instead of asking alexa everytime to open the app and interact. alexa ask grocerylist to add 2 eggs alexa ask grocerylist to ...

I need to revise my published Alexa skill. I'm familiar with the "In Development" skill version which Amazon automatically creates after publishing a skill. What I don't understand is how do I iter...

I am trying to understand properly how slots work programmatically. Before coding anything, I am trying to understand it well by looking at the examples for alexa sdk for python. Specifically, I w...

I've already posted this question to the amazon developer forum but don't receive an answer there. I guess Stackoverflow should've been the first choice from the beginning: From my understanding i...

I've got a chatbot which is plugged to backend and DialogFlow/ApiAI. I'm trying to set up a skill in Alexa so that I can catch everything that is said to my skill and then forward it to my backend...

I am not able to setup the lambda function for my alexa skill. I keep getting the following error: The trigger setting for the Lambda arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:xxxxx:function:nodejs-alexa-skill is...

We're looking to implement Django OAuth on our backend in order to integrate Alexa and other 3rd party APIs. We've been following the tutorials on their site (http://django-oauth-toolkit.readthedoc...