Wordsmith Starter Kit for making Alexa Skills with AWS Lambda (Node JS)

This repo will jump-start you on the code you need to respond to Amazon Alexa Skills requests using AWS Lambda functions.

Getting Started

Pre-requisite: Install and login to the AWS Command-line Interface (CLI)

1. Clone this repo.
2. Run npm install to install the required Wordsmith Node SDK.
3. Update the package.json scripts to point to your Lambda function and to the location where you've cloned this repo
4. Configure index.js to use your Wordsmith API key, project slug, template slug, and data
5. Update the sample Lambda invocation data in test/invocation.json. This JSON file simulates what the Alexa service will send you during an IntentRequest for your Skill. The most important bit to update is the request.intent key with your intent's name and any slot data you need.
6. Run npm test to test out your Lambda locally
7. Use npm run update to upload your code to your AWS Lambda function
8. Run npm test to see the result of calling your actual, cloud-based Lambda function with the invocation data

Once everything is working like you want, you can use the Alexa developer console to test out your Alexa Utterances using your new Lambda function.