https://github.com/acucciniello/alexa-skill-boilerplate

An easy to use Amazon Alexa Skill Boilerplate for fast skill creation
https://github.com/acucciniello/alexa-skill-boilerplate

alexa alexa-app alexa-skill amazon-alexa-skill amazon-echo aws-lambda boilerplate-template chai claudiajs mocha node travis-ci

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An easy to use Amazon Alexa Skill Boilerplate for fast skill creation

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/acucciniello/alexa-skill-boilerplate
• Owner: acucciniello
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-06-21T13:07:24.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-10-26T22:44:52.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-25T16:33:57.206Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: alexa, alexa-app, alexa-skill, amazon-alexa-skill, amazon-echo, aws-lambda, boilerplate-template, chai, claudiajs, mocha, node, travis-ci
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://www.acucciniello.com/How-to-Use-alexa-skill-boilerplate/
• Size: 28.3 KB
• Stars: 53
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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An easy to use Amazon Alexa Skill Boilerplate for fast skill creation

For In-Depth Explanation on how to use this check out my [blog post](http://www.acucciniello.com/How-to-Use-alexa-skill-boilerplate/)

## Requirements

[Node v8.0.0](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)

[Yarn v0.24.6](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/)

## Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

```

$ git clone https://github.com/acucciniello/alexa-skill-boilerplate.git

```

2. Install all packages:

```

$ yarn

```

3. Start Adding Intents to your skill by editing `app.js`.

## Testing

This uses `mocha` for a testing framework, `chai` for an assertion library, and  `bespoken-tools` to mock Alexa behavior

```

$ yarn test

```

## Deployment

This command will deploy it to lambda given you have sent up your environment for Claudia usage.

In order to have this properly set up:

1. Create a folder in your user’s home directory on your computer

```

$ mkdir ~/.aws && cd ~/.aws

```

2. Create a file called credentials

```

$ touch credentials

```

3. Edit that file to have your AWS Credentials

```

[claudia]

aws_access_key_id = ACCESS_KEY_ID_FROM_AWS_PAGE

aws_secret_access_key = SECRET_KEY_FROM_AWS_PAGE

```

4. Deploy to Lambda

```

$ yarn deploy

```

Once deployed, you can update your lambda function with:

```

$ yarn upload

```

## License

MIT