https://github.com/n8henrie/alexa-wolfram-alpha
Use your Amazon Echo (Alexa) to query Wolfram Alpha.
https://github.com/n8henrie/alexa-wolfram-alpha
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Use your Amazon Echo (Alexa) to query Wolfram Alpha.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/n8henrie/alexa-wolfram-alpha
- Owner: n8henrie
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-03-23T15:22:10.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-04-24T12:49:59.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-18T15:54:47.169Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: amazon-alexa-skill, amazon-echo, wolfram-alpha
- Language: Python
- Size: 11.7 KB
- Stars: 24
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: HISTORY.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# alexa-wolfram-alpha
An example Alexa Skill to query Wolfram Alpha, written in Python (3.6).
## Dependencies
- An [AWS account](https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home)
- A (free) [Wolfram Alpha API
AppID](https://developer.wolframalpha.com/portal/apisignup.html)
## Quick Start
1. Create an [AWS Lambda](https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home) function
using `alexa-wolfram-alpha.py` as the code
- You can follow the [official Amazon
instructions](https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/developing-an-alexa-skill-as-a-lambda-function)
to give you a hand
- Put your Wolfram Alpha AppID into an environment variable called "WOLFRAM_ID" and also put your Alexa Skill Identifier in an environement variable called "SKILL_ID". For help view the [documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/env_variables.html)
- You can use `test_event.json` as your test template
- Consider extending the timeout beyond the default of 3 seconds (I raised mine to 10, which is likely excessive, but eliminated some sporadic errors e.g. [#1](https://github.com/n8henrie/alexa-wolfram-alpha/issues/1))
1. Create a new [Alexa
Skill](https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/skill/create) using
`intent_schema.json` and `sample_utterances.txt`
1. Test that it's working from the web interface during the creation of the
skill
1. Test that it's working with your Echo
## Development
Feel free to fork and hack on this.
The `setup.cfg` file is just in case you have a [homebrew](http://brew.sh/)
installed python and want to include other 3rd party libraries in your code,
in which case you have to upload a zip of your code as the lambda function. To
do so, from your root directory do something like:
1. `pip install LIBRARY_NAME -t .`
1. `zip -r $(date +%s)-alexa-wolfram-alpha.zip .`
Also, take a look at [Amazon's official sample code for a lambda-based Alexa Skill
in Python](https://gist.github.com/n8henrie/3db1205331d0f6195b01), named
`alexa-skills-kit-color-expert-python`. (I found it very helpful to reference
but couldn't find an easy way to view the source online, so I copied it to a
GitHub Gist.)
## Acknowledgements
- :: A similar project in PHP that
helped me figure out what the intent schema and sample utterances should look
like