alexa skills notes

• what is aws???? what level of intro
• where it runs echo echodot browser/lap tablet
• Acknowledge cortina and google home, siri and viv
• Add Alexa to your companies IoT device (not covered today)
• requirements
  • • service interations (uber, food delivery, buy buy buy)
    • home automatiuon integration
  • aws account
  • free year tier
  • ASK Alexa Skills Kit api
• basic structure of a prog
  invocation slots Interface Description SpeechRecognizer SpeechSynthesizer Alerts AudioPlayer PlaybackController Speaker Settings System
  • languages
    • nodejs -- python --- other possible: golang, etc
  • event loop
  • keywords
  • what is a "skill"
  • slots (types)
  • use auth requires OAuth integration on a custom mobile friendly web page ( and a 'db' ?????)
  • json
  • alarms (timers)
• seperation of code and "speech"
• packaging
  • zip contents
  • required libs
  • Runs a a AWS Lambda serverless micro task
• dev workflow
  • aws console
  • upload
  • validation
  • best practices
  testing
  Promotions and frebees AWS Promotional Credits for Alexa $11/mo for a year beyond free tier Skills Challenge https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/post/1f0c7fb6-03fd-4516-81b7-e8614f4e9b6d/Announcing-the-Amazon-Alexa-Skills-Challenge-on-DevPost-com?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpNNVpHRTFNREU0TnpVeCIsInQiOiJ5cTVEOHlYVVhkQzlPajZLa3hHVjN5bnA2RmNyVVpXR3Y4R3ByYVwvWW5hRXQwa0VqNUVwV1dRa3R2KzBJWkZlMWwraGxSd2R2Q0grbWV1MGRVanV2YUE9PSJ9

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  	       url notes
  
  	       aws
  
  	       https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit
  
  
  	       json
  	       
  	       https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/alexa-skills-kit-interface-reference
  
  	       timers
  	       https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-voice-service/reference/timers-and-alarms-conceptual-overview
  	       
  	       user auth
  
  	       https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/linking-an-alexa-user-with-a-user-in-your-system
  	       
  	       
  	       testing
  
  	       https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2016/08/test-amazon-alexa-skills-offline-with-mocha-and-chai-for-node-js/
  
  
  	       ancilary requirements
  
  	       https://bryce.fisher-fleig.org/blog/setting-up-ssl-on-aws-cloudfront-and-s3/
  
  
  
  aws lambda update-function-code --function-name MBTAbusTime --zip-file fileb:///home/sammy/dev/alexa/ss.zip