Developing apps for Amazon Alexa - so called skills.
Questions tagged [alexa-app]
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Alexa Request Interceptor - Cant kill the session
Is it possible to have a RequestInterceptor abort the Session based on some logic inside the RequestInterceptor?
I have a routine coded that verifies the validity of a User. If the validity check fails, I want to play a message to the USer and abort…

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In Alexa Response Builder, How listen user response after a directive .addAudioPlayerPlayDirective()?
In alexa response builder, how listen user response after .addAudioPlayerPlayDirective() ?
return handlerInput.responseBuilder
.speak(speechText)
.addAudioPlayerPlayDirective(
"REPLACE_ALL",
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Symfomany
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How to Develop alexa to speak latest response again
In Details:
Example:
user:- asks About Cricket News.
Alexa:- Reads about the new.
If users says come again or replay
user: Come again.
Alexa: Must read it again what it spoke earlier.
How to handle this situation using webhooks.
Thanks in advance.

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Can you test a skill that you have developed yourself on the Alexa app (on your phone)?
I have finished developing my skill on my console and I would like to make a demonstration for my teachers but I do not have the echo dot. I have been trying to use the app to do this, but I didn't find how.
Can anyone help?

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Alexa skill developed in node.js doesn't display any card
Alexa skill developed in node.js doesn't display any card in the home page of the Alexa app, for Simple or Standard Card type with npm package 'alexa-sdk' . It seems there's an issue in the 'Alexa-sdk' package's response.js file.
I used the…

Dhara Patel
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Alexa HTTPS endpoint - don't get any request
I was successfully set the Alexa Build steps(checklist) on Alexa Developer Console.
As endpoint I want to use my own remote server(nodeJS, not AWS lambda), I found the next example and trying to use it…

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How can I register Alexa V2 Servlet in Spring Boot
With Alexa, I want to call my Spring Boot application, which runs on a Google App Engine. I can send requests from the Alexa-Simulator and can log the request.
I followed this tutorial…
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Unable to add a .listen() directive at the end of audio playing
For context, I am building a skill that involves recorded narrations as audio streams.
For one of the narrations, a question will be posed to the user (recorded as part of the narrations)
The user's intent, captured using this.response.listen(),…

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Make Alexa listen to numbers
I'd like to make Alexa to listen for special number - words like for example:
one two three,
one two,
five, six,
eight, nine, ten,
eleven
So I created this intent with the slot-type AMAZON.NUMBER:
Can I make Alexa to just trigger this intent…
user3596335
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Alexa Custom Skill DynamoDB.Node.js ResponseBuilder Not waiting for Async Call to complete
I am new to Node.js and Javascript and am developing an Alexa application using Lambda function and DynamoDB.
I have a table in DynamoDB named: Chat
with PrimaryKey: 'Said' and a column 'say'. Whenever the Alexa skills is launched I just want to…

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How to play back to back mp3 in alexa?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GB24XSZ/?tag=stackoverflow17-20
I want to play song one after one.
Now I am able to play one mp3 at a time, but I want to play 10 mp3 one after one.
PlayMusicIntent': function() {
const songArr = data;
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Alexa custom skill break message into parts
I have a custom skill which supports queries like Give me some information about . And the response is a long text (about 5 sentences). I want to break this response into multiple alexa responses. How can this be done?
Clarification on…

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Is it possible to get current geo location of alexa device?
Can we get current geo location of my alexa device?
I have search on google but most saying we can get address of linked account using address API.
But I have to get data based on geo location.
Is it possible to get current geo location of my alexa…

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Not able to use inline code editor for zip files in AWS Lambda
I have been using the Alexa sdk and was able to edit the code using the online code editor since i loaded the boiler plate - alexa skills kit sdk. But then i suddenly needed to use the request module which i cannot directly npm install . So i…

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Submit an Alexa skill for approval without publishing
Does anyone know if Amazon allows you to submit a Skill for verification / testing but hold it from being published automatically (like Apple / Google allow for app submission)?
I've checked the Amazon developer docs and raised a support request…

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