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Flask-Ask is a Flask extension that makes building Alexa skills for the Amazon Echo easier and much more fun.

Flask-ask is a Flask middleware allowing to build Alexa skills much easier using the power and simplicity of Flask framework. Basic tutorial and documentation can be found on alexatutorial.com.

It can be installed through the Flask-Ask package on Pypi.

Some more basic documentation can be found on the github repo of the project.

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how to use flask-ask without using ngrok

okay so I'm really inexperienced with all this so bear with me if this is a dumb question. So I'm planning out a raspberry pi that can turn my computer off and on with alexa commands. So far the best candidate I've found so far is flask-ask. My only…
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Start an Alexa Interaction from the Backend

I am writing my first Alexa's Skill with the aim of interacting with a robot by providing voice input and also allowing the robot to send back messages through the Alexa interface. I'm using the Flask-Ask Python extension to write a local backend,…
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Can I use an Alexa skill as a condition to exit a while loop?

I am trying to build a device that keeps multiple motors running in default mode unless a user instructs Alexa to make them move otherwise. The pseudocode looks something like this: intentInvoked = checkIfIntentInvoked() while intentInvoked not…
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Porting flask ASK to bare metal Linux

I am trying to port the Flask ask to a baremetal running custom linux (based on Openembedded) . The actual documentation says pip install Flask But on my bare metal system there is not even pip. SO I have to cross compile pip for my system (The…
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Error: Violations for metadata: [expiryTime should be at least 5 minutes in the future and no more than 24 hours after the current time

I wrote a skill for alexa using the proactive notification function from Amazon. It was working fine until yesterday, I could see the amazon echo blinking with yellow color. When I queried the device "Alexa, check my notifications", the…
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Create an intent for alexa skill using API

Does aws provide any API to create the intent for skill from the code itself dynamically. Rather than create it from the UI console from developer.amazon.com.
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Attribute Error when trying to access device ID Alexa

I'm currently building an Alexa skill which will eventually need the users Zip Code. I'm going off of this code: https://data-dive.com/alexa-get-device-location-from-custom-skill The problem I'm having is this line: 'TOKEN =…
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Returning All Query Results to Alexa Skill

I am developing a Web Service using python that would operate as the backend logic for a custom Alexa Skill. I am using the flask, flask-ask(Alexa Skill Kit), and MySQL extensions to develop this Web Service. This Alexa Skill would allow users to…
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TypeError: Parse() argument 1 must be string or read-only buffer, not tuple

I am trying to create a web service for an Alexa skill using the Flask-Ask extension in python. This web service would allow users to query a local MySQL database to find out parking information and make parking reservations. I have been following…
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Remove matching sample utterances in Alexa skill

I was submitting a skill to Alexa and it failed the certification process. One of the reason being, Two or more intents in your skill include the same sample utterance(s). To ensure that user requests are routed to the proper intent, please…
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Python Definition and Arguments With Flask-Ask Intent

I've written a python program using flask-ask to make a custom alexa skill that controls a stepper motor. When Alexa runs the skill it runs and asks which position I want with a value from one through seven. However I'm unsure if I'm defining my…
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Flask-Ask Custom Alexa Skill In Python

I am attempting to make a custom skill for Amazon Alexa and I have made the skill, made my python program using Flask-Ask and am attempting to run it using ngrok as an endpoint for the skill. I've successfully follow the guide here:…
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Flask-ASK & Amazon S3

Trying to deploy an Alexa Skill. I have used node.js to deploy skills before, but never python. I used the Flask-ASK framework to develop the code and tested using HTTPS enpoint and ngrok. Testing the code was successful, so I'm trying to deploy. I…
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Recover code deployed through zappa

I deployed my flask-ask application one month ago using zappa. I used the end-points in the alexa skill app. Now I want to modify some of the code which I do not have locally. I need to pull back from the zappa lib. I googled but cant find a way to…
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Unable to install flask-ask

I am trying to install flask-ask using pip(3). Getting the following error from pip.req import parse_requirements ImportError: cannot import name 'parse_requirements' I cloned the source code to my machine and tried 'python setup.py install' but…
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