This contains sample code for the setup of a Mobiquity-style Alexa project backed by lambda and deployed by apex.

• apex
• yarn

Run yarn install (or npm install) to install development dependencies.

We are using a version of the VoiceLabs SDK that has not been published so you must download it here: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/voicelabs/static/voicelabs-sdk.zip

Unzip it and move it to functions/sample.

Functions that you create that depend on this VoiceLabs SDK will also require this folder in their function directory.

Update project.json to add an appropriate IAM role for your lambda function. You should only need to do this once, but if you are using multiple different roles for different functions or environments, a different setup may be required.

Also add a name attribute for your project. The resulting project.json should look like this:

{
  "name": "<YOUR_NAME>_sample",
  "description": "<YOUR_DESCRIPTION>",
  "memory": 128,
  "timeout": 5,
  "handler": "lib.default",
  "role": "arn.aws:iam:us-east-1:#:<ROLE_NAME>",
  "hooks": {
    "build": "yarn install --production && ../../node_modules/.bin/webpack --config ../../webpack.config.js --bail",
    "clean": "rm -rf lib node_modules"
  },
  "runtime": "nodejs4.3"
}

Use apex deploy to deploy the lambda function. You can use --set to set environment variables used by the deployment. For example:

apex --profile mobschool --region us-east-1 deploy \
  --set 'APP_ID=1234' \
  --set 'USER_TABLE_NAME=alexa_Users' \
  --set 'VOICELABS_APP_TOKEN=1234'

You can also set the environment variables using env settings or a separate file. See the apex docs for details.

• APP_ID Skill ID for your Alexa app
• USER_TABLE_NAME DynamoDB table name for your user attriburtes data
• VOICELABS_APP_TOKEN for tracking events in voicelabs (optional)

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Once you have deployed the lambda function, you can test it in the AWS console or command line using a sample Alexa request event.

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