If you would like to get started working with this project quickly, to see how the new streaming works, just follow these directions.
You can take a look at the [deploy README] (./README_DEPLOY.md) if/when you want to make the skill available publicly. These steps will allow you to get quickly setup and then do "frictionless iterations" on your code.
- Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-audio-player.git
cd skill-sample-nodejs-audio-player/js
npm install- Install Bespoken Tools
The Bespoken Tools (aka bst) make it easy to debug and develop your skills locally.
The proxy tool, which we will be using, works by redirecting traffic from the Alexa service directly to your development laptop or machine.
npm install bespoken-tools -g
- Run bst proxy to get setup
From the directory where you cloned the project, switch to the "js" folder and run the bst proxy:
cd js
bst proxy lambda index.jsThe proxy will print out some basic information:
BST: v0.6.12 Node: v6.3.0
Your URL for Alexa Skill configuration:
https://proxy.bespoken.tools?node-id=83118179-ae4a-4132-8c15-82af566efa2b
The URL that is printed out will be used in the next step.
- Create or login to an Amazon Developer account. In the Developer Console:
Create an Alexa Skill named MySkill and using the invocation name "my skill" and select 'Yes' for Audio Player support:
Copy the contents of speechAssets/intentSchema.json and speechAssets/Utterances.txt into the intent schema and sample utterances fields on the Interaction Model tab:
Set the URL from above in the Configuration tab:
- Try it out
Via the Test tab, enable the skill for testing:
Then send an intent to your skill:
You will also see the output from your skill in the terminal window where the bst proxy is running:
Pretty cool, right?!
You can run wild with it now - make changes and see them show up instantaneously.
You can even test from your Alexa device - give it a try!
We love feedback - talk to us on Gitter at:
https://gitter.im/bespoken/bst