alexa-helpers
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Simple library to manage alexa responses and some helpers to improve data transformation.
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Alexa Helpers
Simple library to manage alexa responses and some helpers to improve data transformation.
Responses can include variables escaping them into curly brackets {variable}.
Example Usage
To manage alexa's responses.
var messageRenderer = require('alexa-helpers').messageRenderer
, Reply = require('alexa-helpers').reply;
...
var responses = {
"Generic": {
"Say": { say: "I want {a} {drink}" },
"Tell": { tell: "I want {a} {drink}" },
"Ask": {
ask: "Do you want a {drink}?",
reprompt: "Please answer if you want a {drink}.",
card: {
type: 'Simple',
title: 'Blah',
content: "I want {a} {drink}"
}
}
}
};
var data = {
drink: 'water'
};
var variables = {
a: function a(data) {
return Promise.resolve('a');
},
drink: function drink(data) {
return Promise.resolve(data.drink);
}
};
var sut = messageRenderer(responses, variables);
sut('Generic.Ask', data).then(function(msg) {
var reply = new Reply(msg);
// Send the message/text to alexa
reply.write(response);
})