amazon-echo-onlaunch

A simple, no-dependency bootstrapping tool for quickly creating Amazon Alexa Skills in Node.js

Installation

$ npm i --save amazon-echo-onlaunch

Usage

In the index.js file of your Alexa Skill:

const Alexa = require('amazon-echo-onlaunch');
const myCustomOnLaunchFunc = require('./myCustomOnLaunchCode');

exports.handler = (event, context) => new Alexa(event, context, myCustomOnLaunchFunc);

In your custom code file:

function myCustomOnLaunchFunc(callback) {
  callback('The custom string you want Alexa to say');
}

module.exports = myCustomOnLaunchFunc;

Limitations

• The function you pass into the Alexa constructor must take a callback as an argument and invoke that callback with a string.

• This package currently only supports simple "call-and-response" interactions with Alexa. For more advanced interactions that require persisting state or managing authentication, see Amazon's official documentation.