I'm creating a basic calculator skill using ASK-SDK v2. I'm not sure how to get the slot values provided by the user into the Lambda code with the new version. I was able to make it work with the older version.
Conversation User: Open calculate Alexa: You can ask me to add, subtract, multiply and divide User: Add two and three Alexa: Sum of 2 and 3 is 5
Below is my IntentSchema
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "calculate",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AddIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "numA",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numB",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
}
],
"samples": [
"Sum of {numA} and {numB}",
"add {numA} and {numB}"
]
},
{
"name": "SubIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "numA",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numB",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
}
],
"samples": [
"difference between {numA} and {numB}",
"subtract {numA} from {numB}"
]
},
{
"name": "ProductIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "numA",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numB",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
}
],
"samples": [
"multiply {numA} and {numB}",
"product of {numA} and {numB}"
]
},
{
"name": "DivideIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "numA",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numB",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
}
],
"samples": [
"divide {numB} by {numA}",
"divide {numA} by {numB}"
]
},
{
"name": "ExponentialIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "numA",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numB",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
},
{
"name": "numC",
"type": "AMAZON.NUMBER"
}
],
"samples": [
"{numA} raised to the power of {numB} by {numC}",
"{numA} raised to the power {numB}"
]
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent",
"samples": []
}
],
"types": []
}
}
}
I'm adding the addintenthandler here. Please tell me if the approach I'm using to get the slot values from the intent is correct or if I should use sessionattributes
const AddIntentHandler = {
canHandle(handlerInput) {
return handlerInput.requestEnvelope.request.type === 'IntentRequest'
&& handlerInput.requestEnvelope.request.intent.name === 'AddIntent';
},
handle(handlerInput) {
var output1 = "";
var num1 = handlerInput.resuestEnvelope.request.intent.slots.numA.value;
var num2 = handlerInput.resuestEnvelope.request.intent.slots.numB.value;
if((num1)&&(num2)){
output1 = 'The sum of ' +num1+ ' and ' +num2+ ' is ' + (num1+num2);
}
else {
output1 = 'Enter valid number';
}
const speechText = output1;
return handlerInput.responseBuilder
.speak(speechText)
.reprompt(speechText)
.getResponse();
}
};
Alexa responds with "Unable to process requested skill response" Any help is welcome
Update: there are now built-in functions in the SDK for this: Alexa.getSlotValue() (returns the string value) and getSlot() (returns Slot object) Alexa.getSlotValue(handlerInput.requestEnvelope, "someSlotName")
Old answer:
You have a typo, resuestEnvelope
should be requestEnvelope
. In any case I have created exactly the same skill, a calculator (in Spanish but it's basically the same thing) and I use a helper function called getSlotValues()
which I encourage you to reuse. It will also work great when you have to capture custom slots (which are processed differently because the entity resolution structure is different):
https://github.com/germanviscuso/skill-sample-nodejs-mycalculator