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S. A. KingabyData-Driven Alexa Skillshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7449-1_11

11. Coding the Lambda Function

Simon A. Kingaby1  
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La Vergne, TN, USA
 

In Chapter 9, we converted the Botmock diagram into an Alexa Skill and configured the VUI. In Chapter 10, we added the APL presentation for our 90-year calendar visual display. In this chapter, we’ll create the back-end lambda function that puts the code behind the VUI and connects the VUI to the APL. Since we’re not using an Alexa-hosted skill, in Chapter 7, we provisioned the lambda function as an Amazon Web Service.

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    First, log in to the AWS Developer Console as your admin user, not as the ...

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