More in depth example or tutorial in readme about algoliasearch-alexa

[dustincoates]

@damwhit Can you send me an email at [email protected]? We'll schedule a time for a screenshare.

[damwhit]

Have been trying to get at least a response back when testing my alexa skill, but it will only return undefined. My lambda function is below. Do I need to hook this up with alexa-sdk to get a proper response?

const algoliaAlexaAdapter = require('algoliasearch-alexa');
const findVolunteerProject = algoliaAlexaAdapter({
  algoliaAppId: 'id',
  algoliaApiKey: 'key',
  defaultIndexName: 'index',
  handlers: {
    'GetNewProjectIntent': {
      answerWith: function (data) {
        if(data.results.length) {
          this.emit(':tell', `There were ${data.results.hits.length} products found.`);
        } else {
          this.emit(':tell', 'We could find no products. Please try again.');
        }
      },
    },
  },
});

module.exports = findVolunteerProject;

[dustincoates]

@damwhit Completely agree that we need to have a more in-depth tutorial! Once we fill this out more it's top of the list to complete.

In the meantime, here's a non-Algolia specific that goes into some detail on getting everything set up around Alexa and Lambda: http://tobuildsomething.com/2015/08/14/Amazon-Echo-Alexa-Tutorial-The-Definitive-Guide-to-Coding-an-Alexa-Skill/.

Thanks as well for the follow-up. A few questions that can help us figure out what's going on:

• Are you testing within Lambda or via Alexa (e.g. speaking to the device)?
• If testing within Lambda, can you share the test request?
• What does your intent schema look like?

If you're up for it, I would love to have an on hands video + screen sharing call so we can sort this out together. Won't take long and would be a very good feedback for me as the author.

Also—thank you so much for being one of the early users of the adapter. :) How did you come across it?

[damwhit]

@dustincoates I really appreciate the quick response! Thanks for passing along the alexa skill tutorial too!

• I am testing via the Alexa service simulator.
• Intent schema is:

{
  "intents": [
    {
      "intent": "GetNewProjectIntent"
    },
    {
      "intent": "AMAZON.HelpIntent"
    },
    {
      "intent": "AMAZON.StopIntent"
    },
    {
      "intent": "AMAZON.CancelIntent"
    }
  ]

I would love to screen share with you to help figure this out! Really appreciate you going out of your way. When is a good time for you?

I came across the adapter because I am trying to build an algolia backed alexa skill that can tell folks a random volunteer opportunity from an index of volunteer opportunities.