dabblelab / alexa-skill-templates

A growing collection of 50+ templates for learning Alexa development and building custom skills.

Alexa Skill Template

Since 2017, Dabble Lab has shared over 300 tutorials and 50+ code templates for learning Alexa development. We're now using this repository to provide support for our templates. So, if you have questions or comments about any of our templates, you can post them here and we'll respond as quickly as possible.

About the templates

The templates are designed to make learning Alexa development faster and easier. Each template focuses on implementing a specific feature or use case. For example, one template shows how to use data from an external API, another provides an example for playing an audio stream.

The primary purpose for the templates is learning. With that in mind, we try to provide fully-functional skills while keeping the code as simple as possible. This makes learning easier but the code isn't always suitable for production use. So, while you're welcome to use the templates for live skills, we don't provide any guarantees or support for production use cases.

Getting started

To use the templates you'll need an Amazon developer account. You can sign up for a free developer account here. We have templates written for NodeJS and Python but not all of them are available in both languages. Also, in most cases, the templates were designed to run as Alexa-Hosted skills but some my require resources that run on AWS.

Available templates

You can find a list of all our templates here and a few of the more popular ones below.

Template	Language	Description	Deploy
Alexa Streaming Audio Skill	NodeJS	A template for building a streaming audio player skill.
Alexa-Hosted S3 Audio Skill	NodeJS	An Alexa skill template that plays mp3 files in Alexa-Hosted S3 buckets.
Alexa Remote API Skill	NodeJS	An example skill that shows how to use remote API data in an Alexa response.

How you can contribute

If you find these templates useful and you'd like to support the project, you can do so in a number of ways:

• Star this repository to show your support.
• Star the repository of the templates you like best.
• Ask and answer questions about templates in the GitHub Discussions.
• Report a bug and help us verify it's a bug.
• Submit a Pull Request with a fix.

alexa-skill-templates's Issues

[question] audio stream skill supported audio formats

I notice in the audio stream template (ALEXA AUDIO STREAM STARTER) that you are pointing to a m3u as opposed to an individual mp3. I've noticed when testing that if I point to an mp3, playback does not work as intended. The audio skips, oddly like a scratched CD. Do you know why an m3u file will work but not an mp3? I've encoded the mp3 file per Amazon's standards.

state handlers with inbuit dialogue feature

How to use sate handlers with internal built in dialogue feature of amazon