novaccccccc / api-starter-alexa

This is an Alexa skill template that provides a simple example of a skill that calls an external API.

API Starter - Alexa Skill Template

This is an Alexa skill template that provides a simple example of a skill that calls an external API. The API used is the api.open-notify.org API which returns a list of the astronauts currently in space.

Live example

To try an example of this skill template, you can enable the Ground Control Alexa skill. Just say: Alexa, enable Ground Control and then Alexa, open Ground Control.

Using this template

This template was designed to be used with the Alexa Skills Kit Command-Line Interface (aka: ASK-CLI). After installing the ASK-CLI you can run the following command to setup a new skill project based on this template.

$ ask new --template --url http://skilltemplates.com/templates.json

After running the previous command you'll see of list of templates to choose from. Pick the template named API Starter. This will create a new folder named ./api-starter/ all of the code for the template will be located in that folder.

Video Tutorial

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