Simple Python API for granting custom skills to the Amazon Echo (Alexa)
pyalexa uses flask-style decorators to mark functions that handle a particular intent.
To declare a skill, you will need your Amazon app ID, something like
amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789abcdef0.
Then, just create a Skill object:
from pyalexa import Skill
skill = Skill(app_id='amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789abcdef0',
version='1.0')
Intents are handled using decorators, in the style of the popular
flask library. There are three decorators provided: launch, for the
LaunchRequest, end for SessionEndedRequest, and intent for
[IntentRequest]s. Here's a pyalexa version of HelloWorld, from Amazon's
sample skills.
from pyalexa import Skill, Card
skill = Skill(app_id='amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.12345678-9abc-def0-1234-56789abcdef0')
@skill.launch
def launch(request):
return request.response(
speech="Welcome to pyalexa, you can say hello",
reprompt="You can say hello"
)
@skill.end
def end(request):
print("We can do cleanup stuff here")
@skill.intent("HelloWorldIntent")
def hello_world(request):
return request.response(
card=Card("Greeter", "Hello World!")
speech="Hello world!"
)
@skill.intent("HelpIntent")
def help_intent(request):
return request.response(
text="You can say hello to me!",
reprompt="You can say hello to me!"
)