Alexa Skill Example in Java

This project demonstrates how build a simple an Alexa skill service in Java. This application receives a name from the skill interface, and returns the name spelled out using Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML).

Overview

This app was also built on OSX using the Eclipse IDE. It should run fairly easily on Windows and Linux. This project is essentially a Spark application using Maven.

Setup

Run the application, which should start the server

Setup ngrok to expose the endpoint

ngrok http 4567

Setup your skill interface

• Go to Amazon Developer's Portal and create a new Alexa skill
• Setup the interaction model using the provided Intent Schema and Sample Utterance which can be found in the src/main/java/speechAssets folder.
• Setup the endpoint to point to your ngrok tunnel, example: https://81429dd5.ngrok.io/alexa