Here's the entire code I'm also using version The current stable version is 2.2.3.5 and the only other version is the latest beta version
/*
****** Pulls speech input and passes on to Voxcommando for custom events *****
*/
var http = require('http');
var VC_ip = 'xx.xxx.xx.x'; // Add your WAN IP or DynDNS Host here
var VC_Port = '8096'; // Add the Port VC is listening to here
var VC_Event = 'EchoToVC'; // The name of the event which is created in VC
var EchoName = 'Room1'; // You can give your Echo a name here, which is transmitted as payload2 to VC. If you have more than one Echo this could
// be used to distinguish which Echo is sending the command to VC. To make us of this you would need to have one skill for each
// Echo, which unfortunately also means that each Echo needs to be assigned to a different Amazon account.
// Hopefully this can be replaced by the actual device name or ID at some time, but currently there is no way to do it.
var Echo_App_ID = " amzn1.ask.skill.e040c396-1abc-416e-b255-43178a6e0822"; // Add your Echo App ID here
exports.handler = function (event, context) {
try {
if (event.session.new) {
onSessionStarted({requestId: event.request.requestId}, event.session);
}
if (event.request.type === "LaunchRequest") {
onLaunch(event.request,
event.session,
function callback(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) {
context.succeed(buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse));
});
} else if (event.request.type === "IntentRequest") {
onIntent(event.request,
event.session,
function callback(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) {
context.succeed(buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse));
});
} else if (event.request.type === "SessionEndedRequest") {
onSessionEnded(event.request, event.session);
context.succeed();
}
} catch (e) {
context.fail("Exception: " + e);
}
};
/**
* Called when the session starts.
*/
function onSessionStarted(sessionStartedRequest, session) {}
/**
* Called when the user launches the skill without specifying what they want.
*/
function onLaunch(launchRequest, session, callback) {
// Dispatch to your skill's launch.
getWelcomeResponse(callback);
}
/**
* Called when the user specifies an intent for this skill.
*/
function onIntent(intentRequest, session, callback) {
var intent = intentRequest.intent,
intentName = intentRequest.intent.name;
callEchoToVC(intent, session, callback); // Whatever the Intent is, pass it straight through to VC
}
/**
* Called when the user ends the session.
* Is not called when the skill returns shouldEndSession=true.
*/
function onSessionEnded(sessionEndedRequest, session) {
}
// --------------- Main Intent Processing Function ----------------
function callEchoToVC(intent, session, callback)
{
var sessionAttributes = "{}";
var cardTitle = EchoName;
var shouldEndSession = true;
var payload = "";
var speechOutput = "";
var repromptText = "I could not understand, please try again";
var i = 0;
var slots = intent.slots;
//Pull the spoken text and format
var actionSlot = intent.slots.Action;
var setAction = actionSlot.value.toLowerCase();
var setActionURI = require('querystring').escape(setAction);
var VC_uri = '/api/VC.TriggerEvent&&EchoToVC&&' + setActionURI + '&&' + EchoName;
var get_options = {
host: VC_ip,
port: VC_Port,
path: VC_uri
};
// Set up the request
var get_req = http.request(get_options, function(res) {
var VC_results = "";
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
VC_results += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function () {
if (res.statusCode === 200) {
//Parse the Body results from VC, if the command was unknow we will repromt
if((VC_results.indexOf('intent: UNKNOWN') > -1)||(VC_results.indexOf('cmd is unknown:') > -1)) {
shouldEndSession=false;
} else {
if(VC_results.indexOf('Return Msg: ') > -1) {
var lines = VC_results.split('\n');
for(var i = 0;i < lines.length;i++){
if(lines[i].indexOf('Return Msg: ') > -1) {
var rtn_msg = lines[i].split('Msg:')[1].trim();
if (rtn_msg !== '') {
setAction = rtn_msg;
}
}
}
}
}
}
callback(sessionAttributes,
buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput, repromptText, shouldEndSession)); //Pass stingResult instead of speechOutput for debugging if needed
});
});
get_req.on('error', function (e) {
callback(sessionAttributes,
buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput, repromptText, shouldEndSession));
});
get_req.end();
}
// --------------- WelcomResponse Function ----------------
function getWelcomeResponse(callback) {
// If we wanted to initialize the session to have some attributes we could add those here.
var sessionAttributes = {};
var cardTitle = "Welcome to Echo To Voxcommando";
var speechOutput = "Hello, I'm this home's automation AI, what can I do for you";
// If the user either does not reply to the welcome message or says something that is not
// understood, they will be prompted again with this text.
var repromptText = "I could not understand, please try again";
var shouldEndSession = false;
callback(sessionAttributes,
buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput, repromptText, shouldEndSession));
}
// --------------- Helper Functions ----------------
function buildSpeechletResponse(title, output, repromptText, shouldEndSession) {
return {
outputSpeech: {
type: "PlainText",
text: output
},
card: {
type: "Simple",
title: "EchoToVoxcommando - " + title,
content: output
},
reprompt: {
outputSpeech: {
type: "PlainText",
text: repromptText
}
},
shouldEndSession: shouldEndSession
};
}
function buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) {
return {
version: "1.0",
sessionAttributes: sessionAttributes,
response: speechletResponse
};
}
