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--- echo_hello_world [2016/12/30 11:35] – tbrodeur
+++ echo_hello_world [2016/12/31 14:13] (current) – tbrodeur
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-. <fs large>Create a Lambda Function</fs>
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+**Author:** Tristan Brodeur
+**Email:** brodeurtristan@gmail.com
+**Date:** Last modified on 12/29/16
+**Keywords:** Alexa, Amazon Skills Kit</fs>
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-To create a lambda function, follow this tutorial: [[using_lambda|Creating a lambda function]]
+<fs large>Overview</fs>
-. <fs large>Add the code</fs>
+{{ youtube>m8i3vgwMH3k?medium }}
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+. <fs large>Create a Lambda Function</fs>
+To create a lambda function, follow this tutorial: [[using_lambda|Creating a lambda function]]
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+. <fs large>Add the code</fs>
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 	speech_output = "Hello World"
 	reprompt_text = ""
-	should_end_session = False
+	should_end_session = True
 	return build_response(session_attributes, build_speechlet_response(
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+******Make sure to change the application id listed in lambda_handler() to your own id once you create the Alexa Skill with Alexa Skills Kit******</fc>
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+Looking at the say_hello function,
+<code python>
+def say_hello():
+	session_attributes = {}
+	card_title = "Hello World"
+	speech_output = "Hello World"
+	reprompt_text = ""
+	should_end_session = True
+	return build_response(session_attributes, build_speechlet_response(
+        card_title, speech_output, reprompt_text, should_end_session))
+</code>
+we can see that the function returns a build_response function that will pass arguments defined in the say_hello function.
+-card_title: name of the card that will display on the Alexa app on your smartphone
+-speech_output: what the Echo or Echo Dot will ouput once the function build_response function is called
+-should_end_session: tells Alexa whether to end the skill session after a response has been outputed. This should be set to True in this case. If a reprompt text is defined, usually should_end_session would be set to false, however all we are doing with this function is asking for a simple output.
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 After the code is added, [[using_alexa_skills_kit|configure your lambda function with the Alexa Skills Kit.]]