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+******The code below is commented out in order to provide you with a better understanding******</fc>
 <code python index.py>
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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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-You’ll soon see how to specify the intents for your skill, but first, let’s
-take a look at the onIntent function to see how Alexa handles
-the intents.
-<code python>
-def on_intent(intent_request, session):
-	intent = intent_request["intent"]
-	intent_name = intent_request["intent"]["name"]
-	if intent_name == "Hello":
-		return say_hello()
-	elif intent_name == "AMAZON.HelpIntent":
-		return get_welcome_response()
-	elif intent_name == "AMAZON.CancelIntent" or intent_name == "AMAZON.StopIntent":
-		return handle_session_end_request()
-	else:
-		raise ValueError("Invalid intent")
-</code>
-As you can see, most of the function is an if..else structure that
-compares the intent name from the request to a set of intents the
-skill accepts. Depending on the intent name, it then calls a matching function.
-For example, when Alexa receives a request with the intent name
-Hello, it calls the corresponding say_hello() function.
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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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