slot-value-check

Ingredients

slot-value-check

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What you will learn

Users may not say everything you expect. They may just say "my name is". We can use a function that returns either null, or the value of the slot.

For example, if you had set slotName = "FirstName", you could check it via:

var slotValue = isSlotValid(this.event.request, slotName); //slot value or false
        if  (slotValue) {  } else {   }

Instructions for deploying this sample skill

1. Create a new AWS Lambda function using the fact blueprint.
2. Delete the code, replace with index.js
3. Locate and Copy the AWS Lambda ARN for the new function.
4. Create a skill with a slot called Item
5. On the Configuration page, paste in your Lambda ARN as the endpoint.
6. Test your skill, both with and without saying slot words.

• Copy the isSlotValid() helper function to use in your code.

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