Introducing the Alexa_skillsimulator gem

require 'alexa_modelbuilder'
require 'alexa_skillsimulator'


s =<<LINES
name: American cities quiz game
invocation: quiz game

PlayGame

  start the game
  start the quiz
  play the quiz
  start a quiz  

Answer
  is the city {city}

  slots:
    City: AMAZON.US_CITY


AMAZON.StopIntent

types: 
  US_STATE_ABBR: AK, AL, AZ

endpoint: https://yourlocalwebserver.com/quizgame
LINES

amd = AlexaModelBuilder.new(s)

ask = AlexaShell.new amd.to_manifest, amd.to_model, debug: true
ask.start

The above example simulates interacting with an Alexa Skill using the Alexa_skillsimulator gem. It uses the supplied manifest and interaction model to respond to user requests, including posting and fetching the response from the endpoint (e.g. local web server).

Resources

alexa_skillsimulator https://rubygems.org/gems/alexa_skillsimulator

alexa skill simulator skills test assistant bot

alexa_skillsimulator

Runtime

Introducing the Alexa_skillsimulator gem

Resources