Alexa response "Can't communicate with requested skill"

[themessings]

Any idea's on solutions?

[themessings]

when testing Lambda I get "Unable to invoke the function because invoke parameters were not valid JSON."

[paulwakeford]

Try validating your json with one of the json lint web sites..

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when testing Lambda I get "Unable to invoke the function because invoke parameters were not valid JSON."

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[themessings]

Any idea which json file it is referencing?

[themessings]

It must be in the option json

here is what I have but not seeing where the error is. long day

var options = { appid: amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.echo, host: host_for_sonos_api, port: 5005 };

module.exports = options;

[themessings]

fixed that one. Now it looks like the json file "index" is not valid.

'use strict';

var http = require('http');

var options = require('./options');

var AlexaSkill = require('./AlexaSkill'); var EchoSonos = function() { AlexaSkill.call(this, options.appid); };

EchoSonos.prototype = Object.create(AlexaSkill.prototype); EchoSonos.prototype.constructor = EchoSonos;

EchoSonos.prototype.intentHandlers = { // register custom intent handlers PlayIntent: function(intent, session, response) { console.log("PlayIntent received"); options.path = '/preset/' + encodeURIComponent(intent.slots.Preset.value); httpreq(options, response, "Playing " + intent.slots.Preset.value); }, PauseIntent: function(intent, session, response) { console.log("PauseIntent received"); options.path = '/pauseall'; httpreq(options, response, "Pausing"); }, VolumeDownIntent: function(intent, session, response) { console.log("VolumeDownIntent received"); options.path = '/groupVolume/-10'; httpreq(options, response, "OK"); }, VolumeUpIntent: function(intent, session, response) { console.log("VolumeUpIntent received"); options.path = '/groupVolume/+10'; httpreq(options, response, "OK"); } };

// Create the handler that responds to the Alexa Request. exports.handler = function(event, context) { // Create an instance of the EchoSonos skill. var echoSonos = new EchoSonos(); echoSonos.execute(event, context); };

function httpreq(options, alexaResponse, responseText) { console.log("Trying http request with responseText " + responseText); http.request(options, function(httpResponse) { console.log(httpResponse.body); if (responseText) alexaResponse.tell(responseText); }).end(); }

[paulwakeford]

What error are you getting exactly? Have you successfully tested your Lamba code using the test function?

[themessings]

no have not got the Lambda code to test successfully.

[themessings]

here is my test code that keep resulting in an error.

{ "session": { "new": true, "sessionId": "session1234", "attributes": {}, "user": { "userId": null }, "application": { "applicationId": "amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.823f94bd-4ec5-4af7-ab75-5dd8a5616558" } }, "version": "1.0", "request": { "type": "LaunchRequest", "requestId": "request5678" } }

result is;

{ "errorMessage": "Unexpected token :", "errorType": "SyntaxError", "stackTrace": [ "Module._compile (module.js:439:25)", "Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)", "Module.load (module.js:356:32)", "Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)", "Module.require (module.js:364:17)", "require (module.js:380:17)", "Object. (/var/task/index.js:5:15)", "Module._compile (module.js:456:26)", "Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)", "Module.load (module.js:356:32)" ] }

[rgraciano]

It looks like you're missing the whole request/intent block. You should use https://github.com/rgraciano/echo-sonos/blob/master/lambda/play_intent_testreq.json as a template and drop in your app id