Alexa Skill - 以编程方式更新Intent

Question

I'm trying to create an Alexa skill which has a fairly wide-open possible number of phrases it could use. Too many to write by hand.

I can probably generate the list programmatically, but it changes frequently, so I'd want it updated frequently.

Is there an Amazon API I can call to update the possible values for a custom slot type, without having to manually log in and copy and paste it all the time?

Answer 1

YES! See Update Interaction Model section at their docs.

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/interaction-model-operations.html#update-interaction-model

Answer 2

No - Amazon does not provide an API for updating your skill. I believe that API.AI provides this and they have an integration with Alexa ASK but I've heard that it's not very good and I don't really expect it to get better now that Google has bought them.

In your first paragraph it sounds like you are talking about supporting a lot of different utterances (ways of saying the same thing), but after that it sounds like you are talking about a large number of 'slot values': the relevant user input extracted from the utterances. Either way, the answer is still no - no API.

I believe there are popular features requests for both a general API for updating the skills, and support for dynamic slot lists, here .

And here's Amazon's defence of the custom slot and how it can replace the (deprecated) literal slot.

Answer 3

No, but there is now a beta editor which lets you drag a single JSON file containing all utterances, intents and slots. Log into the developer portal and click "Interaction Model Builder Beta".

Answer 4

如果你像我一样迟到了派对，请访问https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/ask-cli-intro.html查看完整的CLI / API，它允许通过JSON进行全面的模型编辑。