Alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-nodejs: Provide code sample for verifcations (certificate url, signature url etc)

[giorgio79]

I'm submitting a...

[ ] Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)
[ ] Bug report  
[ ] Performance issue
[X] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request
[ ] Other... Please describe:

Expected Behavior

Alexa Node JS SDK should provide boiler plate code for checking Amazon Alexa calls.

Current Behavior

Only skillbuilder examples are provided

Possible Solution

// Not required, but suggest a fix/reason for the bug,
// or ideas how to implement the addition or change

Provide boiler plate / copy paste code

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

// Provide a self-contained, concise snippet of code
// For more complex issues provide a repo with the smallest sample that reproduces the bug
// Including business logic or unrelated code makes diagnosis more difficult

Try to submit app

Context

Have to code that every other app dev will have to code

Your Environment

• ASK SDK for Node.js used: x.x.x
• Operating System and version:
  centos 7

Node.js and NPM Info

• Node.js version used for development:
• NPM version used for development:

[giorgio79]

PS just found some attempts to provide one https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-verifier-middleware
and another one https://github.com/mreinstein/alexa-verifier

[tianrenz]

Hi @giorgio79 ,

Thanks for the information. We are working on SDK support for web based skill. Stay tuned!

Regards

[fildanrcs]

Hi @giorgio79 ,

Thanks for asking it, I would really appreciate this feature too.
Meanwhile I've tried alexa-verifier, but on Windows seems to not work. Have you tried only on Linux?
What happens on Windows is that it always returns 'invalid signature' error..

Regards

[soltrinox]

That makes three. I would like this feature as well. I am getting a CERTIFICATION rejection in the Alexa Functional Test section. Help on the NodeJS side would be greatly appreciated.

Please provide a code snippet to add to my NodeJS Express code to properly reject the NON-ALEXA request only documentation is for Java ASK SDK missing for nodejs.

[soltrinox]

PS just found some attempts to provide one https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-verifier-middleware
and another one https://github.com/mreinstein/alexa-verifier

I tried both and i am still getting rejection on Alexa Dev Console.

[stefanopog]

Hello, was anybody able to find an interim solution that works ? Thanks so much

[ShenChen-Amazon]

New package ask-sdk-express-adapter is available on NPM now, which make it easy to host skill as webservice. Therefore, close the issue and please feel free to reopen if you have any problems.

[JonathanDn]

@ShenChen-Amazon There's not a single example in the documentation in github or in NPM to how to properly use this. I would much appreciate one to successfully verify my web service with amazon through a middleware...

[ShenChen-Amazon]

Hi @JonathanDn

There's doc link under Usage and Getting Started tab, and will direct to Alexa developer portal. Sorry the link seems not obvious enough :( Please feel free to follow up if you have other concerns.

Thanks,
Shen

[JonathanDn]

After a few hours of searching, reading, and triyng various things according to the API documentation I was able to find this video of this kind fellow who helped me get up and running and close a cycle with a test skill that will be triggered + send a hello world response.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6mkxuf9tE

Thanks though.