Alexa Skill Test provides a live server for local testing of Alexa Skills written in Node.js. Right now, testing skills usually involves going through the Amazon Alexa Developer Portal. This project makes testing much easier.

• Node/npm
• An Amazon Alexa Skill written in Node.js

It's recommended to install Alexa Skill Test as a global npm package:

npm install -g alexa-skill-test

After install, the alexa-skill-test command will be available to you.

Within your terminal, change directory to your valid Amazon skill. Your skill will need a package.json and a main script file. Run the following command:

alexa-skill-test

This starts up a local testing server using your Alexa skill.

In your browser navigate to http://localhost:3000. You should see a simple UI for sending test requests to your skill.

Note:

In the skill(s) you're testing, you should set your appId like so:

if ('undefined' === typeof process.env.DEBUG) {
  alexa.appId = '...';
}

Setting an appId while debugging will cause Lambda to throw an error since there will be a mismatch. Alexa Skill Test will automatically set the DEBUG environmental variable.

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