How to override built in functions? about alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-nodejs HOT 4 CLOSED

To override a built-in function such as :ask, simply register a handler with the same name.

For metrics logging, I would recommend simply logging it in your exports.handler function in index.js before your function code is executed.

E.g.

exports.handler = function(event, context, callback) {

    // Log incoming event or just the intent
    console.log('event:\n' + JSON.stringify(event, null, 4));

    var alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context);
    alexa.registerHandlers(...)

    // Log with a callback
    LogEventAsync(event, function() {
        alexa.execute();
    });
}

function LogEventAsync(event, callback) {
    // Async call to emit metric 
    callback();
}

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@deegles so i want to log the response in addition to the event.

I was figuring that I would need to override :responseReady. Got a better suggestion?

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Hi Acinader,

One approach is to wrap your context.succeed function. Try the following in your exports.handler function, before calling alexa.execute().

You can do the same with context.fail

var succeed = context.succeed;
context.succeed = function (response) {
    console.log('Response:\n' + JSON.stringify(response, null, 4));
    succeed(response);
}

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👍 thanks

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