Command Line Tools

AWS CLI

1. install aws cli using pip install awscli --upgrade --user (Linux)
2. Make sure an IAM user is created and has access to AWS services.
3. Configure aws-cli using aws configure. See here for help. We use region us-east-1
4. Finally, run python deploy_tools.py -p -f BostonData. If everything runs well, you should see the following message:

Updating/uploading lambda code

<a bunch of text>

TRACINGCONFIG	PassThrough
VPCCONFIG	
DONE UPLOADING...

Note: The exact output text is dependent on your AWS CLI configuration, but if you see DONE UPLOADING you should be ok.

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ASK CLI

BostonInfo uses ASK CLI to programmatically upload and build the interaction model with deploy_tools.py. This just automates the upload/build functions we've accessed through the Alexa skills console in the past.

To install the Amazon Skills Kit (ASK) command line interface, follow these instructions: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/quick-start-alexa-skills-kit-command-line-interface.html

Prerequisites:

• You'll need to have Node.js installed.
  • [optional] If you'd like to use a version manager for Node, Node Version Manager (NVM) is a popular choice. They don't support Windows, but do list some Windows alternatives in the ReadMe.
• Node Package Manager (NPM) will be installed with Node and you will use this to install ASK CLI.
• You'll also need to create a user in Amazon's Identity and Access Manager (IAM). This provides ASK CLI access to your Alexa skills.