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Alexa Spice: Google Translate

A useful Alexa Skill which uses Google Translate API to translate a list of spices from around the World into different languages.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Amazon Echo
Amazon Alexa Amazon Echo
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Software apps and online services

AWS Lambda
Amazon Web Services AWS Lambda
Alexa Skills Kit
Amazon Alexa Alexa Skills Kit
Google Translate API
Node.js

Story

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Schematics

Algorithm

VUI

Code

index.js

JavaScript
Insert your Rappid project name, Rappid Api and Google Api
'use strict';
const RapidAPI = require('rapidapi-connect');
const rapid = new RapidAPI('Spice1', 'Rapid Api Key');//Insert your Rapid API Key




// --------------- Helpers that build all of the responses -----------------------

function buildSpeechletResponse(title, output, repromptText, shouldEndSession) {
    return {
        outputSpeech: {
            type: 'PlainText',
            text: output,
        },
        card: {
            type: 'Simple',
            title: `SessionSpeechlet - ${title}`,
            content: `SessionSpeechlet - ${output}`,
        },
        reprompt: {
            outputSpeech: {
                type: 'PlainText',
                text: repromptText,
            },
        },
        shouldEndSession:shouldEndSession
    };
}

function buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) {
    return {
        version: '1.0',
        sessionAttributes,
        response: speechletResponse,
    };
}


// --------------- Functions that control the skill's behavior -----------------------

function getWelcomeResponse(callback) {
    // If we wanted to initialize the session to have some attributes we could add those here.
    const sessionAttributes = {};
    const cardTitle = 'Welcome';
    const speechOutput = 'Welcome to the Spice Translate skill. Say something like translate Basil to German';
    // If the user either does not reply to the welcome message or says something that is not
    // understood, they will be prompted again with this text.
    const repromptText = 'Say something like translate basil to German';
    const shouldEndSession = false;

    callback(sessionAttributes,
        buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput, repromptText, shouldEndSession));
}
function getHelpResponse(intent, session, callback) {
    // declare session attributes
    var sessionAttributes = {};
    // define title for the card.
    var cardTitle = "Spice Translate Help";
    // here is the help provided to the user
    var speechOutput = "Ask Spice Translate to translate any spice word to specified language in skill info";

    // if user does not respond, this will be played after a few seconds
    var repromptText = "Are you there";

    // make sure that the session is not ended
    var shouldEndSession = false;

    // build the speech that user will hear
    callback({},
        buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput, repromptText, shouldEndSession));
}

function getExitResponse(intent, session, callback) {
    // declare session attributes
    var sessionAttributes = {};
    // define title for the card.
    var cardTitle = "Spice Translate Exit";
    // here is the help provided to the user
    var speechOutput = "Thanks For trying This Skill.Have a Nice Day!";

    // if user does not respond, this will be played after a few seconds
 

    // make sure that the session is not ended
    var shouldEndSession = true;

    // build the speech that user will hear
    callback({},
        buildSpeechletResponse(cardTitle, speechOutput,null, shouldEndSession));
}

/**
 * Intent handlers
 */
 
function translate(intent, session, callback) {
    const GoogleAPIKey = 'Google Translate API KEY';//Insert your Google API Key


//More Languages can be added by specifying their ISO Standard Langugae code like 'en' etc....
    const langCodes = {
        "German" : "de",
        "Dutch" : "nl",
        "English" : "en",
        "French" : "fr",
        "Italian" : "it",
        "Polish" : "pl",
        "Russian" : "ru",
        "Spanish" : "es"
    };
    const source = intent.slots.Source.value;
    const lang = intent.slots.Language.value;
    const langCode = langCodes[lang];

    //Call RapidAPI
    rapid.call('GoogleTranslate', 'translateAutomatic', {
        string : source,
        apiKey: GoogleAPIKey,
        targetLanguage: langCode
    })
        .on('error', (payload) => {
            callback({},
                buildSpeechletResponse('Spice Translate', `Sorry, translation not available`, null, false));
        })
        .on ('success', (payload) => {
            callback({},
                buildSpeechletResponse('Spice Translate', `${source} in ${lang} is ${payload}`, null, false));
        });

    //callback({}, buildSpeechletResponse('Translate Demo', `Translating ${source} to ${lang}`, null, false));
}


// --------------- Events -----------------------


function onSessionStarted(sessionStartedRequest, session) {
    console.log(`onSessionStarted requestId=${sessionStartedRequest.requestId}, sessionId=${session.sessionId}`);
}

/**
 * Called when the user launches the skill without specifying what they want.
 */
function onLaunch(launchRequest, session, callback) {
    console.log(`onLaunch requestId=${launchRequest.requestId}, sessionId=${session.sessionId}`);

    // Dispatch to your skill's launch.
    getWelcomeResponse(callback);
}

/**
 * Called when the user specifies an intent for this skill.
 */
function onIntent(intentRequest, session, callback) {
    console.log(`onIntent requestId=${intentRequest.requestId}, sessionId=${session.sessionId}`);

    const intent = intentRequest.intent;
    const intentName = intentRequest.intent.name;

    // Dispatch to your skill's intent handlers
    if (intentName === 'Translate') {
        translate(intent, session, callback);
    } else if ("AMAZON.HelpIntent" === intentName) {
        getHelpResponse(intent, session, callback);
    }else if ("AMAZON.StopIntent" === intentName) {
        getExitResponse(intent, session, callback);
    }

    else {
        throw new Error('Invalid intent');
    }
}

/**
 * Called when the user ends the session.
 * Is not called when the skill returns shouldEndSession=true.
 */
function onSessionEnded(sessionEndedRequest, session) {
    console.log(`onSessionEnded requestId=${sessionEndedRequest.requestId}, sessionId=${session.sessionId}`);
    
}


// --------------- Main handler -----------------------

// Route the incoming request based on type (LaunchRequest, IntentRequest,
// etc.) The JSON body of the request is provided in the event parameter.
exports.handler = function (event, context,callback) {
    try {
        console.log("event.session.application.applicationId=" + event.session.application.applicationId);

        // if it is a new session, do initialization
        if (event.session.new) {
            onSessionStarted({requestId: event.request.requestId}, event.session);
        }

        // detemine the type of request and call apporpriate function
        if (event.request.type === "LaunchRequest") {
            onLaunch(event.request,
                event.session,
                function callback(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) {
                    context.succeed(buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse));
                });
        } if (event.request.type === 'IntentRequest') {
            onIntent(event.request,
                event.session,
                (sessionAttributes, speechletResponse) => {
                    callback(null,buildResponse(sessionAttributes, speechletResponse));
                });
        } else if (event.request.type === "SessionEndedRequest") {
            onSessionEnded(event.request, event.session);
            context.succeed();
        }
    } catch (e) {
        context.fail("Exception: " + e);
    }
};

Intent Schema}

JSON
Copy and Paste the Intent Schema given below in Amazon Skill Development Page
{ 
   "intents": [ 
       { 
           "intent" : "Translate", 
           "slots": [ 
               { 
                   "name" : "Source", 
                   "type" : "SOURCE" 
               }, 
               { 
                   "name" : "Language", 
                   "type" : "LANGUAGES_LIST" 
               } 
           ] 
       }, 
     { 
     "intent": "AMAZON.HelpIntent" 
   }, 
     { 
     "intent":"AMAZON.StopIntent" 
     } 
   ] 
}

Sample Utternces

Textile
Translate translate {Source} to {Language} 
Translate how to say {Source} in {Language} 
Translate to translate {Source} to {Language} 
Translate get translation for {Source} in {Language} 
Translate what is {Source} in {Language} 
AMAZON.HelpIntent help 
AMAZON.HelpIntent Help 
AMAZON.StopIntent Stop 
AMAZON.StopIntent cancel 
AMAZON.StopIntent Cancel 

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