utils module¶

utils.getAccessToken(echoMessage)[source]¶

Get Access Token of Alexa message

param echomessage:
	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getCommandName(message)[source]¶

Get the command name in the json message sent to the lambda handler

param message:	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getCorrelationToken(message)[source]¶

Get the Correleation token for the of the Alexa message

param message:	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getEndpointID(echoMessage)[source]¶

Get the uniqe target endpoint ID of Alexa message so that it can be compared with database

param echomessage:
	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getNameSpace(message)[source]¶

Return namespace of the command received

param message:	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getPayload(echoMessage)[source]¶

Get the paylod component of the message sent to lambda

param echomessage:
	message sent to the lambda handler

utils.getUtcTimeStamp(seconds=None)[source]¶

Used for returning current time for timestamp purpose in aws reply

param seconds=None:
	get current utc time

utils.get_directive_version(request)[source]¶

Get the version directive to be either v2 or v3

param request:	the request set to the hander