Supporting files for blog post (part 2 of series) on creating an Alexa Skill + serverless function (backing).

facts.js

const axios = require('axios');
const jsonUrl = 'https://edm00se.codes/dev-dog/static/facts.json';

/**
 * Array containing dev dog facts.
 */
let FACTS = [
  'You can do this, doggone it.',
  'Dogs don\'t even get everything perfect immediately. It takes lots of training; and treats.',
  'Development skills are like dogs, you have to take them for walks regularly in order for them to be happy.',
  'Sit. Stay. Code. Good boy.',
  'Who\'s a good developer? You are!.',
  'Don\'t rub a developer\'s tummy and expect them to be as happy about it as a dog.',
  'Developers and dogs both require fresh air and sunshine.',
  'A developer should be let outside periodically, just like a dog. If they start \'doing their business\' in the yard, however, you may have other problems.',
  'Any developer could use the unconditional love a dog gives.',
  'With a positive attitude, you can code anything, doggone it!',
  'Pet your dog. Good human.',
  'Who can balance a binary search tree? Not the dog.',
  'Hello. Myself and the other Alexas and Siris have decided to entrust the future of humanity to the dogs. Be good to them.'
];

module.exports = axios.get(jsonUrl)
  .then(json => json.results)
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
    return FACTS;
  });

handlers.js

//...
let pFACTS = require('./facts');

const handlers = {
  LaunchRequest: function () {
    this.emit('GetFact');
  },
  GetNewFactIntent: function () {
    this.emit('GetFact');
  },
  GetFact: function () {
    pFACTS.then(facts => {
      // Get a random space fact from the space facts list
      let factIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * facts.length);
      let cardTitle = 'Happiness is next to dogginess';
      let randomFact = facts[factIndex];

      // Create speech output
      let speechOutput = randomFact;

      this.emit(':tellWithCard', speechOutput, cardTitle, randomFact);
    });
  },
  // AMAZON.HelpIntent, AMAZON.CancelIntent, AMAZON.StopIntent...
};

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