Sample Skill - APL Video Player

This sample skill can be used to create a video skill using the Alexa Presentation Language.

Prerequisites

• An Alexa Developer Account sign up here
• An AWS Account sign up here
• (Optional) An Amazon Echo Device with a screen (e.g. Amazon Echo Show)

Setting up a copy of this skill

ask new --url https://github.com/anthonymoralez/apl-video-player-sample --name apl-video-player-sample
cd apl-video-player-sample
ask deploy

Adding your own videos

Your videos must be in MP4 format, hosted on a publicly accessible host with an https url.

In the /lambda/custom/lib/videoData.json replace the source.url with the url of your video. You can also add a title and a thumbnail image.

The Meetup

This code was presented at the first SF Alexa Skill Developer and VUI Enthusiast Group meetup