1. Integrate Drupal 8 with Alexa
Interact with Websites using Alexa
Presenter: Rakshith
Drupal Developer at Axelerant

2. Intro
We have seen many talking about integrating Drupal with Chatbots and other AI based devices. I am here on the same lines, where I will talk about How we can integrate Drupal with Alexa and we start interacting with websites.
What if websites could be interactive enough to literally hear your customers’ voices, talk to them, and fulfill their wishes? Easy! It’s now possible with modern services like Amazon Alexa.

3. Prerequisites Your site should be Internet accessible
Should have valid SSL certificate
Developer account with Amazon
For the first two steps - we can use Pantheon. You can spin up multiple environments with SSL free of cost !!

4. Steps to Integrate
Set up will be much easier when we do this with composer
Just install the Alexa module with dependant libraries
It uses Amazon Alexa PHP Library
Enable the module and in module’s alexa configuration form - fill in the application ID (you will get it once you create the alexa skill in amazon developer console)

5. Steps to Integrate
Create custom module to enforce the Alexa responses (for each of type of requests created in Alexa skill)
We just have to subscribe for Alexa Event and send the responses in event subscribe callback

6. Amazon Alexa Skill
We will need to create Alexa skill in Amazon developer console
Alexa Skill will have associated invocation name, intents and the utterances so that Alexa responds with relevant data
Endpoint needs to be configured with HTTPS
Upon creation of skill - just note down the application ID and fill the same in alexa module’s configuration

7. Amazon Alexa Skill

8. Testing
The integration can be tested with developer account and device is not needed though
Once the skill build is complete, we can test the skill responses using Test simulator.

9. Test Simulator

10. Demo

11. Demo