test-the-skill.md

Test the Skill

To test the smart home skill on a device, it must first be enabled and linked to your Amazon developer account.

Link the Alexa Smart Home Skill

1. Go to https://alexa.amazon.com, login with your developer account, and select Skills from the left menu.
2. Click Your Skills from the top right of the section.
3. On the Your Skills page, select the DEV SKILLS tab.
4. Click the skill-sample-nodejs-smarthome-switch skill.
5. On the skill-sample-nodejs-smarthome-switch page, click Enable in the top right and authenticate with your Amazon developer account. If you are already signed in, you will be presented with a dialog asking to “Click 'Allow' to sign in to Smart Home Sample”.
6. On success, you should be presented with a window that reads “skill-sample-nodejs-smarthome-switch” has been successfully linked.
7. When redirected back to the Skill page, you will be prompted Discover Devices. Click Discover Devices.
8. After the discovery process completes, a new “Sample Switch” with the description of “Sample Endpoint Description” will be available in your Devices list.

Test the Skill through the Alexa Developer Console

The Alexa Developer Console has test functionality built-in and can be used to test your skills under development.

1. Navigate to https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask and select skill-sample-nodejs-smarthome-switch from the list of Alexa Skills.
2. Select the Test tab.
3. In the Alexa Simulator tab, leave English selected and type Alexa, turn on sample switch into the input box.
4. If successful, Alexa should respond with ok.

Test the Skill with an Alexa-Enabled Device

If you have an Amazon Echo or other Alexa-enabled device associated to your Amazon developer account, you can give that device the command “Alexa, turn on sample switch” and she should respond with “OK”.

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