alexa-utterance-expander

Write your Amazon Alexa utterances file in a simple-to-use DSL, and compile it to the full utternaces.
Re-use placeholders, and let the compiler handle the work of creating the many variations.

Install

``bash
npm install alexa-utterance-expander
`

Usage


Require the library;
`javascript
const UtteranceExpander = require('alexa-utterance-expander');
`

Define place holders
`javascript
console.log(UtteranceExpander(
[game] game
[game] match
[game] round

[play] play
[play] start

LaunchIntent [play] a [game]
));
`
generates

`javascript
LaunchIntent play a game
LaunchIntent play a match
LaunchIntent play a round
LaunchIntent start a game
LaunchIntent start a match
LaunchIntent start a round
`

Some built-in placeholders
* PLEASE
* YES
* NO
* NEXT
* REPEAT
* STOP
* CANCEL
* STARTOVER
* HELP

#From Gulp#
`javascript
gulp.task('compile', function (cb) {
fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname,'interaction-model','utterances-src.txt'),function(err,file){
if(err) return cb(err);
var expanded = UtteranceExpaander(file);
fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname,'interaction-model','utterances.txt'),expanded,cb);

});

});

``