stoiveyp/alexa.net.statemanagement

Small helper library for state management that works with Alexa.NET - based on the functionality exposed in the Java ASK SDK v2

alexa.net.statemanagement's Issues

Intent State Storage

A more and more common scenario is to handle the storing and restoration of an intent, especially when context switching - it'd be great to have this handled by state management.

Example here https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/d8579cd6-9109-42b2-ada6-df017fc1dee5/how-to-handle-different-intent-requests-with-dialog-management

IPersistenceStore Interface is Incorrect

I believe the IPersistenceStore interface is incorrect and it does not currently match the java sdk. Currently the nodejs and java sdk's have methods for GetAttributes() and Save. I understand you took a slightly different approach of allowing to retrieve and item by key which is fine. If you leave it as is though, the SkillRequest object should be passed in to both the Get and Set methods. This is because the Alexa user id or Device id are used in the nodejs and java persistence interfaces as the key for the attributes record. I would make the change and submit a pull request, but the Alexa.NET.RequestHandlers Repository has a dependency on this Repository. Have you considered combining these into a single repository and have State Management be a part of the Request Handlers repository? You should still be able to generate separate Nuget packages if you needed to.

Create readme with actual examples

Not a useful package if no-one knows how to use it

How to use it?

Hello Steven,
Could you please give a simple example of how to use your StateManagement? I can't figure out how to use even reading unit tests. I have starting a skill's development based from your PetMatch sample but I need to add session attributes and I am stuck.
Thanks!
Regards,
jcb

Losing session state of integer values

It appears the session state of integer values are dropping during round trips between the Alexa device and the Lambda function. It appears to be working fine for string values.

Examples

BEFORE

skillState.SetSession("fruit", "apple");
skillState.SetSession("number", 100);

return ResponseBuilder.Tell(new SsmlOutputSpeech { Ssml = $"{speech}" }, skillState.Session);

AFTER

var fruit = skillState.GetSession("fruit"); // fruit = "apple"
var number = skillState.GetSession("number"); // number = 0