public ResponseAttributes.DirectivesAttributes CreateDirectiveWithSolicitSlot(Request request)
{
var directive = new ResponseAttributes.DirectivesAttributes();
directive.SlotToElicit = "date";
directive.Type = "Dialog.ElicitSlot";
directive.UpdatedIntentAttributes.Name = request.Intent;
directive.UpdatedIntentAttributes.Slots = request.Slots;
return(directive);
}
public AlexaResponse GetBirthdaysByDate()
{
AlexaResponse response = new AlexaResponse();
DateTime startDate;
DateTime endDate;
var userInput = _request.SlotsList.First().Value;
if (userInput == null)
{
response.Response.OutputSpeech.Ssml = "<speak>Sorry I didn't get that. On which period or date would you like me to tell your birthdays for.</speak>";
response.Response.OutputSpeech.Type = "SSML";
response.Response.ShouldEndSession = false;
ResponseAttributes.DirectivesAttributes directive = CreateDirectiveWithSolicitSlot(_request);
response.Response.Directives.Add(directive);
response.Response.Card.Content =
"Sorry I didn't get that. On which period or date would you like me to tell your birthdays for.\n You can ask for:\n 1) a specifc date(i.e. on 5th of March);\n 2) a period like today, tomorrow, this month, next month etc...";
response.Response.Card.Title = _cardTitle + ". Examples of periods you can ask for";
return(response);
}
switch (userInput.Length)
{
// this is by month
case 7:
startDate = Convert.ToDateTime(_request.SlotsList.First().Value);
endDate = startDate.AddMonths(1);
break;
// this has the week number
case 8:
var tempDate = FirstDateOfWeekISO8601(DateTime.Now.Year, Convert.ToInt32(userInput.Substring(6, 2)));
startDate = Convert.ToDateTime(tempDate);
endDate = startDate.AddDays(7);
break;
case 4:
var year = Convert.ToInt32(_request.SlotsList.First().Value);
startDate = new DateTime(year, 1, 1);
endDate = startDate.AddYears(1);
break;
default:
startDate = Convert.ToDateTime(_request.SlotsList.First().Value);
endDate = startDate.AddDays(1);
break;
}
var calendarService = new CalendarHelper(startDate, endDate, _request.Accesstoken, _request.UserId);
var result = calendarService.GetBirthdays();
var birthDayResponse = BirthDayResponse(result);
var cardAttributes = CreateCardContent(result);
response = CalculateResponse(_request, birthDayResponse, cardAttributes);
return(response);
}
public ResponseAttributes.DirectivesAttributes CreateDirectiveWithSlot(Request request)
{
var directive = new ResponseAttributes.DirectivesAttributes
{
Type = "Dialog.Delegate",
UpdatedIntentAttributes =
{
Name = request.Intent,
Slots = request.Slots
}
};
return(directive);
}