This is snippets of code for the Alexa Demo built in meetups

Alexa Demo Snippet

// add at top
var http = require("http");


// In the Case IntentRequest switch statement , add this as new case

case "AddToListIntent":
	console.log("We are going to add to List - AddToListIntent");
	console.log("this is value" + req.body.request.intent.slots.item.value);
	
	var body = {"item": req.body.request.intent.slots.item.value, "userID" : req.body.session.user.userId };
	
	console.log("this is body " + JSON.stringify(body));
	
	httpPost("/api/mylist", body, (myResult)=>{
		sendResponse(req, resp, next, "We added to list", true, {});
	}
);
break;




// Add end of file

function httpPost(mypath, body ,callback) {
console.log("This is body in post" + JSON.stringify(body));
var options = {
host: 'localhost',
port: 8080,
path: mypath,
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
};
var req = http.request(options, res => {
res.setEncoding('utf8');
console.log('Status: ' + res.statusCode);
var returnData = "";
res.on('data', chunk => {
console.log("this is chunk " + chunk);
returnData = returnData + chunk;
});

res.on('end', () => {
callback(returnData); // this will execute whatever function the caller defined, with one argument
});
});
req.write(JSON.stringify(body));
req.end();
};