Alexa lambda function is able to execute all intents except custom one? - aws-lambda

Question

The launch (New Session), unhandled, and Amazon default intents (cancel, help, stop) are working properly when I test them in the service simulator, but any one that I write doesn't seem to work. Below is an example of a test intent:
var handlers = {
'NewSession': function() {
this.emit(':tell', 'Hello');
'Test': function() {
this.emit(':tell','This intent is working');
},
'Unhandled': function() {
this.emit(':tell','Sorry, I don\'t know what to do');
},
'AMAZON.HelpIntent': function(){
this.emit(':ask', 'What can I help you with?', 'How can I help?');
},
'AMAZON.CancelIntent': function(){
this.emit(':tell', 'Okay');
},
'AMAZON.StopIntent': function(){
this.emit(':tell', 'Goodbye');
},
exports.handler = function(event,context){
var alexa = Alexa.handler(event,context);
alexa.registerHandlers(handlers);
alexa.execute();
};
The code snippet for the intents:
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "ColorIntent",
"samples": [],
"slots": [
{
"name": "Test",
"samples": [
"Test me"
],
"slots": []
No matter what I do, I can't get the test intent to work and return "This intent is working'. Please help!

Answer 1

Maybe it's because your first invocation always gets handled by the NewSession handler, which then responds with 'Hello' and ends the session.
I see two ways to activate your Test handler, i.e. to get your Skill to respond with 'This intent is working':
You create a multi-turn conversation by ending your NewSession handler with this.emit(':ask', 'Hello! What do you want to do next?');, and then uttering 'Test me'.
You replace your NewSession handler with a LaunchRequest handler, and invoke your Skill with 'Alexa, tell tie picker to test me'.
Hope that helps! :)
By the way, because I can't comment everywhere yet: You can log your lambda's state, e.g. for debugging, by using console.log( 'Test handler invoked');, and then looking up the logs in AWS CloudWatch.