Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: ask-sdk
Version: 1.2.0
Summary: The ASK SDK Standard package provides a full distribution of the SDK, all batteries included, for building Alexa Skills.
Home-page: https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python
Author: Alexa Skills Kit
Author-email: ask-sdk-dynamic@amazon.com
License: Apache 2.0
Keywords: ASK SDK,Alexa Skills Kit,Alexa,ASK SDK Core,Persistence,DynamoDB,ASK SDK Standard
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Requires-Python: >2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*
Requires-Dist: ask-sdk-core
Requires-Dist: ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter
Requires-Dist: enum34; python_version == "2.7"
Requires-Dist: typing; python_version == "2.7"

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ASK SDK - Standard / Full distribution of Python ASK SDK
========================================================

ask-sdk is the standard SDK package for Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) by
the Software Development Kit (SDK) team for Python. It is a *all batteries included*
package for developing Alexa Skills.


Quick Start
-----------

Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Assuming that you have Python and ``virtualenv`` installed, you can
install the package and it's dependencies (``ask-sdk-model``, ``ask-sdk-core``,
``ask-sdk-dynamodb-persistence-adapter``) from PyPi
as follows:

.. code-block:: sh

    $ virtualenv venv
    $ . venv/bin/activate
    $ pip install ask-sdk


You can also install the whole standard package locally by following these steps:

.. code-block:: sh

    $ git clone https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python.git
    $ cd alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/ask-sdk
    $ virtualenv venv
    ...
    $ . venv/bin/activate
    $ python setup.py install


Usage and Getting Started
-------------------------

Getting started guides, SDK Features, API references, samples etc. can
be found at `Read The Docs <https://alexa-skills-kit-python-sdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_


Got Feedback?
-------------

- We would like to hear about your bugs, feature requests, questions or quick feedback.
  Please search for the `existing issues <https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/issues>`_ before opening a new one. It would also be helpful
  if you follow the templates for issue and pull request creation. Please follow the `contributing guidelines <https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_!!
- Request and vote for `Alexa features <https://alexa.uservoice.com/forums/906892-alexa-skills-developer-voice-and-vote>`_!


=========
CHANGELOG
=========

0.1
-------

* Initial release of ASK SDK Standard package.

0.1.1
~~~~~

* Docstring changes for generated docs.

0.1.2
~~~~~

* unicode_type = six.text_type and define long in Python 3 (#1)
* Use feature detection instead of version detection (#10)
* Send stringified raw data to Alexa APIs (#12)

0.1.3
~~~~~~~

* Remove inspect.getargspec from sb decorators. Closes `#20 <https://github.com/alexa-labs/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/issues/20>`_

1.0.0
-----

* Production release of ASK SDK Standard Package.


1.1.0
~~~~~~~

This release contains the following changes:

- Introducing runtime layer (`#41 <https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/pull/41>`__)
- Send data to service clients only if present (`#39 <https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-python/pull/39>`__)





1.2.0
~~~~~~~

This release contains the following changes : 

- Add support for Alexa Presentation Language. The Alexa Presentation Language (APL) enables you to build interactive voice experiences that include graphics, images, slideshows, and video, and to customize them for different device types. 


