alexa.request does not seem to get session data.

[whazlewo]

Hello,

I'm trying to get alexa-app 2.0 working, and I'm stuck at just getting the launch event to fire. The error I'm getting is below. So far I just have a basic alexa-app and on app.launch i'm just console logging a SUCCESS.

It seems that alexa.request is getting json that does NOT contain any session information.

Any ideas on what to try?

Unhandled rejection TypeError: Cannot read property 'new' of undefined
    at new alexa.request (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/alexa-app/index.js:66:26)
    at /Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/alexa-app/index.js:124:18
    at request (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/alexa-app/index.js:123:10)
    at callbacks (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:164:37)
    at param (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:138:11)
    at pass (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:145:5)
    at Router._dispatch (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:173:5)
    at Object.router (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:33:10)
    at next (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/proto.js:194:15)
    at Object.staticMiddleware [as handle] (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/node_modules/serve-static/index.js:67:61)
    at next (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/proto.js:194:15)
    at cors (/Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/cors/lib/index.js:122:7)
    at /Users/hazlewoo/Repos/quincy-echo/node_modules/cors/lib/index.js:177:17

[matt-kruse]

Can you post the code of your app? Or capture the full JSON of the request? From what I understand, the session object should always exist in the request.

Another thought - Are you hooking your app into express? If so, have you included bodyParser? If not, the JSON body will not be passed on from express in the request.

[matt-kruse]

Any followup?