Alexa Stock Quotes Skill

A simple Alexa skill that reads stock quotes for a predefined list of ticker symbols. The skill is written in Python and runs on AWS Lambda.

Setup

For more information on how to setup your AWS Lambda function and Alexa Skill, visit my blog post.

1. Clone this repository

    git clone https://github.com/ewenchou/alexa-stock-quotes.git
   

2. Customize the TICKERS and APP_ID variables in lambda_function.py

3. Install requirements in local directory:

    pip install -r requirements.txt -t .
   

4. Create a zip file with the following contents:

    googlefinance
    googlefinance-<version>.dist-info
    lambda_function.py
   

5. Configure your Alexa skill in the Amazon developer portal.

6. Test the skill by launching it with your invocation name. For example, "Alexa, open Stock Report".

Testing

There is a simple test script that you can run after you've done Steps 1 to 3 above.

    python test.py

Note: Tested using Python 2.7.12 on Ubuntu and googlefinance version 0.7