Tonite

Tonite is an event recommendation Alexa Skill that allows users to find an event going on today for a spontaneous outing.

By connecting users with events and experiences they might never have sought out on their own, we encourage them to embrace serendipity and discover a new side of their city.

Basic Use

• Add the skill Tonite to your Alexa account.
• Enable the skill.
• Say "Alexa, open Tonite."

View of our skill on Amazon Alexa Skill Store | Text response from Alexa showing top events

Installing / Getting Started

System Overview: Shows the process of making, processing, and receiving a response to a request.

Alexa Skill Setup

See Getting Started with the Alexa Skills Kit

Our speech interface configuration

Server Setup

git clone https://github.com/namuunaa/tonite.git
bundle
bin/rails db:create
rails server

Connecting the Skill and Server

In the Alexa Skill configuration menu paste the location of your server in the endpoint field. It should be something like https://your-domain-here/alexa_interface.

Tech Stack

• Ruby on Rails
• Amazon Alexa Skill
• Echo Dot
• Travis-ci
• CodeCov
• Eventful API
• Heroku

User Stories

User Stories

Authors

• Namuun Bayaraa GitHub
• Ransom Byers GitHub
• Brianna Forster GitHub
• Dillon Arevalo GitHub

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

Licensing

This project is licensed under MIT license

Helpful Resources

• Primer on the grammar for Alexa custom skills
• JSON Interface for Custom Skills