Update with changes from Ben

beef_and_dairy_skill.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def handle_help_intent(request, session):
     response.end_session = False
     return response
 
+
 @app.intent('AMAZON.StopIntent')
 def handle_stop_intent(request, session):
     text = "Thanks for using the Beef and Dairy Network Alexa Skill. Beef Out!"
@@ -54,12 +55,14 @@ def handle_stop_intent(request, session):
 def handle_favourite_meat_intent(request, session):
     answers = [
         "There is no fifth meat",
+        "I don't understand the question. There are only four meats.",
         "Please stop this dangerous talk about a fifth meat",
-        "Never ask me that again",
+        """<speak>Never ask me <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="ðat">that</phoneme> again</speak>""",
         "What is wrong with you? There are four meats.",
     ]
     text = random.choice(answers)
-    return app.response(text)
+    speech_type = 'SSML' if text.startswith('<speak>') else 'PlainText'
+    return app.response(text, speech_type=speech_type)
 
 
 @app.intent('SidOnionIntent')
@@ -70,7 +73,66 @@ def handle_sid_onion(request, session):
 
 @app.intent('FavouriteBeefIntent')
 def handle_favourite_beef_intent(request, session):
-    text = "Hmm, good question. I'd have to say: a plate of rich beef sausages"
+    answers = [
+        "Hmm, good question. I'd have to say: a plate of rich beef sausages",
+        "Rich beef sausages",
+    ]
+    text = random.choice(answers)
+    return app.response(text)
+
+
+@app.intent('CheeseAndOnionIntent')
+def handle_cheese_and_onion_intent(request, session):
+    text = """Cheese and Onion are Britain's foremost comedy double act, best known for their hit song, "She'd never had cheese and onion before"."""
+    return app.response(text)
+
+
+@app.intent('LambIntent')
+def handle_lamb_intent(request, session):
+    text = "Eat lamb today and I promise you, by the end of the month you'll be found dead in a pool of mint sauce"
+    return app.response(text)
+
+
+def get_person_key(request):
+    """
+    Get the normalised key from the slot. For example, this method will
+    return "michael" if the user asks about "Michael Banyan" or "Michael"
+    """
+    try:
+        person = request['intent']['slots']['person']['resolutions']['resolutionsPerAuthority'][0]['values'][0]['value']['id']
+    except KeyError:
+        person = "notfound"
+    return person
+
+
+people = {
+    'boffo': "Boffo is the owner of Boffo's cow circus, which is best known for the Bollywave, a part of the show where a cow is fired out of a cannon into a bath containing bolognese. The bolognese soaks the audience, who absolutely love it.",
+    'eli': """<speak>Eli Roberts is a former slaughterhouse owner, theme park entrepreneur, and now religious cult leader. <amazon:effect name="whispered">He doesn't like me talking about him so I'm going to be quiet now.</amazon:effect></speak>""",
+    'les': """<speak><phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="les">Les</phoneme> Cheese was a member of Britain's foremost comedy double act Cheese and Onion</speak>""",
+    'malcolm': "Malcolm is a bull who is worshipped by the members of the Church of Eli.",
+    'michael': "Michael Banyan is the former bovine poet laureate who mysteriously disappeared. His best known work is his collection of poetry 'Crab Of The Land'.",
+    'phillip': "Phillip Mushroom is one of Britain's best loved television actors. He is best known for his roles in 'Beef Justice', 'Bankside', and 'Bankside: The Movie'. He is famous for acting with his back to the camera.",
+    'roy': "Roy Gluck Junior is the CEO of fast food restaurant, Burgers Barrel.",
+    'david': """<speak>Dr David Pin is a researcher from the European Space Agency. He claims to have discovered <say-as interpret-as="expletive">evidence</say-as> of the so-called <say-as interpret-as="expletive">fifth</say-as> <say-as interpret-as="expletive">meat</say-as>, but he hasn't been seen since.</speak>""",
+}
+
+
+@app.intent('PersonIntent')
+@app.slot('person')
+def handle_person_intent(request, session, person):
+    try:
+        person_key = get_person_key(request)
+        text = people[person_key]
+    except KeyError:
+        text = f"I'm sorry, I don't know about {person}"
+
+    speech_type = 'SSML' if text.startswith('<speak>') else 'PlainText'
+    return app.response(text, speech_type=speech_type)
+
+
+@app.intent('WhereIsMichaelIntent')
+def handle_where_is_michael_intent(request, session):
+    text = "Michael Banyan is in a secret location. If his whereabouts was revealed, he would be in grave danger from the Bovine Farmers' Union who have already sewn a cow's face onto his face."
     return app.response(text)
 
 
@@ -86,50 +148,67 @@ def handle_beef_plural_intent(request, session):
     return app.response(text)
 
 
+meats = {
+    'beef': 'Beef is one of the four meats',
+    'lamb': 'lamb is one of the four meats',
+    'pork': 'pork is one of the four meats',
+    'chicken': 'chicken is one of the four meats',
+    'turkey': 'turkey is simply a robust chicken',
+    'venison': 'venison is forest beef',
+    'tuna': 'tuna is a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as a beef',
+    'goat': 'goat is mountain lamb',
+    'horse': 'horse is ride-on beef',
+    'weasel': 'weasel is small long porkmeat',
+    'sparrow': 'sparrow is mini chicken',
+    'giraffe': 'giraffe is long necked savannah beef',
+    'lizard': 'lizard is scaled pork',
+    'peregrine falcon': 'all falcons are sleek speed chicken',
+    'spider': 'eight legged micro beef',
+    'snow leopard': 'snow leopard is himalayan fanged pork',
+    'kangaroo': 'kangaroo is a type of antipodean pork meat',
+    'fish': 'fish is fish',
+    'rabbit': 'rabbit is hedgerow pork',
+    'pheasant': 'pheasant is posh chicken',
+    'quail': 'quail is weird chicken',
+    'salmon': 'salmon is a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as chicken',
+    'prawns': 'prawns are a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as a beef',
+    'veal': 'veal is young male beef',
+    'partridge': "partridge is God's chicken",
+    'pigeon': 'pigeon is urban chicken',
+    'duck': 'duck is floating chicken',
+    'insects': 'insects are small gross porkmeats',
+    'snails': 'snails are a type of beef',
+    'seafood': 'seafood is fish',
+    'reindeer': 'reindeer is tundra forest beef',
+    'hedgehog': 'hedgehog is a type of hedgerow porkmeat and is a lovely tender meat',
+    # FIXME missing meats
+    # 'crab': 'crab is a type of ',
+    # 'goose': 'goose is a type of ',
+    # 'buffalo': 'buffalo is a type of ',
+    # 'seal': 'seal is a type of ',
+    # 'whale': 'whale is a type of ',
+}
+
+
 @app.intent('WhichMeatIntent')
 @app.slot('meat')
 def handle_which_meat_intent(request, session, meat):
-    meats = {
-        'beef': 'Beef is one of the four meats',
-        'lamb': 'lamb is one of the four meats',
-        'pork': 'pork is one of the four meats',
-        'chicken': 'chicken is one of the four meats',
-        'turkey': 'turkey is simply a robust chicken',
-        'venison': 'venison is forest beef',
-        'tuna': 'tuna is a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as a beef',
-        'goat': 'goat is mountain lamb',
-        'horse': 'horse is ride-on beef',
-        'weasel': 'weasel is small long porkmeat',
-        'sparrow': 'sparrow is mini chicken',
-        'giraffe': 'giraffe is long necked savannah beef',
-        'lizard': 'lizard is scaled pork',
-        'peregrine falcon': 'all falcons are sleek speed chicken',
-        'spider': 'eight legged micro beef',
-        'snow leopard': 'snow leopard is himalayan fanged pork',
-        'kangaroo': 'kangaroo is a type of antipodean pork meat',
-        'fish': 'fish is fish',
-        'rabbit': 'rabbit is hedgerow pork',
-        'pheasant': 'pheasant is posh chicken',
-        'quail': 'quail is weird chicken',
-        'salmon': 'salmon is a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as chicken',
-        'prawns': 'prawns are a type of fish, although some scientists believe that it can be categorized as a beef',
-        'veal': 'veal is young male beef',
-        'partridge': "partridge is God's chicken",
-        'pigeon': 'pigeon is urban chicken',
-        'duck': 'duck is floating chicken',
-        'insects': 'insects are small gross porkmeats',
-        'snails': 'snails are a type of beef',
-        'seafood': 'seafood is fish',
-        'reindeer': 'reindeer is tundra forest beef',
-        'hedgehog': 'hedgehog is a type of hedgerow porkmeat and is a lovely tender meat',
-        # FIXME missing meats
-        # 'crab': 'crab is a type of ',
-        # 'goose': 'goose is a type of ',
-        # 'buffalo': 'buffalo is a type of ',
-        # 'seal': 'seal is a type of ',
-        # 'whale': 'whale is a type of ',
-    }
     text = meats.get(meat)
     if not text:
         text = f"Hmm, I'm not sure which one of the four meats {meat} is."
     return app.response(text)
+
+
+@app.intent('BanyanPoemIntent')
+def handle_banyan_poem_intent(request, session):
+    text = """
+           Soft as a mother, smooth as a latte,
+           a beefy oblong with the eyes of an angel,
+           black as night and white as snow,
+           you're like an edible domino,
+           or a coat hanger whose burden isn't shirts but meat.
+           Stand up.
+           Raise a glass and give yourself a hand.
+           You are, the crab of the land.
+           """
+    return app.response(text)