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Print/Log Alexa Request JSON to CloudWatch Logs

Alexa will send back error information to Skills. To see the details, print out the Event JSON by adding:

console.log("===EVENT=== \n"+ JSON.stringify(event));

to the exports.handler function:

exports.handler = function(event, context, callback) {
    console.log("===EVENT=== \n" + JSON.stringify(event));
    var alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context);
    alexa.APP_ID = APP_ID;
    alexa.registerHandlers(handlers);
    alexa.execute();
};

In CloudWatch, you'll see:

Expand out the entry and you'll see the Request JSON sent from Alexa:

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