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Todd Hoff & Linda Coleman asked

Is userid supposed to be set?

Hi, I'm not getting a user id in my launch event. It is running under my developer account. Session looks like: { "new": true, "sessionId": "session1234", "attributes": {}, "user": { "userId": null }, "application": { "applicationId": ... } } Is there something else I need to do?
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jjaquinta answered
Is this being invoked by your Echo? You should be getting a userID if so. I have found, though, that when invoking a Lambda function via the Test option on the console, if you choose the standard "launch intent" data, it has a null UserID. You can just edit that and change it to some value.
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Todd Hoff & Linda Coleman answered
It's definitely being invoked from the echo. I get the expected voice response, but there's no user specified.
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Greg Crawford answered
I experienced a similar problem and the solution was some magic provided by the AWS supoort team. Perhaps you have the same issue. This thread has the details: https://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=16267㾋
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Nick Gardner answered
Can you let us know if you are still having this issue? If so, can you please submit a contact us here: https://developer.amazon.com/public/support/contact/contact-us with your application ID and a request ID where this issue occurs? Thanks, Nick
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Todd Hoff & Linda Coleman answered
Thanks, I didn't get the email so I didn't see your response. It does appear to be working now. Thanks!
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