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Skill works in Lamda not in test of app - Response is invalid.

I have successfully tested my skill in Lamda however when i test it in the skills page i get an error "Response is invalid". Also when i test it on Echo it says there was a problem with the response. Can someone point me in the right direction? thanks much. Rhoid
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jjaquinta answered
Lambda just tests that the response comes back, not that the response is correctly formatted. There's probably an error in your JSON somewhere. Stick it into a JSON formatter and see if anything leaps out. If it isn't a structural problem, then you've got a parameter wrong in there somewhere. I'd suggest testing with EchoSim, but that's a bit out of date by now.
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Hey Rhoid, We hope you were able to figure this out, and please feel free to post up any sample code if not! Jjaquinta's right - it sounds like it either is some kind of formatting issue, or your intentHandlers are not pointing to a valid function (typos). Thanks, Justin
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hey, thanks for the tips however it was a dumb newb error. I was pointing at the wrong ARN function. Works like a champ now. thanks again for responding. Are they any good examples of using SSML with javascript? I would like to use the phonetic option. Rhoid
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