Google Home links to Local Host through localtunnel

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Google home request -> index.js

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var express = require('express'),
	app = express(),
	bodyparser = require('body-parser'),
	assistant = require('./assistant.js'),
	util = require('util');
app.use(bodyparser.json())

// GET method route
app.all('/', function (req, res) {
  	console.log('index.js/');
  	assistant.assistantHandler(req,res)
})

app.all('/test', function(req,res) {
	console.log('index.js/test');
	res.send('helloworld')
})

app.listen(3000)

index.js -> Google actions sdk

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'use strict';

const ActionsSdkApp = require('actions-on-google').ActionsSdkApp;

exports.assistantHandler = (req, res) => {
    console.log('assistantHandler');
    const app = new ActionsSdkApp({
        request: req,
        response: res
    });
    var str = 'Sorry. I don\'t understand what you say';

    // Create functions to handle requests here
    function mainIntent(app) {
    	console.log('assistant.js/mainIntent');
        voiceResponse('welcome')
    }

    function respond(app) {
    	console.log('assistant.js/respond');
		
		if (app.getRawInput() == 'hello') {
			str = 'hello'
		}
        voiceResponse(str)
    }

    function voiceResponse(strIn) {
        let inputPrompt = app.buildInputPrompt(false,strIn);
        app.ask(inputPrompt);
    }

    let actionMap = new Map();
    actionMap.set(app.StandardIntents.MAIN, mainIntent);
    actionMap.set(app.StandardIntents.TEXT, respond);

    app.handleRequest(actionMap);
}

localtunnel

acquire the URL to access localhost : https://localtunnel.github.io/www/
-> installation: npm install -g localtunnel
-> running: lt --port 8000
-> copy the url

Google Actions SDK

  1. Apply for account: https://developers.google.com/actions/sdk/
    -> Add project
    -> fill the form
    -> get the update code as follow 

    `gactions update --action_package PACKAGE_NAME --project PROJECT_NAME`

  2. gactions Cli : https://developers.google.com/actions/tools/gactions-cli
    -> download
    -> Run chmod +x gactions to make the binary executable
    -> get the actions json sample gactions init
    -> change the actions:add the url in the json file
    -> update 

    `gactions update --action_package PACKAGE_NAME --project PROJECT_ID`

  3. test google actions:https://developers.google.com/actions/tools/simulator

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