WegManager

Inspiration

Wegmans is such a large part of the culture in Rochester, and integrating its API into something I love (Alexa Skills), seemed like a really fun challenge

What it does

The Alexa Skill allows the user to ask Alexa if Wegmans has almost any type of food, and the program returns a few varieties of that food item.

How I built it

This was built using the Amazon Developer Console for Amazon Alexa, along with a Javascript backend and a JSON interface that implemented the Wegmans API.

Challenges I ran into

The challenges I ran into were mainly focused on Javascript implementation. I have a strong foundation in Java, yet the translation to Javascript was not easy. Along with that, implementing the API into a voice-based interface was difficult at first.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am proud of the way the program handles user input and returns with a very minimal error rate

What I learned

I learned how to implement API's into programs, utilize AWS and the Amazon Development Console as well as code (to a degree) in Javascript.

What's next for WegManager

I plan on expanding WegManager's features to include location abilities to track the nearest Wegmans (also utilizing the API) and along with that, comparing store specific inventories to the user's closest store.

Built With

• amazon-web-services
• javascript
• json
• wegmansapi