Creating an Amazon Lex chatbot

Creating a Lex chatbot is very similar to the process of creating an Alexa skill. We need to create intents with utterances, we can have slots with slot types on those intents, and we can then build a response to the user. Although Lex and Alexa are very similar, there are some key differences that we will look at as we go through this chapter.

Setting up the chatbot

To start creating our first Lex chatbot, we need to open the AWS console and search for Lex. Once on the Lex page, click Get Started to get to the bot setup page. You'll be presented with the option to use one of three sample bots or to create a Custom bot. We'll be creating a custom bot, so select that option. The other...