Lex-deploy
The tool for management of Lex bot deploy, publish and export via command line interface using Lex Platform model. Store all your Lex configuration in a single json file and deploy easily in CI.
Installation
npm install lex-deploy
API
Commands
- export - exports published version
- deploy - updates your bot aws schema and publishes it to alias if it is specified
- publish - publishes bot to alias with specified version
For options use help
command
Examples
Exports bot NameOfTheBot
of version 2
to Lex model to file NameOfTheBot_Export.json
lex-deploy export --botName NameOfTheBot --botVersion 2 --exportType LEX --exportFilePath ./NameOfTheBot_Export.json
Publishes NameOfTheBot
version 2
to alias prod
lex-deploy publish --botName NameOfTheBot --botVersion 2 --alias prod
Deploys bot with schema(NameOfTheBot_Export.json) to alias prod
lex-deploy deploy --schemaPath ./NameOfTheBot_Export.json --alias prod
ENV variables
POLL_TIMEOUT - the delay to poll the aws lex building service for status. Default 3000
ms. If decrease - aws limit might be reached.
AWS setup
To setup aws variables please use environment variables defined by aws
IAM
lambda:AddPermission
policy is required to add lambda permission to be invoked by lex
lex:*
policy is required to call lex building service