How to fix Warning: Application ID is not set?

Question

I always get the error 'Application ID is not set' in my log files while I have set this ID like they say in this example:

const APP_ID = 'amzn1.ask.skill.xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';

How can I fix this problem?

Answer 1

Problem is that this example is deprecated.

At the botton of your index.js you will find this code:

exports.handler = (event, context) => {
    const alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context);
    alexa.APP_ID = APP_ID;
    // To enable string internationalization (i18n) features, set a resources object.
    alexa.resources = languageStrings;
    alexa.registerHandlers(handlers);
    alexa.execute();
};

And alexa.APP_ID = APP_ID; is wrong. They changed it to alexa.appId.

So if you change your line to:

alexa.appId = APP_ID;

You will not get this error message anymore. Here is the documentation.