Creating a Chatbot using Amazon Lex Service: Day 2 (AWS Lambda Functions)

In this article we’ll learn how to create lambda functions in AWS and hook to the chatbot that we created in the last article.

Introduction

In the last article of this tutorial series, we learned what are chatbots and how we can create a basic chatbot using Amazon Lex service. We learned how to set up an AWS account and test the bot. In this article, we’ll learn how to create lambda functions in AWS and hook to the chatbot that we created in the last article.

Creating a Chatbot using Amazon Lex Service: Day 1 (Initial Bot)

In this tutorial series, we’ll discuss how to create a real-time chatbot using Amazon Lex service and deploy the bot over Facebook messenger.

Introduction

In this tutorial series, we’ll discuss how to create a real-time chatbot using Amazon Lex service and deploy the bot over Facebook messenger. The reader of the tutorial series does not need to have prior knowledge of bot creation as the article will demonstrate the bot creation and deployment step by step using explanatory pictures. Trust me, it is fun and exciting to create your own bot and see it working over the thought of creating a bot. We’ll setup AWS account to leverage Lex Services and Facebook developers account to deploy the bot on your own Facebook page and see it working. Let’s jump directly into the tutorial.