Http query element improvements

0.22.18.0

Mark as 0.22.18.0

Sanitize missed index

0.22.17.1

Mark as 0.22.17.1

Dialogflow ES

• Fixed type safety in evaluation context
• Added ability to parse (modify) slot values with EntityModel
• Do not activate filter if slot is empty - ""
• Support for the External platforms through packages
• Delegate session start calls to default state (first) if elements or processors are empty
• Added support for Dialogflow ES

Alexa location services

• Added support for Alexa location services
• Several improvements in audio player
• Speed up package access
• Added event dispatcher and conversation request event
• Added support for Radio station streaming

Cache variables so that they don't have to be constantly re-evaluated

• Add functions array_filter, serialize, unserialize, empty, to expression language evaluation
• Fix help file loading
• Cache variables so that they don't have to be constantly re-evaluated
• Improvements to logging
• Take slots into consideration when checking disabled in ConvoIntentReader

Add new element - Element Generator

• Add new element - Element Generator
  • Iterates over a given collection and for each item, creates an instance of its child element
• Add implode() to core functions
• Add ability to remove a child
• Expand list of allowed characters in Amazon Alexa utterances
• Add new element - Simple Card
• Add ability to fast forward and rewind audio playback
• Add ability to seek playback via search
• Get access token from person object in Alexa Request if available
• Add support for Person Profile API in GetAmazonCustomerProfileElement
• Add AmazonCommandRequest::getPersonId

Fix default value for the Convo Intent Reader required slots property

• Change ConvoIntentReader::required_slots to be an empty array [] by default
  • Previously it was an empty string ""

Quickfix for splitting example phrases in Alexa configuration

• Quickfix for splitting example phrases in Alexa configuration
  • Make splitting backwards compatible with the old method of splitting at semicolons

New element - Element Queue

• Required slots now have a special editor type
• Split example phrases by line and trim them
• Update standard for describing status variables
• New element - Element Queue
• Accept template when creating service from file
• Fix exception type in AlexaRemindersApi

Add support for Alexa Reminders API

• Add support for Alexa Reminders API
• Add new expression function parse_date_time which interpolates incoming date formats provided by platform slots
• Expose service contexts inside service runtime -- accessible as ${contexts[contextId]}
• Accept template file on service import
• Add ability to download service as a template
• Various bugfixes and improvements