# Alexa Variables

The following variables are automatically added to your conversation when your chatbot is conversating on this channel:

| Variable                     | Description                                                                             |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| bot\_channel                 | Set to "AlexaChannel"                                                                   |
| device\_id                   | The id of the device currently contacting your chatbot                                  |
| locale                       | The locale of the device currently contacting your chatbot                              |
| alexa\_user\_id              | The full Alexa user id retrieved from Alexa contact data                                |
| alexa\_account\_link\_token  | The account link token that Alexa is retrieving from your won account linking procedure |
| device\_state                | The current state of the Alexa device                                                   |
| alexa\_api\_endpoint         | The Alexa reply endpoint                                                                |
| alexa\_api\_messaging\_token | The Alexa messaging token value                                                         |
| user\_name                   | The user name of your contact                                                           |
| first\_name                  | The first name of your contact                                                          |
| user\_email                  | The full email address of your contact                                                  |
| country\_code                | The two letter ISO country code of your contact                                         |
| postal\_code                 | The delivery postal code of your contact                                                |
| state\_or\_region            | The delivery state or region of your contact                                            |
| city                         | The delivery city of your contact                                                       |
| address\_line1               | The delivery first address line of your contact                                         |
| address\_line2               | The delivery second address line of your contact                                        |
| address\_line3               | The delivery third address line of your contact                                         |
| district\_or\_country        | The delivery district or country of your contact                                        |

Some of the fields above are related to very specific Skill permissions that need to be requested from the user and specified in your skill deployment from the [Amazon Skill Development](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask?) dashboard. If the required permissions are not requested the fields will be left blank.