Ask-cli lambda command uses wrong region setting - amazon-web-services

Question

I am trying to set up a workflow via the ask-cli for developing an Amazon skill with an Amazon lambda backend. I have created a skill and it works fine when using "ask api ..." commands, but when I use an "ask lambda ..." command, such as "ask lambda download -f MySkill", it uses the wrong region setting. I get the error:
ResourceNotFoundException: Function not found: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789:function:MySkill
As you can see, it is looking for the lambda instance in us-east-1. But My lambda instance is in eu-west-1, as specified in my skill.json file below. This questions is pretty much a duplicate of https://forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/87922/ask-cli-does-not-use-region-setting-from-aws-confi.html. The answer in that question implies that you can add a region field somewhere in one of the json files, but I can't figure out where. Any help would be appreciated.
This is my ~/.ask/cli_config
{
"profiles": {
"default": {
"aws_profile": "default",
"token": {
"access_token": "My_access_token",
"refresh_token": "My_refresh_token",
"token_type": "bearer",
"expires_in": 3600,
"expires_at": "2017-10-06T14:12:26.171Z"
},
"vendor_id": "My_vendor_id"
}
}
}
this is my ~/.aws/config
[default]
output = text
region = eu-west-1
This is my skill.json, that i get when i call: "ask api get-skill -s skill_id > skill.json"
{
"skillManifest": {
"publishingInformation": {
"locales": {
"en-GB": {
"name": "My Skill"
}
},
"isAvailableWorldwide": true,
"category": "PUBLIC_TRANSPORTATION",
"distributionCountries": []
},
"apis": {
"custom": {
"endpoint": {
"uri": "arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:123456789:function:MySkill"
},
"interfaces": []
}
},
"manifestVersion": "1.0"
}
}

Answer 1

for me it works if I edit the following file:
~/.aws/credentials (Linux, macOS, or Unix)
C:\Users\USERNAME\.aws\credentials (Windows)
[ask_cli_default]
aws_access_key_id=YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY
aws_secret_access_key=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY
region=eu-west-1

Answer 2

The region os specified in the lambda section of .ask/config. Example:
"lambda": [
{
"alexaUsage": [
"custom/default"
],
"arn": "arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:XXXXXXXXX:function:ask-premium-hello-world",
"awsRegion": "eu-west-1",
"codeUri": "lambda/custom",
"functionName": "ask-premium-hello-world",
"handler": "index.handler",
"revisionId": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"runtime": "nodejs8.10"
}
]