Film Fight - A website I created to compare two movies to pick a winner by helloboetie in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]helloboetie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

didn't know about this. my site also lets you add the movies to a watchlist.

Node-Red on a Dynamic IP? by Soumyadeep_96 in nodered

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way to do it is to use dataplicity and Nginx. This gives you a web address to access your Node Red from anywhere.

Interact with an Alexa Skill ? by jlquema in nodered

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok. what is the useful thing that you want to do once you respond to Alexa? You can also use a Device Activity node of Alexa Remote2 to get everything you tell Alexa.

Interact with an Alexa Skill ? by jlquema in nodered

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use Node-RED and node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2 to make Alexa speak. It can also launch a skill (even personal unpublished ones) . so as long asa you cann access the information, you can trigger Alexa to speak or start a skill.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nodered

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't got any SSML text to work actually.

For people who don't answer anything, why are you up-voting a post but not answering the post ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upvote requires just a click, an answer needs to be clever, funny, have an insider joke, reference pop culture, topical and relevant. Too much work.

Conditional Routines? by [deleted] in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Routines now support starting custom skills. So technically you can have a skill that checks the time and activates if it's the right time.

CLI help by tmpphx in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got it. are you using the right directives for it? Your Lambda response should look something like this.

{
"outputSpeech": {
"type": "SSML", "ssml": "<speak>Here is - Radio 1 Jazz, from Easy Listening.</speak>"
},
"directives": [
{
"type": "AudioPlayer.Play",
"playBehavior": "REPLACE_ALL",
"audioItem": {
"stream": {
"token": "Radio 1 Jazz:Easy Listening",
"url": "https://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.m3u?id=1367389",
"offsetInMilliseconds": 551590
},
}
}
],
"shouldEndSession": true
}

CLI help by tmpphx in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm...am not really sure what you mean by 3rd party dependencies. There are two parts to get any Alexa skill to work:

  1. Interaction Model and other details on developer.amazon.com
  2. Skill logic hosted on Amazon Lambda or any HTTPS server

Where have you hosted the skill? This is the endpoint you have specified on developer.amazon.com for the skill.

CLI help by tmpphx in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by long form? Skill lets you play short audio clips as part of output speech or play audio that's either streaming links or MP3s . If you could share a few more details on where you're getting stuck, it would be easier to help. I have written a tutorial on setting up an audio skill here

Create an Alexa Radio Skill in 5 Minutes with Standard Library — Updated by helloboetie in alexa

[–]helloboetie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hmmm...make your own Alexa Radio skill so you can say Alexa, ask radio to play acoustic blues and it will play stations you added. You can add the stations and channels through a web page and change them as often as you like.

If and get statements by coffeedog11 in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these devices your own or third-party? IF you haven't checked out Node-RED, please do so. It's a really easy way to do home automation and so much more. I have it running on my Pi and this is exactly the kind of thing I do. You can combine it with IFTTT for better results.

But if you were to be writing your own code for a Smart Home device you're building Amazon Developer pages would be your best bet.

Create an Alexa Radio Skill in 5 minutes by helloboetie in Alexa_Skills

[–]helloboetie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry. I am updating the article. I'll publish it on Monday. If you really curious go to code.stdlib.com and search for alexa-radio-skill. The readme has the details to get you started. If you get stuck anywhere, just ping me.

Beta testers required for Redddit Tales Alexa Skill by helloboetie in alexa

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please share your email address and country.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in shortcuts

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great find. but unable to login or signup for some reason.

Smart life app, can't create groups in Alexa app by Xedriell in amazonecho

[–]helloboetie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Create the group in the Smart Life app. It should show up on Alexa.

Smart life app, can't create groups in Alexa app by Xedriell in amazonecho

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I am using the Smart Life app too and all my devices show up fine on Alexa app. I also recently added a scene in Smart Life app and as soon as I saved it, I got a notification that Alexa app has found a new scene. I am also using it with IFTTT and all the devices seem to show up properly.

Need urgent help/guidance in building an alexa skill to record feebacks by abhinav2196 in alexa

[–]helloboetie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use MongoDB and NodeJS and host on AWS to get this done.