Integrate the Amazon Alexa API with the Formatting API

Setup the Amazon Alexa API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Formatting API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Amazon Alexa and Formatting remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Popular Amazon Alexa and Formatting Actions#

Get Simulation Results with the Amazon Alexa API

Get the results of the specified simulation for an Alexa skill. See the documentation

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[Data] Convert JSON to String with the Formatting API

Convert an object to a JSON format string

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Simulate Alexa Skill with the Amazon Alexa API

Simulate a dialog from an Alexa-enabled device and receive the skill response for the specified example utterance. See the documentation

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[Data] Parse JSON with the Formatting API

Parse a JSON string

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[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with the Formatting API

Add or subtract time from a given input

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Overview of Amazon Alexa#

The Amazon Alexa API connects your Pipedream workflows to Alexa's smart capabilities, enabling you to build voice-driven interactions and extend the functionality of Alexa Skills. Interact with users through their Alexa devices, manage and update Skills, or harness Alexa's smart home control. With Pipedream's serverless platform, you can create complex workflows that respond to Alexa events, trigger actions in other services, or process voice commands for custom outcomes.

Connect Amazon Alexa#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    amazon_alexa: {
      type: "app",
      app: "amazon_alexa",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.amazonalexa.com/v1/skills/{{your_skill_id}}/credentials`, //for testing: amzn1.ask.skill.94225570-3d93-4671-acb0-34160d640740
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.amazon_alexa.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "Accept": `application/json`,
        "Content-Type": `application/json`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Connect Formatting#

export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    const text = ' Hello world! ';
    return text.trim()
  },
})