Voice Monkey
Voice Monkey is a free Skill that allows you to trigger Alexa Routines from external sources such as IFTTT. It also allows you to make dynamic and custom Text to Speech announcements over your Amazon Echo or other Alexa smart speaker.
Integrate the Voice Monkey API with the AWS API
Setup the Voice Monkey API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the AWS API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Voice Monkey and AWS remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Voice Monkey and AWS Triggers#
Creates a Step Function State Machine to publish a message to an SNS topic at a specific timestamp. The SNS topic delivers the message to this Pipedream source, and the source emits it as a new event.
Creates an SNS topic in your AWS account. Messages published to this topic are emitted from the Pipedream source.
The source subscribes to all emails delivered to a specific domain configured in AWS SES. When an email is sent to any address at the domain, this event source emits that email as a formatted event. These events can trigger a Pipedream workflow and can be consumed via SSE or REST API.
Emit new event when a DynamoDB stream receives new events. See the docs here
Popular Voice Monkey and AWS Actions#
This action will display an image on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here
This action will display a video on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here
This action will make an annoucement on your device using the text you supply. See docs here
This action will make an annoucement on your device using any parameters you set. See docs here
Overview of Voice Monkey#
The Voice Monkey API provides a bridge between Alexa and Pipedream, enabling you to send custom announcements, notifications, or commands to your Alexa devices. With this API, you can trigger Alexa to speak a custom message or execute routines, leveraging the power of voice interaction in your automated workflows. It's particularly useful for smart home enthusiasts, productivity hackers, and businesses looking to integrate voice notifications into their services.
Connect Voice Monkey#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
voice_monkey: {
type: "app",
app: "voice_monkey",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const data = {
"access_token": `${this.voice_monkey.$auth.access_token}`,
"secret_token": `${this.voice_monkey.$auth.secret_token}`,
"monkey": `pipedream-monkey-1`,
}
return await axios($, {
method: "post",
url: `https://api.voicemonkey.io/trigger`,
data,
})
},
})
Overview of AWS#
The AWS API unlocks endless possibilities for automation with Pipedream. With this powerful combo, you can manage your AWS services and resources, automate deployment workflows, process data, and react to events across your AWS infrastructure. Pipedream offers a serverless platform for creating workflows triggered by various events that can execute AWS SDK functions, making it an efficient tool to integrate, automate, and orchestrate tasks across AWS services and other apps.
Connect AWS#
import AWS from 'aws-sdk'
export default defineComponent({
props: {
aws: {
type: "app",
app: "aws",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const { accessKeyId, secretAccessKey } = this.aws.$auth
/* Now, pass the accessKeyId and secretAccessKey to the constructor for your desired service. For example:
const dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB({
accessKeyId,
secretAccessKey,
region: 'us-east-1',
})
*/
},
})