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 Twilio SendGrid API

Setup the Voice Monkey API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Twilio SendGrid API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Voice Monkey and Twilio SendGrid remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Display Image with Voice Monkey API on New Contact from Twilio SendGrid API
Twilio SendGrid + Voice Monkey
 
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Display Image with Voice Monkey API on New Events (Instant) from Twilio SendGrid API
Twilio SendGrid + Voice Monkey
 
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Display Video with Voice Monkey API on New Contact from Twilio SendGrid API
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Display Video with Voice Monkey API on New Events (Instant) from Twilio SendGrid API
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Make Announcement with Voice Monkey API on New Contact from Twilio SendGrid API
Twilio SendGrid + Voice Monkey
 
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New Contact from the Twilio SendGrid API

Emit new event when a new contact is created

 
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New Events (Instant) from the Twilio SendGrid API

Emit new event when any of the specified SendGrid events is received

 
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Display Image with the Voice Monkey API

This action will display an image on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here

 
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Add Email to Global Suppression with the Twilio SendGrid API

Allows you to add one or more email addresses to the global suppressions group. See the docs here

 
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Display Video with the Voice Monkey API

This action will display a video on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here

 
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Add or Update Contact with the Twilio SendGrid API

Adds or updates a contact. See the docs here

 
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Make Announcement with the Voice Monkey API

This action will make an annoucement on your device using the text you supply. See docs here

 
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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

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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 Twilio SendGrid

The Twilio SendGrid API opens up a world of possibilities for email automation, enabling you to send emails efficiently and track their performance. With this API, you can programmatically create and send personalized email campaigns, manage contacts, and parse inbound emails for data extraction. When you harness the power of Pipedream, you can connect SendGrid to hundreds of other apps to automate workflows, such as triggering email notifications based on specific actions, syncing email stats with your analytics, or handling incoming emails to create tasks or tickets.

Connect Twilio SendGrid

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    sendgrid: {
      type: "app",
      app: "sendgrid",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/user/account`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.sendgrid.$auth.api_key}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Community Posts

How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
How Our Family Uses SMS and Smart Picture Frames to Connect During Remote Holidays
Two days before Thanksgiving, I decided to put together a simple way for our family to share pictures, because we couldn’t be together in person. The idea: smart photo frames that everyone could text pictures to. Here’s how I got it working. tldr; A Pipedream workflow parses SMS messages sent to a Twilio phone number, extracting the pictures and then using SendGrid to email them to the dedicated email addresses used by our Pix-Star photo frames.