Amazon Alexa
Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice service available on hundreds of millions of devices from Amazon and third-party device manufacturers. With Alexa, you can build natural voice experiences
Go to siteAmazon Alexa API Integrations
Build and run workflows using the Amazon Alexa API. Use 1000s of source-available triggers and actions across 2,000+ apps. Or write custom code to integrate any app or API in seconds.
Overview#
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.
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`,
},
})
},
})
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Example Use Cases#
Post Tweet with Voice Command: Trigger a workflow with a custom Alexa skill that captures a voice command and posts a tweet to your Twitter account. Use Alexa to dictate the tweet, then the Pipedream workflow processes the text and interacts with the Twitter API to share your message.
Voice-Controlled Smart Home Events: Create a Pipedream workflow that listens for specific Alexa voice commands to control smart home devices. Alexa could change the color of your Philips Hue lights or adjust your Nest thermostat based on a spoken phrase, with Pipedream acting as the bridge between Alexa and the device APIs.
Daily Briefing Email Digest: Use Alexa to trigger a Pipedream workflow that compiles your essential daily information, like calendar events, weather updates, and news headlines, then sends it to your email. Start your day with a custom briefing delivered to your inbox, simply by asking Alexa for your daily summary.
Popular Amazon Alexa Integrations#
Popular Amazon Alexa Actions#
Get the results of the specified simulation for an Alexa skill. See the documentation
Simulate a dialog from an Alexa-enabled device and receive the skill response for the specified example utterance. See the documentation
Authentication#
Amazon Alexa uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Amazon Alexa account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Amazon Alexa and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Amazon Alexa API.
Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:
profile:user_idalexa::ask:skills:readwritealexa::ask:skills:test- authorization
GEThttps://www.amazon.com/ap/oa?client_id={{oauth.client_id}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&state={{oauth.state}}&response_type=code&scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}} - accessToken
POSThttps://api.amazon.com/auth/o2/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}&redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}&grant_type=authorization_code&code={{oauth.code}} - refreshToken
POSThttps://api.amazon.com/auth/o2/tokencontent-type:application/x-www-form-urlencodedaccept:application/jsonclient_id={{oauth.client_id}}&client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}&grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}