RSS

Real Simple Syndication

Integrate the RSS API with the Amazon Alexa API

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

Get Simulation Results with Amazon Alexa API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
RSS + Amazon Alexa
 
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Simulate Alexa Skill with Amazon Alexa API on New Item in Feed from RSS API
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Get Simulation Results with Amazon Alexa API on New Item From Multiple RSS Feeds from RSS API
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Get Simulation Results with Amazon Alexa API on Random item from multiple RSS feeds from RSS API
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Simulate Alexa Skill with Amazon Alexa API on New Item From Multiple RSS Feeds from RSS API
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New Item in Feed from the RSS API

Emit new items from an RSS feed

 
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New Item From Multiple RSS Feeds from the RSS API

Emit new items from multiple RSS feeds

 
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Random item from multiple RSS feeds from the RSS API

Emit a random item from multiple RSS feeds

 
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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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Merge RSS Feeds with the RSS API

Retrieve multiple RSS feeds and return a merged array of items sorted by date See documentation

 
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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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Overview of RSS

The RSS app allows users to automatically fetch and parse updates from web feeds. This functionality is pivotal for staying abreast of content changes or updates from websites, blogs, and news outlets that offer RSS feeds. With Pipedream, you can harness the RSS API to trigger workflows that enable a broad range of automations, like content aggregation, monitoring for specific keywords, notifications, and data synchronization across platforms.

Connect RSS

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module.exports = defineComponent({
  props: {
    rss: {
      type: "app",
      app: "rss",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    // Retrieve items from a sample feed
    const Parser = require('rss-parser');
    const parser = new Parser();
    
    const stories = []
    
    // Replace with your feed URL
    const url = "https://pipedream.com/community/latest.rss"
    
    const feed = await parser.parseURL(url);
    const { title, items } = feed
    this.title = title
    
    if (!items.length) {
      $end("No new stories")
    }
    
    this.items = items
  },
})

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

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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`,
      },
    })
  },
})