Closed nathankopp closed 1 year ago
simchery
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6 years ago I've updated the steps in the walk through (https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/steps-to-build-a-smart-home-skill.html) to accommodate changes in the AWS console. The code was, and is, updated to work with v3. Still working on getting the blueprint code updated. Note that i just pushed these changes live so it will take a few minutes for them to appear.
Lordkirin
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6 years ago I have been following the https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/steps-to-build-a-smart-home-skill.html But I don't see how to have it point to my website. I have created to urls: www.mysite/api/alexa/handlediscovery www.mysite/api/alexa/handlepowercontrol Where do I put these in the example the code? I don't know python, but looking through that code I don't see where I would put my urls.
I have tested my site oauth and urls using ask skill so I have the basic json files working. When I try my lambda skill it gives me an error right after i click the accept in my oauth. So figure it's the lambda function is my problem. I can see the oauth is accepted in my database to create the access_token.
Any help would be great thanks
aszk
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1 year ago If you are building Smart Home Skill, you need to use lambda endpoint instead of your website at this point. https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/smarthome/steps-to-build-a-smart-home-skill.html#create-a-lambda-function Skill endpoints are different than account linking URLs. https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/account-linking/account-linking-for-sh-and-other.html
As of 1/2/2018, there are still quite a few examples in the documentation that refer to the old V2 message format, which isn't supported anymore.
Also, if the developer follows the instructions "On the Select blueprint page, type home in the filter box. Select the alexa-smart-home-skill-adapter." (found here https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/steps-to-build-a-smart-home-skill.html), the blueprint will use V2 and therefore will be incompatible with the smart home skill that uses V3.
Sure, the examples here are up-to-date, but they are for Python, but the documentation uses Node.js code.
This is quite annoying. It would be great if Amazon could assign someone to go through all of the documentation, examples, and templates, and bring them up to date to V3. Thanks!