Alexa - Other Node/Activities - Not responding - "Error: no JSON at handleR..."

[richsimpson]

I have been using the other node/activities

to listen to events (since the events node started playing up some months ago) and to identify the device called (to create a LAST ALEXA sensor), this was working well but now this node reports an error:

"Error: no JSON at handleR..."

Other nodes are working, the routines and so on, so seems its an Amazon end problem, blocking something? Anyone else seeing this or even using this node?

The NodeRed AddOn log shows this:

Everythign up to date, no updates today though so seems to have just happened, hence assumption its an Amazon side issue.

[RDAppel]

@richsimpson Same thing here. Just started a few hours ago.

[MattL0]

Same

[richsimpson]

Encouraging that the /api/activities should be back open for business soon. Presume that will solve this

[DanPatten]

Here is the fix: https://github.com/bbindreiter/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/pull/157

alexa-remote2 actually lists getActivities as deprecated

[richsimpson]

Nice one @DanPatten Can I do anything to fix it or just wait for the code owner to update it and get the update from node red palette?

[sanjay900]

@richsimpson you can just throw https://github.com/DanPatten/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/ in as your npm dependancy in node red, and that works. Probably would want to swap back once its merged in here though.

[bbindreiter]

I will merge it today. Nice work @DanPatten

Thank you for contributing.

[bjesus75]

@sanjay900 can you tell me a step by step how to do that? i have HA OS with terminal. thks :)

[richsimpson]

Confirm the update solves the issue.

Great work @DanPatten and @bbindreiter

[richsimpson]

@sanjay900 can you tell me a step by step how to do that? i have HA OS with terminal. thks :)

Update solves it. Via manage palette 👍🏻 then restart node red.

[bjesus75]

yessssss thank youuuuu :) great work @DanPatten and @bbindreiter

[richsimpson]

Problem seems to be back although slightly different.

If I initialise I get one OK command, then this.

[sanjay900]

Odd, It still appears to be working fine for me at the moment

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