alexa-remote2

alexa-remote2

Library to remote control an Alexa (Amazon Echo) device via LAN/WLAN.

Early code version.

let Alexa = require('alexa-remote2');
let alexa = new Alexa();

/***************************************************************/
// see: https://www.gehrig.info/alexa/Alexa.html
// cookie starts with x-amzn-dat and ends with =" csrf=12345780
let cookie = 'x-amzn-dat.../ /...=" csrf=12345780';

alexa.init({
        cookie: cookie,  // cookie if already known, else can be generated using email/password
        email: '...',    // optional, amazon email for login to get new cookie
        password: '...', // optional, amazon password for login to get new cookie
        bluetooth: true,
        logger: console.log, // optional
        alexaServiceHost: 'layla.amazon.de', // optional, e.g. "pitangui.amazon.com" for amazon.com, default is "layla.amazon.de"
        userAgent: '...', // optional, override used user-Agent for all Requests and Cookie determination
        acceptLanguage: '...', // optional, override Accept-Language-Header for cookie determination
        amazonPage: '...' // optional, override Amazon-Login-Page for cookie determination and referer for requests
    },
    function (err) {
        if (err) {
            console.log (err);
            return;
        }
        for (let device of this.devices) {
            console.log (device._name);
        }
    }
);

Known issues/Todos

• reading notifications works, but changing NOT!

Changelog:

0.2.x

• (Apollon77) 0.2.0: several optimizations and publish as alexa-remote2 on npm
• (Apollon77) 0.2.0: use alexa-cookie@0.2.0 library to also offer proxy support
• (Apollon77) 0.2.0: retrieve automation routines in prepare
• (Apollon77) 0.2.0: enhanced sendCommand and added support for Routines and sequencial Commands

0.1.x

• (Apollon77) 0.1.3: Use specific User-Agents for Win32, MacOS and linux based platforms
• (Apollon77) 0.1.2: add logging for used Alexa-URL and user-Agent once at init
• (Apollon77) 0.1.1: rename "shuffle" to "ShuffleCommand" and repeat to RepeatCommand)

0.1.0

• (Apollon77) added automatic cookie renewal when email and password are provided
• (Apollon77) added authentication checks by bootstrap call (like alexa-remote-control)
• (Apollon77) several fixes
• (Apollon77) added logger option

0.0.x

• Versions by soef