alexa-remote2

alexa-remote2

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

Early code version.

Example

see example folder

Thanks:

Partly based on Amazon Alexa Remote Control (PLAIN shell) and alexa-remote-control and OpenHab-Addon Thank you for that work.

Known issues/Todos

• getNotification works, changeNotification not ... maybe change is DELETE +Create :-) (+ source for createNotification: https://github.com/noelportugal/alexa-reminders/blob/master/alexa-reminders.js#L75, and Delete/create: https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/blob/f54c9b85016758ff6d271b62d255bbe41a027928/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/amazonechocontrol/internal/Connection.java#L829)
• docu docu docu (sorry ... will come)

Changelog:

2.3.5 (2019-07-01)

• (Apollon77) fix special case on authentication check

2.3.4 (2019-06-25)

• (Apollon77) fix potential error on PUSH_MEDIA_PROGRESS_CHANGE push infos

2.3.3 (2019-06-23)

• (Apollon77) change authentication check to hopefully better handle DNS or other "Network unavailable" errors

2.3.2 (2019-06-21)

• (Apollon77) fix ssml

2.3.1 (2019-06-21)

• (Apollon77) optimize handling for missing csrf cases

2.3.0 (2019-06-20)

• (Apollon77) use alexa-cookie lib 2.1 with latest adoptions to Amazon changes (Cookie CSRF was missing)
• (Apollon77) fixed default cookie refresh interval
• (Apollon77) When Speak via SSML is done this is not send as card value
• (Apollon77) add PUSH_MEDIA_PROGRESS_CHANGE to known WS-MQTT topics
• (Apollon77) change WS reconnection logic to try once per minute

2.2.0 (2019-01-xx)

• (Apollon77) add new sequenceCommands "calendarNext", "calendarToday", "calendarTomorrow"
• (Apollon77) fix wake word handling and history sanitizing

2.1.0 (2019-01-12)

• (Apollon77) add new sequenceCommands "deviceStop", "notification", "announcement" and finally "ssml"

2.0.0 (2018-12-02)

• (Apollon77) upgrade amazon-cookie lib to 2.0

1.0.3 (2018-11-17)

• (Apollon77) upgrade amazon-cookie lib
• (Apollon77) better handle ws errors and upgrade ws version to still support nodejs 6

1.0.2 (2018-11-17)

• (Apollon77) upgrade amazon-cookie lib

1.0.1 (2018-11-09)

• (Apollon77) upgrade amazon-cookie lib
• (Apollon77) small fix for strange history summary content

1.0.0 (2018-09-06)

• (Apollon77) polishing and finalization and make it 1.0.0

0.6.1 (2018-08-28)

• (Apollon77) rework scenes and add option to send Parallel or Sequencial commands
• (Apollon77) enhance methods for smart home device and group handling

0.6.0 (2018-08-24)

• (Apollon77) several fixes and optimizations
• (Apollon77) enhance methods for smart home device and group handling

0.5.2 (2018-08-16)

• (Apollon77) also allow new reminder on next day :-)

0.5.0 (2018-08-16)

• (Apollon77) fix an error when getting new cookie
• (Apollon77) Add Reminder and Alarms support.
• (Apollon77) Enhance Push Connection
• (Apollon77) Added some more deviceTypes

0.3.0 (2018-08-13)

• (Apollon77) Added Websocket/MQTT connection class and also initialize it when requested via alexa-remote class.
• (Apollon77) Websocet/MQTT class and also Alexa-Remote are now event emitters to be able to notify on push changes
• (Apollon77) many fixes and optimizations, changed code to be an ES6 class
• (Apollon77) reworked the "prepare" step and only initialize what's really needed and allow extra "init" methods also to update Devices, Bluetooth and such. Docs will follow
• (Apollon77) API breaking: executeAutomationRoutine is not expecting a routineId anymore, but the complete routine definition.

0.2.x

• (Apollon77) 0.2.8: fixes, fix shuffle/repeat commands, make sure speak object is a string
• (Apollon77) 0.2.7: speak maximum are 250 characters, routines will now queried 2000 at once (instead of only 20 before)
• (Apollon77) 0.2.6: fixes
• (Apollon77) 0.2.5: new functions to read musicproviders and send searchphrases for them
• (Apollon77) 0.2.5: by default direct all calls to "alexa."+amazonPage to be more generic, overwritable
• (Apollon77) 0.2.4: several smaller bugfixes
• (Apollon77) 0.2.4: an speak call with empty string will return an error
• (Apollon77) 0.2.4: add infos if multiroom device or member
• (Apollon77) 0.2.3: in non .com replace numbers with points into numbers with comma
• (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