Supported Actions

[nickjossy]

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Other than the two examples, there’s no clue here as to what other actions can be performed, if any. Either more examples or some explanation is really needed. The same action seems to be used to send announce a message and send a command, but the difference must be in the chosen entity id.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alexa_devices

Version

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[sumoneelse]

It appears one should have the ability to send a message to a device (via notify.send_message) that would invoke the action specified by the message data, as if the phrase was uttered in the room. The documentation lists "Play B.B.C. on Tunein" as an example.

This appears not to be the case.

When I use notify.send_message to one of my devices with message data "Play artist Nickelback", the device simply speaks those words. When I am in the room and state, unironically and with complete conviction, "Play artist Nickelback," the beautiful sounds of Nickelback start playing from my Amazon music service of choice.

More broadly, I am wondering how many of the functions supported by the custom component alexa_media_player documented here are, or will be, supported including:

• Running a custom command
• Playing a sound effect
• Playing music

This is off to a great start and I'm excited to have any Amazon device functions natively incorporated into the Home Assistant codebase!

[tzago]

Yes great start hands down! Ultimately would be nice to have this native ha feature to replace the HACS for Alexa all together. Currently with ALEXA Hacs integration you have to share your 2fa key which is a big no no imo. Looking forward to having alexa devices presented as media players to ha.

[jamesonuk]

Currently notify.send_message is the only supported action. https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/145645 will add more

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