@broid/alexa
v2.1.0
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Convert Alexa messages into Activity Streams 2 with Broid Integration
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Broid Alexa Integration
Broid Integrations is an open source project providing a suite of Activity Streams 2 libraries for unified communications among a vast number of communication platforms.
Connect your App to Multiple Messaging Channels with One OpenSource Language.
Message types supported
| Simple | Image | Video | Buttons | Location | Phone number | |:------:|:-----:|:-----:|:-------:|:--------:|:------------:| | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | | |
Buttons, Location, Phone number are platform limitations.
Image, Video are supported as a simple message
Getting started
Install
npm install --save @broid/alexa
Connect to Alexa
const BroidAlexa = require('@broid/alexa');
const alexa = new BroidAlexa({
http: {
port: 8080,
host: "0.0.0.0"
}
});
alexa.connect()
.subscribe({
next: data => console.log(data),
error: err => console.error(`Something went wrong: ${err.message}`),
complete: () => console.log('complete'),
});
Alexa can also be used with your existing express setup
const BroidAlexa = require('broid-alexa');
const express = require("express");
const alexa = new BroidAlexa();
const app = express();
app.use("/alexa", alexa.getRouter());
alexa.connect()
.subscribe({
next: data => console.log(data),
error: err => console.error(`Something went wrong: ${err.message}`),
complete: () => console.log('complete'),
});
app.listen(8080);
Options available
| name | Type | default | Description |
| --------------- |:--------:| :--------: | --------------------------|
| serviceID | string | random | Arbitrary identifier of the running instance |
| logLevel | string | info
| Can be : fatal
, error
, warn
, info
, debug
, trace
|
| http | object | { "port": 8080, "http": "0.0.0.0" }
| WebServer options (host
, port
) |
Receive a message
alexa.listen()
.subscribe({
next: data => console.log(`Received message: ${data}`),
error: err => console.error(`Something went wrong: ${err.message}`),
complete: () => console.log('complete'),
})
Post a message
To send a message, the format should use broid-schemas.
const formatted_message = {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Create",
"generator": {
"id": "f6e92eb6-f69e-4eae-8158-06613461cf3a",
"type": "Service",
"name": "alexa"
},
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"content": "What's the weather like today?"
},
"to": {
"id": "15146345659",
"type": "Person"
}
}
alexa.send(formatted_message)
.then(() => console.log("ok"))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
Examples of messages
You can find examples of sent and received messages at Broid-Schemas.
Contributing to Broid
See CONTRIBUTE.md
Code of Conduct
Make sure that you're read and understand the Code of Conduct.
Copyright & License
Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Broid.ai
This project is licensed under the AGPL 3, which can be found here.