Alexa Shopping list one way sync to HA

UPDATE 08/11:
There is a addon to run a scrapper on Amazon Shopping List (that comes from Alexa) and it can populate Home Assistant Shopping List:

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Me and my wife are constantly asking Alexa to add things to the shopping list. However, when we go shopping, we prefer to use HA Shopping List.
So, I had to find a way to sync from Alexa to HA one way sync only.

In my first setup I had the following:

  • Alexa Shopping List => IFTTT => Home Assistant.
    An item was created in Alexa Shopping list, IFTTT would see that as a trigger and send a webhook to HA and add the item to HA Shopping List
    IFTTT stopped working with Alexa Shopping list, so I had to find a different way.

My second setup was:

  • Alexa Shopping List => Todoist => IFTTT => Home Assistant
    An item was created in Alexa Shopping list, it would automatically sync with Todoist, IFTTT would see that as a trigger and send a webhook to HA and add the item to HA Shopping List
    However, recently, IFTTT change its policy and Webhooks are available only in the paid version (Pro version).
    I had to find another way.
    In a quick search for ITFFF alternatives, I found Zapier (zapier.com)

My current setup that is actually working is:

  • Alexa Shopping List => Todoist => Zapier => Home Assistant
    An item was created in Alexa Shopping list, it would automatically sync with Todoist, Zapier sees that as a trigger and send a webhook to HA and add the item to HA Shopping List

If you want to set that up, follow the instructions below:

In Home Assistant:

1 - Go to Settings, Automations and click on Create Automation
2 - Add a trigger and select Webhook. Once create, click on the copy button on the right. It will copy something similar to:
http://10.0.0.1/api/webhook/-njfnsnfnalsdnaksd
Make sure when you use in Zapier, you use with your external URL:
i.e. https://my_ha_server/api/webhook/-njfnsnfnalsdnaksd
3 - Under Action, select Call Service, switch to YAML Editor and add the following:

service: shopping_list.add_item
data_template:
  name: "{{ trigger.json.name }}"

In Alexa App:

1 - Add Todoist Skill to your Alexa

In Zapier:

1 - Go to Zapier, create an account and create an app.

2 - Click on trigger, select Todoist and choose “New Incomplete Task”.

3 - When you click on Continue, it will ask you to Sign In to Todoist. Do it and click on Continue.

4 - Under Project, select Alexa Shopping List and click on Continue

5 - On the left side, click on Action.

6 - Select “Code by Zapier” and under Event, select “Run Javascript” and click Continue

7 - Under Input Data add the following (as the image below)
Webhook => https://your_ha_page/api/webhook/your_webhook (use the webhook address saved in the step #2 under “In Home Assistant:”
Methodo => POST
item_name => click and select “1. Content:” (it will show the last item in your list)

  • if you need help to create a webhook in HA, please check this page

8 - Under Code, add this:

let Timestamp = new Date().toISOString(); // creates a Timestamp
let Webhook = inputData.Webhook.trim();
let Method = inputData.Method.trim();
let item_name = inputData.item_name.trim();

// creates the JSON Object to send with the key/value pairs
let JSONObject = { "action": "call_service", "service": "shopping_list.add_item", "name": item_name}

// creates the Method, Headers, and Body of the HTTP POST Request
let Options = {
     method: Method,
     headers: {
          'Accept': 'application/json',
          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
     },
     body: JSON.stringify(JSONObject)
}
const Request = await fetch(Webhook, Options); // HTTP POST Request
output = {Timestamp}

9 - Click on Continue and click on Test step
The test above should add the item to your HA Shopping list.

10 - Click on Publish.
This last step should activate the App and everything that you add to the Alexa Shopping List will make into your HA Shopping List.

Because this is a one way sync (Alexa => HA), I have an automation to clear my Alexa Shopping List every day and I manage everything from HA only.

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There is a custom component Todoist Alexa Shopping List you should check out. I had an Iftt webhook set up for years and was looking for alternatives when it became unavailable. This component syncs Alexa - Todoist - Home Assistant almost instant and both ways.

In my case, I needed to sync one way only (from Alexa to HA).
I did not want items cleared from the HA Shopping List to be removed from Todoist and Alexa.

Is this solution still working?
I ve been using Todoist with Alexa but I just received a notification that Alexa - Todoist Sync will be shut down July 1st 2024

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Bumping because I’m now in CRISIS because of the deprecation. What will replace it? WHAT DO WE DO!!! I use the Alexa->Todoist tasks/shopping list all the time!

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Unfortunately, I think the issue here is that Amazon will drop support for the List Management API

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Same here, I was looking for an alternative but I couldn’t find anything yet. I hope someone finds a workaround… Todoist was perfect and easy to setup :cry:

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For now you could use the Bring App and HACS bring integration. But you will have to call Alexa open up the Bring Shopping list first and then add something. I have not yet tried it, but it seems like the only option currently :frowning:

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Following as I’m in the same predicament. Has anyone had any breakthroughs yet?

Hi all,

I created a project that is able to do a one-way sync from Amazon Shopping List to HA using a js scraper.
This is not a “stable” version, so use with caution.
I also added the instructions on how to use it.

Maybe somebody with more knowledge can take this and make a better version of it :slight_smile:

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Just set this up and it worked perfectly. Thanks!!

This is wonderful! Since Amazon killed all list Apps, I was using Anylist, I am also struggling with this.

I am not so experienced with creating this docker file and how to install this on my Home Assistant, can you help with steps how to install this on a HA Os machine?

I run HA on a dedicated Intel server, but don’t know where to place the files and whether I need to update the scripts that you posted after creating the automation. So I basically get lost after step 10.2 … any guidance is appreciated!

Hi @ajwk,

Unfortunately, the image was created for docker only and not as a Add-On to Home Assistant.
I currently have the Container running in a separate server (using Docker) and the image communicates with my Home Assistant via Webhooks.

In your case, I would suggest the following:
1 - Install the HassOS SSH Configuration
You can install as an Add-On using this repository (GitHub - adamoutler/HassOSConfigurator: A set of Add-Ons to configure HassOS For various platforms and development purposes.)

2 - Access the Home Assistant in the OS Level

3 - Run the Docker Image instructions described at GitHub - thiagobruch/amazon_shopping_list_scrape
(docker pull and rocker run commands)

  • Make sure that when you run the “docker run” command, you put everything in a single line

Hi @ajwk,

I created an Home Assistant Addon.

You can find it here:

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Hi, good job…but i didnt understend how to get the OTP_APP_SECRET: after Clicking on “Can’t scan the barcode” and saving the Key (13 sets of 4 characters each), the Amazon web Page ask me for a otp code genereted by the app … Where i can find this?

Hi @corrobor,

Once you click “Can’t scan the barcode” and saved the Key, scan the barcode with an Authenticator App (i.e. Google Authenticator - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2) and answer with the 6 digits code provided in the app.

Ahhhhhh ok!!! Thanks

In my case It doesnt work because I live in Italy and my shopping list is at “amazon.it” instead “amazon.com”.
I’m not able to recompile your container for italian people :frowning:

Hi @corrobor ,

The addon has options to change the sign-in and shopping list URLs.

Go to the Configuration Tab in the Addon and change the URLs to the Italian ones.

@thiagobruch thanks Friends, you are very kind! But i havent hassio. I’m using home assistant core as docker container so i cannot use the addon :frowning: