Hey. Thanks for responding. I am using Notepad++ for my config 
I don’t get an config error when I do the config check. I just get the spinner forever. If I try to restart anyway HASSIO doesn’t let me. 
EDIT: got it. I downloaded the wrong thing when I was trying to get the Alexa.py file. Oops!
Awesome, glad to hear that.
EDIT: I fixed it by removing the quotes around amazon.co.uk in the config file! 
Thanks @keatontaylor! This is a great piece of work!
Original comment follows:
So, with the right Alexa.py file, I passed the config check and restarted ok-ish. But the Alexa component is not working. I get a lot of errors in my log. I really don’t understand how to parse this 
Any help much appreciated. I would love to get this component working!
2018-12-28 00:33:47 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] You are using a custom component for media_player.alexa which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it if you do experience issues with Home Assistant.
2018-12-28 00:33:49 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.media_player] Error while setting up platform alexa
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 350, in _get_idna_encoded_host
host = idna.encode(host, uts46=True).decode(‘utf-8’)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/idna/core.py”, line 361, in encode
s = alabel(label)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/idna/core.py”, line 284, in alabel
check_label(label)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/idna/core.py”, line 261, in check_label
raise InvalidCodepoint(‘Codepoint {0} at position {1} of {2} not allowed’.format(_unot(cp_value), pos+1, repr(label)))
idna.core.InvalidCodepoint: Codepoint U+201C at position 1 of ‘“amazon’ not allowed
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 398, in prepare_url
host = self._get_idna_encoded_host(host)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 352, in _get_idna_encoded_host
raise UnicodeError
UnicodeError
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py”, line 128, in _async_setup_platform
SLOW_SETUP_MAX_WAIT, loop=hass.loop)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/asyncio/tasks.py”, line 358, in wait_for
return fut.result()
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 56, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/config/custom_components/media_player/alexa.py”, line 146, in setup_platform
config.get(CONF_DEBUG))
File “/config/custom_components/media_player/alexa.py”, line 618, in init
self.login_with_cookie()
File “/config/custom_components/media_player/alexa.py”, line 641, in login_with_cookie
self.login(cookies=cookies)
File “/config/custom_components/media_player/alexa.py”, line 757, in login
resp = self._session.get(site)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 546, in get
return self.request(‘GET’, url, **kwargs)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 519, in request
prep = self.prepare_request(req)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 462, in prepare_request
hooks=merge_hooks(request.hooks, self.hooks),
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 313, in prepare
self.prepare_url(url, params)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 400, in prepare_url
raise InvalidURL(‘URL has an invalid label.’)
requests.exceptions.InvalidURL: URL has an invalid label.
Hey How did you solve this with spotify ?
sorry, having real problems here. I have added the alexa.py file in config/custom_components/media player
i have added the following to the configuration.yaml file:
- platform: alexa
email: !secret alexa_email
password: !secret alexa_password
url: amazon.co.uk
when i “Check Config” i get the following:
Platform not found: media_player.alexa
I am sure I am doing something stupid, but I can’t see what!!
You are missing the
host: 192.xxxxx
line
sorry IK0ADR i must be missing somthing
i could not see that line in the instructions, which host? server? each dot?
sorry.
Yes, in my configuration (two dots) each one as his IP under host:
- platform: alexa
host: IP1
email: _email
password: _password
url: _url
- platform: alexa
host: IP2
email: _email
password: _password
url: _url
at least here works!
no sadly not, same error:
Unable to find component media_player.alexa
After you added the alexa.py file did you restart home assistant before you added the config code?
IK0ADR neither - HA installed on an old laptop running pi OS - everything else runs fine
and
finity yes - and have restarted a number of times since - even tried rebooting the ‘PI’ also
Maybe the directory tree is the problem.
Under Hassbian, the alexa.py file is in the custom_components/media_player/ directory.
the custom_component dìrectory is where the configuration,yaml file is.
yes, that’s exactly where mine is saved and it has picked up the other custom components that I have in the custom_components directory.
Where do you see that you need to add a “host:”? Especially that you would need to add a different configuration for each dot?
In my configuration I don’t have any “host:” configured and mine works fine.
this is my configuration.yaml looks like and it works
media_player:
- platform: alexa
email: !secret Echo_email
password: !secret Echo_password
url: amazon.com
try adding media_player:
sorry all, i am an idiot
config /custom_components/media player
is different to
config /custom_components/media_player
that underscore made all the difference.
Hi All
Love the idea of alexa media players
I have the .alexa p.y installed and have got my config up and going
Only problem is in the states they all show as unavailable
| media_player.conservatory | unavailable | friendly_name: Conservatory supported_features: 23357 |
|---|---|---|
| media_player.everywhere | unavailable | friendly_name: Everywhere supported_features: 23357 |
| media_player.front_room | unavailable | friendly_name: Front Room supported_features: 23357 |
| media_player.master_bedroom | unavailable | friendly_name: Master Bedroom supported_features: 23357 |
| media_player.pauls_alexa_apps | unavailable | friendly_name: Paul’s Alexa Apps supported_features: 23357 |
| media_player.pauls_fire_tv_stick | standby | is_volume_muted: false media_content_type: standby source: Local Speaker source_list: Local Speaker available: true friendly_name: Paul’s Fire TV stick supported_features: 23357 |
| media_player.sony_bravia_tv | off | friendly_name: Front Room TV (Sony) supported_features: 19901 |
| media_player.this_device | standby | is_volume_muted: false media_content_type: standby source: Local Speaker source_list: Local Speaker available: true friendly_name: This Device supported_features: 23357 |
My Config is as below
- platform: alexa
host: 192.168.0.4
email: secret
password: secret
- platform: alexa
host: 192.168.0.12
email: secret
password: secret
url: amazon.com- platform: alexa
host: 192.168.0.14
email: secret
password: secret
url: amazon.com- platform: alexa
host: 192.168.0.17
email: secret
password:secret
url: amazon.com
ps. I have just changed my login and password to secret on here as I have nit set them up in the secrets file yet
what am I doing wrong anyone assist
The firs tv stick and this device are showing on standby
Paul
p.s the config is correct in the config file, and I only had two captcha requests for all the devices shown
First off… code formatting…
Next, Where is the requirement for using a “host:” in the config? Is this something new that I missed somewhere? Mine works fine without it and I have 5 echo’s that show up with only one config entry:
media_player:
- platform: alexa
email: !secret amazon_email
password: !secret amazon_pass
url: amazon.comThanks for the reply
Looks like your post was just a do it like this and not constructive
Being new to this we all have to find out stuff .
Glad you have it working. Others like myself don’t as you can see fron the states I have a couple that show as being unavailable
The guy that wrote this deserves a medal for his work
All I want to do is get mine working not be told off in condescending manners