New Alexa Skill for Plex (AskPlex)

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Hi everybody,

I’d like to share with you the Alexa skill for Plex that I’m developing. It’s called AskPlex!

AskPlex is not intended to be a substitute for the official Plex skill (which is very nice), but rather an alternative for languages not supported by the official one (for instance, Spanish).

The repository and installation instructions are available on GitHub:

I also made a short video showing how to install the skill:

Please make sure your Plex Media Server setup meets all the requirements before installing the skill, otherwise, it will not work properly.

Regards,

Andrés

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Hi @andresponte,

I was looking for something similar since forever :smiley: , I immediately tried to follow the installation instructions but I am stuck on step number 5:

“In the “Templates” tab, click on “Import skill” and enter the AskPlex repository URL: (GitHub - andresponte/askplex: AskPlex is an Alexa skill that allows you to play music hosted by your Plex Media Server (PMS).).”

I paste your gihub URL and then receive the error "There was an issue creating your skill. Skill resources were not provisioned. Please try again later. ". I also see a small notification stating that I cannot use the skill name as an invocation, but that should be addressed in step number 6 of your guide.

I am from Italy using the italian locale (no clue if that can help troubleshoot the issue).

Any idea of what could be the cause?

Thanks!

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Ok I tried again with the English(US) locale this time and it does work. So the issue seems to be setting a different locale in the skill creation menu (step 3 of your guide)

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Hi @rabarbaro,

I’ve also encountered that error a few times when importing—not just with AskPlex, but with other skills from GitHub as well. Just try again.

Regarding the invocation name: in principle, it should be two words, but depending on your locale and the skills you have installed, sometimes you can use a single word in developer mode. Personally, I use “Plex” (not “AskPlex”) with the ES-US locale without any issues.

By the way, today I merged a pull request from the GitHub user giogua that includes a bugfix in the language interceptor. It might solve your locale issue, so please try importing the skill again using the Italian locale and let me know if it works.

Best regards,
Andrés

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Hi,

Thanks for the follow up, I have simply done the installation via English and then changed locale from the alexa skill configurations. It is working with the IT-IT locale.

Using this skill since a couple of weeks, a bit hacky but works! I will try to suggest a couple improvements if I ever find the time to :wink:

P.S.: giogua is actually me!

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Now that Plex is killing off their Alexa Skill, will this work to replace it?

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Please HELP!

Sorry, there was an error when connecting to the plex media server
What can I do?