Hmm. I recently saw this on a thread over here:
same issue, the list would only randomize once. At the time I responded to that thread, I was on .35 and not having the issue (at least I don’t think I was!) But now, on .37, it looks like the random filter is broken.
Opened an issue:
Confirmed on my system as well and I’ll report over at the issue.
Hi,
I’m trying this on my current setup but somehow its not working. I see the following error
WARNING:homeassistant.components.alexa:Received unknown intent ActivateSceneIntent
my alexa.yaml has the following config:
ActivateSceneIntent:
action:
service: scene.turn_on
data_template:
entity_id: scene.{{ Scene | replace(" ", “_”) }}
speech:
type: plaintext
text: OK
my scenes.yaml
name: TV
entities:
switch.living_room_tv:
state: on
on amazon side I have the following:
Intent schema
{
"intent": "ActivateSceneIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "Scene",
"type": "Scenes"
}
]
}
Sample Utterances
ActivateSceneIntent activate {Scene}
Any idea what is missing?
Have you checked home-assistant.log for errors? If this is your first Alexa intent, it could be that you haven’t set it up correctly - in that case, it wouldn’t be available to HA.
Try posting using preformatted text to see if we can spot an issue.
And be sure that you’ve included that alexa.yaml in your main config (I know - basic - but it happens)
alexa:
intents: !include alexa.yaml
Hi,
I’m loosing somewhere and I don’t know where.
alexa: intents: ActivateSceneIntent: action: service: scene.turn_on data_template: entity_id: scene.{{ Scene | replace(" ", "_") }} speech: type: plaintext text: OK
When I ask Alexa she say hello but HASS error:
17-04-11 14:54:18 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for scene.turn_on: Entity ID scene. is an invalid entity id for dictionary value @ data[‘entity_id’]. Got ‘scene.’
Looks like a problem with the template but I don’t know where.
same here, i dont get an error though. i just get: 17-04-12 22:59:00 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http] Serving /api/alexa to xx.xx.xx.xx (auth: True) in the log.
anything changed recently? i also dont get confirmation from alexa and it looks like this from the amazon developer console:
{
“version”: “1.0”,
“response”: {
“shouldEndSession”: true
},
“sessionAttributes”: {}
}
normally you should see the speech return here
Restore randomness to Alexa confirmations:
I really missed my random playlists. I have random music start my day as an alarm and I wanted the randomness back, so I thought I’d do some spelunking.
@7h30n3 did some helpful experiments that he noted on the issue:
https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/5678#issuecomment-283031918
Since range still produced random numbers, I experimented with using that. Then I hit the Jinja docs to figure out the syntax for getting the length of a list…
can confirm this works, good catch!
Same here - I liked the post but forgot to respond; so nice to have my random replies back. Thanks again, @ih8gates!
hi, I was trying custom command to use with Alexa. It works when I try to test in Service Simulator you can find screenshot below. even it responds success command when I when I speak to Alexa “ask home assistant to turn on ac” but it does not trigger script. someone, please help me
this my Intent Schema
{
"intents": [
{
"slots": [
{
"name": "User",
"type": "AMAZON.US_FIRST_NAME"
}
],
"intent": "LocateIntent"
},
{
"intent": "WhereAreWeIntent"
},
{
"slots": [
{
"name": "Script",
"type": "Scripts"
}
],
"intent": "RunScriptIntent"
}
]
}
Custom Slot Types & Sample Utterances
config in HA
alexa:
intents:
WhereAreWeIntent:
speech:
type: plaintext
text: >
{%- if is_state('device_tracker.ashu_ashu', 'home') and
is_state('device_tracker.afu_afu', 'home') -%}
You are both home, you silly
{%- else -%}
Afu is at {{ states("device_tracker.afu_afu") }}
and Ashu is at {{ states("device_tracker.ashu_ashu") }}
{% endif %}
LocateIntent:
action:
service: notify.notify
data_template:
message: The location of {{ User }} has been queried via Alexa.
speech:
type: plaintext
text: >
{%- for state in states.device_tracker -%}
{%- if state.name.lower() == User.lower() -%}
{{ state.name }} is at {{ state.state }}
{%- elif loop.last -%}
I am sorry, I do not know where {{ User }} is.
{%- endif -%}
{%- else -%}
Sorry, I don't have any trackers registered.
{%- endfor -%}
card:
type: simple
title: Sample title
content: Some more content
RunScriptIntent:
action:
service: script.turn_on
data_template:
entity_id: script.{{ Script | replace(" ", "_") }}
speech:
type: plaintext
text: !include alexa_confirm.yaml
Service Simulator
I think that sample utterance might be your issue. I’m not sure that Alexa can extract {Script}ekn and just return the “Script” part of the phrase. I bet you’re not getting a value for Script that you expect. Perhaps do something where you can see the actual text value of Script, like create a notification.
In your home-assistant.log, you’ve likely got errors telling you that the script that it attempted to run does not exist.
yes.i think “ekn” was creating issue removed that and it works fine now.
I can’t be sure off the top of my head but I think you need to change “plaintext” to “plain”.
You don;t have to submit the skill, just keep it in dev mode (i.e. don;t submit) and it will work just for you.
I remember I used to have that problem way back in the beginning. I cant remember exactly what I did to fix it but it was in my intent/script that I had something off.
you just need to verify your syntax & indentations are all good.
at least you’ve passed a major hurdle! the alexa dev works!
The https://developer.amazon.com/alexa was changed this year, its all new and i cant figure a way out to create a correct integration with my HA. Can someone update the section https://www.home-assistant.io/cloud/alexa/ to the new layout?
And, can i use this random speech with Alexa Cloud on HA?
@aimc
Are you still using this within the new auth setup? This Alexa skill is my last thing that needs to be moved over and I haven’t figured out how to do it.
Thanks
