Add Alexa device support about mlb-led-scoreboard HOT 5 CLOSED

I've also done some Alexa work with AWS Lambdas handling the Alexa intents. Look into https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa. You would probably need a small webserver running on the Pi, listening for calls from AWS to handle the local functions like turning on the scoreboard or asking for a score update, etc. Perhaps just a flask app, or something from node.js like loopback.io?

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Basically this sounds like you want an Alexa skill that runs a bash command, cause that's all that's needed to turn on the scoreboard.

"Alexa, turn on the scoreboard" => sudo python ~/insert_path/mlb-led-scoreboard/main.py

I think this makes a good candidate for a separate project and possibly combining both this project and the Alexa skill under a GitHub org.

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Agreed with the direction of the response above. I'll create a github org (non-profit) and see how that goes. The alternate is gitlab as I do enterprise development there on a different pricing scheme.

I'll report back.

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Alexa Device repo at new github org

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(flask ask)[https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask] would be nice to have.

Would the Alexa part be as a skill or as a product (or both)? I've set up both partially, but I think we really want to simplify it to meet our design needs.

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