THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DEPRECIATED, AND I WILL NO LONGER BE WORKING ON IT, AS A NEW VERSION IS IN THE WORKS.

Allows Alexa to interact with the Google ChromeCast using PHP and PyChromeCast Running on a Computer.

#Current Features: ###Play Youtube Videos (Based on Sample Utterances) By saying "Alexa, ask ChromeCast play Jontron Home Improvement", Alexa will send the video URL to your Chromecast Python Script.

###Play Google Play Music (All-Access Not Supported) By asking Alexa, "Play Never gonna give you up" you can play a song.

By asking Alexa, "Play the artist Two Steps from Hell", you can play an artist.

By asking Alexa, "Play the album 99 luftbullons", you can play an album.

###Specificing Chromecasts (UNTESTED) By asking Alexa, "Connect to Living Room", she should set the casting Chromecast to "Living Room"

###Pause Videos By saying "Alexa, ask ChromeCast to Pause", Alexa will pause the Chromecast.

###Resume Videos By saying "Alexa ask ChromeCast to resume", Alexa will resume playback.

###Changing the Volume By saying "Alexa ask ChromeCast to change the volume to 50", Alexa will change the volume to the specified volume

###Clearing the Queue (Useful for future releases) By saying "Alexa ask ChromeCast to clear", Alexa will resume playback.

#Explanation

##PHP Visiting: yourwebsite.com/playVideo.php?searchString=YOUR_SEARCH_STRING_FOR_YOUTUBE triggers the script to add the video to your database.

##Python Using PyChromeCast (https://github.com/balloob/pychromecast), the python script will run at a set interval, continuously checking the database for new videos. When it detects a new row has been added, it loads youtube-dl, a command-line program to grab the stream URL and passes it to PyChromeCast, which sends it to your ChromeCast.

#Issues

• Sometimes PyChromecast doesn't detect the chromecasts.

#To Do

• Kill ChromeCast App
• Get Duration of Media and allow for playlist.
• Allow for interuptions in internet and keep running

#Setup

• Install PyChromecast to your Desired PC (pip install pychromecast)
• Install build.sql to your MySQL server
• Get a Youtube API Key (Available here)
• Replace all connection strings using set-up.py
• Setup Skill.js In Lambda
• Set up skill in the Alexa Portal at http://developer.amazon.com using sample-utterances.txt and intentSchema.json
• Run Python Script.
• Voila!