Received Echo(Alexa) developer access

[tgryffyn (Gryffyn)]

I just got my SDK today… not sure how much I’ll be able to play with it this weekend, but I got a basic application set up and pointed to my “endpoint” on my web host and my application shows up in my Echo app under Apps. It’s not “published” but if I get things fleshed out, you can invite people to be testers.

Looks like the next place we need to go is to set things up in SmartThings… looks a good writeup here:

Tutorial: Creating a REST SmartApp Endpoint

SmartApp endpoints are a powerful way to securely control your SmartThings with familiar REST calls GET,POST,PUT or DELETE. You have the freedom to define your URL schema and can pass query values through the URL path or through JSON. This tutorial will guide you through the process of setting up this App Endpoint Example. After you authorize the app to see specific devices, it will generate a web page of buttons with URLs to toggle your chosen lights and locks. You can download the full code for the SmartApp Endpoint Example and PHP code to interact with the endpoint. Additional OAuth documentation can be found here. Step 1: Enable OAuth in the SmartApp To begin, add a New SmartApp in the IDE. Make sure to click the button to “Enable Oauth in Smart App.” Note the “OAuth Client I…

Going to try to at least get that half set up this weekend if I have time. The next bit would be to connect the two so you could talk to Alexa and have it interact with SmartThings. Ideally I want to have it so you go to a web page, connect to your SmartThings system, name your devices so you can, hopefully, refer to them by name via the Echo. Calling things “switch 1” would be annoying.