Smartthings - Alexa Smart Home API

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@cookierookie44

I am NOT an expert on developing custom cloud to cloud integrations. So I really can’t help you build your own Alexa Skill. As @Ryan780 has said, I would probably approach it with a SmartApp, as that has been the tried and true method of developing this on the SmartThings platform (SmartApps and Device Handlers.)

However, Samsung/SmartThings is working on a new API which may allow direct access to your ST devices via a REST API. Take a look below and I hope it helps you to achieve your goals.

Example using new SmartThings Cloud API!

Fellow developers, As many of you know, we recently made some announcements at SDC around the SmartThings Cloud. We’ll be providing more information about this soon, but one thing worth calling out is that the new API (it’s REST!) is already available! While some of the APIs are specific to the new SmartApp model, the /devices and /locations APIs can be used just like any other REST API. All you need is a personal access token, which you can get here. Example CLI Tool [image] To highlight some of the APIs, we wrote a simple CLI tool as an example. It allows you to get information about and control your devices, through a simple Command Line Interface. More importantly, it shows how you might use the API for your own projects. It’s open-sourced, and you can find the repository here. W…