https://github.com/mathead/askhome

Alexa Skills Kit library for working with Smart Home Skill API written in Python
https://github.com/mathead/askhome

alexa amazon-echo python smarthome

Last synced: 3 months ago
JSON representation

Alexa Skills Kit library for working with Smart Home Skill API written in Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mathead/askhome
• Owner: mathead
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-03-08T21:54:02.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-06-02T15:25:28.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-02T15:54:25.714Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: alexa, amazon-echo, python, smarthome
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://askhome.rtfd.io
• Size: 71.3 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

          
[![Logo](docs/_static/logo.png)](http://askhome.rtfd.io)

## Askhome - Alexa Smart Home Skills with Python

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mathead/askhome.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mathead/askhome)

[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/mathead/askhome/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/mathead/askhome)

Askhome wraps the [Smart Home Skill API](https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/smart-home-skill-api-reference) from Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) for Amazon Echo and removes all that ugly boilerplate.

Basic skill in askhome looks like this:

```python

from askhome import Smarthome, Appliance

class Star(Appliance):

    @Appliance.action

    def turn_on(self, request):

        ... # Let there be light

        

home = Smarthome()

home.add_appliance('star1', Star, name='Sun')

handler = home.lambda_handler

```

# Features

* Define what your smart devices can do with simple class interface

* Askhome then handles device discovery and routes Alexa requests to your methods

* Requests come in a nice preprocessed object and provide easy to use response methods

* If something goes wrong, just raise the appropriate exception

* You don't have to touch the raw JSON requests at all!

Check out the docs at http://askhome.rtfd.io!