

Make sure you have Alexa and Spotify apps already installed on your iPhone or Android app. Let’s the steps here how to play Spotify, Apple Music or Pandora on Amazon Alexa devices. Let’s take an example here “Spotify” and see how to play Spotify on your Alexa devices? There is no need to have Amazon Prime or Spotify paid account for playing on Alexa. Not only Spotify, but you can also play Apple Music, Pandora or Spotify on Amazon Alexa devices. refreshAPIToken().Alexa starts to support Spotify to play on Alexa devices. In the spotifyTest.js we’ll start by importing the library and setting up the client. Reinventing the wheel is possible, but using the spotify-web-api-node library seemed like a good idea. You’ll get a Client ID and Client Secret for authentication. Simply enter a name for the app, a short description and agree to the T&C. To start using the Spotify API, we’ll need to create a Spotify App first It is possible to specify a device as a query parameter and an album/playlist/song to play in the body - perfect. is quite good and you can try calls directly inside the browser. As I already have quite some music on Spotify, I decided to look into the Spotify API. It is possible for Alexa Skills to play music, but you have to provide your own. Ist es noch prokrastinieren, wenn doch was halbwegs sinnvolles rauskommt? /buwkuzJ1mt- Simon JanuStep 1: SpotifyĪs debugging individual parts is easier than some big thing I started by creating a script to play my music. In this blog post I’ll walk you through creating your own Alexa Skill with NodeJS, Spotify and Phillips Hue. But after setting up my lights, I realized that there is no “Music” option to select. Recently Amazon introduced Routines which sounded like the perfect fit. The voice recognicion is good, but it get’s tiring to say “Alexa, play Spotify playlist evening” and “Alexa, turn on the bedroom lights on scene Evening”. Often I’m coming home late in the evening and just want some music to play and the lights to be turned on. There is just one thing missing that annoys me: No macros.

It reacts fast enough, the voice recognition is good and it works beautifully with my Phillips Hue Lamps. I’ve bought an Amazon Echo Dot as an entry into voice-controlling my home and I quite like it.
