Alternative way to integrate to Alexa

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Hi,
The issue:
Has been using the Alexa node (local) node for a while, however as many of you know, the Alexa local node does not work now, unless you redirect ports etc...,

So here is another work round I did which works a treat.

The idea and solution:
Use Alex service in IFTTT as the trigger to action Adafriut.io mqtt, then use NR to subscribe to Adafruit.io mqtt feed and control whatever devices you want.

On control:

  1. Setup IFTTT:
    1.1 Create new applet with Amazon Alexa service
    1.2 type relevant control phrase eg "on sonoff"
    1.3 Create action with adafruit.io, with your feed/name and data (eg 1)

Repeat for "off" control

  1. NodeRed
    Flow:
    kknr

Only slight inconvenience is you have to say "trigger" before the phase. e.g:
"Alexa, trigger on sonoff"

Cheers,
Ken