# Is alexa-remote2 still working?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-alexa-remote2-still-working/41366>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [20 February 2021 21:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-alexa-remote2-still-working/41366 "2021-02-20T21:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/fmarzocca/32/35901_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 21:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-alexa-remote2-still-working/41366/1 "2021-02-20T21:54:13Z")

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I am asking this because I have just spent hours trying to let it work with no success.

I have carefully checked every setting I made, I have checked that the cookie file is correctly saved and accessible. But I am still unable to Initialize. The main issue is that after authorizing from alexa's page, the node seems to be initialized, but as soon as I deploy once, I get an error "No JSON". If I restart node red, I also get "Authentication failed. Authentication unsuccessful".

Another weird message I am getting is "failed to load routines: "no body"

Is it a known bug? I am running NodeRed on a raspberry. Everything is working as expected, except for this module.

```auto
Feb 20 22:35:08 liliorest Node-RED[8541]: 20 Feb 22:35:08 - [info] [alexa-remote-account:AlexaLilio] intialising "AlexaLilio" with the PROXY method and saved data... 
Feb 20 22:35:08 liliorest Node-RED[8541]: 20 Feb 22:35:08 - [error] [alexa-remote-account:AlexaLilio] Authentication failed: "Authentication unsuccessful"

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-alexa-remote2-still-working/41366/2 "2021-02-20T22:55:04Z")

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There's a thread on this - check later post for recent info

> [@Alexa Remote2 stops talking](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-remote2-stops-talking/32931/34):
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> Hi.. i've not been having much luck with the node.. i have to keep doing the inject node to do the initialise again.. sometimes you have to do it a couple times and then it is fine.. but it just fails again soon after. make this node very unusable frowning even though it actually got some great features. In my hope i also installing a forked version called node-red-contrib-alexa-cakebaked but that still does the same thing... wanting to load up browser to sign back into the Amazon account. t…

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2021 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-alexa-remote2-still-working/41366/3 "2021-02-20T22:55:15Z")

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