# Trying to figure out how to get Alexa to squirt a numerical value into Node-Red flow

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**Created:** [8 April 2020 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-how-to-get-alexa-to-squirt-a-numerical-value-into-node-red-flow/24467 "2020-04-08T15:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surefire01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/surefire01/32/71490_2.png) [@Surefire01](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Surefire01)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2020 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-how-to-get-alexa-to-squirt-a-numerical-value-into-node-red-flow/24467/1 "2020-04-08T15:23:32Z")

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As part of a larger project I'm trying to find a simple way which will enable a button in the mobile Alexa app on my phone to inject a numerical value into a Node-Red flow. I have been able to do it with a simple true/false response on the press of a switch but am a bit lost when it comes to squirting a number in there. All I have is a simple flow consisting of an Alexa smart home V3 node connected to a debug out node. Needless to say that I have set up the corresponding device in Node-Red smart home control and it works great when the device is operated in the Alexa app which then responds with a simple true/false in the debug node. I've tried setting up different types of devices in the Alexa app such a switch with a brightness slider in the hope that the sliders value will be displayed in the debug node and I could use that value but it doesn't work satisfactorily or consistently. If anyone could suggest a way forward I would be very grateful.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2020 15:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-how-to-get-alexa-to-squirt-a-numerical-value-into-node-red-flow/24467/2 "2020-04-08T15:52:27Z")

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Take a look at [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2020 15:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-how-to-get-alexa-to-squirt-a-numerical-value-into-node-red-flow/24467/3 "2020-06-07T15:52:33Z")

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