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Amazon Alexa + Webhooks by Zapier

Trigger phrases in Amazon Alexa to execute get requests via Webhooks by Zapier

Quickly respond to voice commands from your Amazon Alexa app with this streamlined automation. When a specific phrase is spoken in the Amazon Alexa environment, it initiates a GET request in the Webhooks by Zapier application. This workflow eases the process of encoding frequent voice commands into actionable web requests, making the interaction with your smart devices more efficient and intuitive.

Quickly respond to voice commands from your Amazon Alexa app with this streamlined automation. When a specific phrase is spoken in the Amazon Alexa environment, it initiates a GET request in the Webhooks by Zapier application. This workflow eases the process of encoding frequent voice commands into actionable web requests, making the interaction with your smart devices more efficient and intuitive.

  1. When this happens...
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    Trigger Phrase Spoken

    Triggers when you ask Alexa to trigger a zap with your trigger phrase. Requires the Zapier skill on an Alexa enabled device.

    TriggerInstant
  2. automatically do this!
    Webhooks by ZapierWebhooks by Zapier
    GET

    Fire off a single GET request with optional querystrings.

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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?
    • Example

    • Trigger Phrase(s)Required

    • Additional Prompt Question

    Trigger
    Instant
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  • Webhooks by Zapier triggers, actions, and search

    Catch Raw Hook

    Wait for a new POST, PUT, or GET to a Zapier URL. Gives the request body unparsed (max 2 MB) and also includes headers.

    Trigger
    Instant
    Try It
    • MethodRequired

    • URLRequired

    • Data Pass-Through?

    • Data

    • Unflatten

    • Basic Auth

    • Headers

    Action
    Write
    • URLRequired

    • Payload Type

    • Data

    • Wrap Request In Array

    • File

    • Unflatten

    • Basic Auth

    • Headers

    Action
    Write
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About Amazon Alexa

Amazon Alexa is used to set up your Alexa-enabled devices, listen to music, create shopping lists, get news updates, and much more.
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Webhooks simply POST data (or JSON) to a specific URL every time we see something new. Webhooks can also accept data (or JSON) to kick off a workflow in Zapier.

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