Carnet-alexa

Give Alexa the power to control your car from anywhere

Installing

Requirements

• Amazon AWS & developer accounts
• A carnet-enabled Volkswagen

Upload lambda_function.py and the  modules folder as a .zip file to a new lambda function with lambda_function.main as the handler and a timeout of 1min 30s or more.
Add your username and password to lambda_function.py in the VWCarnet constructor.
In the Amazon developer console create a new Alexa Skill with "car net" as the invocation name.
In "Interaction Model" open the skill builder and upload inteactionmodel.json in the code section.
Save and build before moving on to the "Configuration" Section.
Check "AWS Lambda ARN" and copy the arn "link" at the top of the lambda page into the default page.
Save and enjoy.

A small list of things to ask Alexa

Alexa ask car net how much battery my car has
Alexa ask car net if my car is charging
Alexa ask car net where my car is
Alexa ask car net start charging my car
Alexa ask car net stop heating my car
Alexa ask car net, is my car heating?
Alexa ask car net. What's the status of my car?
For more, check the Complete_list_of_commands.txt

Don't have an Echo?

Look no further than here for the http version. Great for automation with IFTTT

Huge Thank you to

@robinostlund: https://github.com/robinostlund/volkswagen-carnet