Media controls do not appear to work and return a 400 error

[SGXander]

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Describe the bug

As of latest HA version 2023.05.0-2 Media controls no longer work. Volume still works

To Reproduce

Attempt to play/pause/turn off echo

Expected behavior

Device should respond to actions

Screenshots

N/A

System details

• Home-assistant (version): 2023.05.0-2
• alexa_media (version from const.py or HA startup): 4.6.2
• alexapy (version from pip show alexapy or HA startup):
• Amazon 2FA is enabled (y/n). yes

Logs

2023-05-06 00:18:06.808 DEBUG (MainThread) [alexapy.alexaapi] ********************: POST: https://alexa.amazon.co.uk/api/np/command returned 400:Bad Request:application/json
2023-05-06 00:18:06.808 DEBUG (MainThread) [alexapy.alexaapi] Returning None due to status: 400

Additional context

[alandtse]

Looks like Amazon may have changed their API at least in the UK.

[SGXander]

Looks like Amazon may have changed their API at least in the UK.

Ah apologies for blaming the HA update then. I take it they don't version their API so you can define it in the path? (may be talking gibberish but some rest APIs I work with have a schema like /rest/v2/ that you can always call back on if the version changes.

[alandtse]

Do other portions of the component work? A 400 error means the server rejected the command. If you're seeing it for all requests, you may have an authentication issue.

[alandtse]

Actually, I just confirmed it on the US servers too.

[alandtse]

Looks like they're deprecating the old webplayer.

Latest working command:
https://alexa.amazon.com/api/np/command?deviceSerialNumber=SNIP&deviceType=SNIP

Play

{"type":"PlayCommand","contentFocusClientId":null}

Pause

{"type":"PauseCommand","contentFocusClientId":null}

Next

{"type":"NextCommand","contentFocusClientId":null}

Thumbs
https://alexa.amazon.com/api/media/thumbs-up

{"deviceType":"SNIP","deviceSerialNumber":"SNIP","referenceId":"7e357edb-f6f3-4656-9743-cbb49b93340e:10","mediaOwnerCustomerId":"SNIP3EG"}

[SGXander]

Do other portions of the component work? A 400 error means the server rejected the command. If you're seeing it for all requests, you may have an authentication issue.

yes volume still works ok as does the notification of what is playing currently

[Angelos59]

I upgraded to 5.2 the media controls for music don't work. Volume works but pause and skip do not. I circumvented with a script but it should be fixed or remove the controls from the media player. Tis worked in 4.x and not 5.0, 5.1 0r 5.2. Thanks, you guys do great work and things are complex. The media controls are very useful. When I go back to 4.x they work.

[alandtse]

I upgraded to 5.2 the media controls for music don't work. Volume works but pause and skip do not. I circumvented with a script but it should be fixed or remove the controls from the media player. Tis worked in 4.x and not 5.0, 5.1 0r 5.2. Thanks, you guys do great work and things are complex. The media controls are very useful. When I go back to 4.x they work.

Those version numbers don't match any versions of this component. What version of alexa_media are you talking about where a rollback works?

[Angelos59]

My current version of Alexa media player is 4.6.2 not sure what the prior version is without rolling back HA which I am not doing, as I always have cleanup issues going back with Home Assistant and various integrations. Media controls don’t work in this version 4.6.2 and Home Assistant version 5.x. They did work before I upgraded to 5.x as recent as last week of April 2023. On May 6, 2023, at 8:53 PM, Alan Tse ***@***.***> wrote: I upgraded to 5.2 the media controls for music don't work. Volume works but pause and skip do not. I circumvented with a script but it should be fixed or remove the controls from the media player. Tis worked in 4.x and not 5.0, 5.1 0r 5.2. Thanks, you guys do great work and things are complex. The media controls are very useful. When I go back to 4.x they work. Those version numbers don't match any versions of this component. What version of alexa_media are you talking about where a rollback works? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[WhimsySpoon]

I think 4.x and 5.x refer to the version of HA Core, specifically 2023.5.x and 2023.4.x.

It does seem that this issue was introduced at around the time that I upgraded HA Core to 2023.5.0, but I haven't done a rollback to confirm.

Given that you've identified a change to the Alexa API, it seems this may just be a coincidence.

[eeqgit]

I think 4.x and 5.x refer to the version of HA Core, specifically 2023.5.x and 2023.4.x.

It does seem that this issue was introduced at around the time that I upgraded HA Core to 2023.5.0, but I haven't done a rollback to confirm.

Given that you've identified a change to the Alexa API, it seems this may just be a coincidence.

Controls work fine after reverting back to HA Core 2023.4.6. First noticed the issue when I was already at 2023.5.2, so I don't know what version exactly after 4.6 broke it.

[SGXander]

Tried the updated version and get this upon setup, both from cold-start and reload:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 387, in async_setup
result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
File "/config/custom_components/alexa_media/init.py", line 326, in async_setup_entry
await login.login(cookies=await login.load_cookie())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/alexapy/alexalogin.py", line 347, in load_cookie
return_cookies = self._get_cookies_from_session()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/alexapy/alexalogin.py", line 554, in _get_cookies_from_session
cookies = cookie_jar.filter_cookies(URL(f"https://{site}"))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aiohttp/cookiejar.py", line 239, in filter_cookies
self._do_expiration()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aiohttp/cookiejar.py", line 150, in _do_expiration
self.clear(lambda x: False)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aiohttp/cookiejar.py", line 115, in clear
for (domain, path), cookie in self._cookies.items():
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 0)

[WhimsySpoon]

Something similar. Just installed 4.6.4, restarted HA Core and was prompted to reauthenticate. Did so, but now, the component fails to load but without anything in the logs. Just shows "Failed to Load" on the integrations screen.

I've rolled back to 4.6.3 which starts up fine and solves the issue raised here.

[KHOne23]

works fine for me Home Assistant 2023.5.2 and 4.6.4

[Angelos59]

Do the Alexa media player music  pause and skip controls work? Do text scripts imitating voice work? They all stopped working for me. Wonder why. Angelos Spetseris508 769 7093On May 8, 2023, at 2:34 AM, KHOne23 ***@***.***> wrote: works fine for me Home Assistant 2023.5.2 and 4.6.4 —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[KHOne23]

Yes all fine here, had the Problem before that in Automations the Pause Order is not working. Now everything works like before

Do the Alexa media player music  pause and skip controls work? Do text scripts imitating voice work? They all stopped working for me. Wonder why. Angelos Spetseris508 769 7093On May 8, 2023, at 2:34 AM, KHOne23 @.> wrote: works fine for me Home Assistant 2023.5.2 and 4.6.4 —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.>

[Angelos59]

Great, thanks!

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On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 11:40 AM KHOne23 ***@***.***> wrote: Yes all fine here, had the Problem before that in Automations the Pause Order is not working. Now everything works like before Do the Alexa media player music pause and skip controls work? Do text scripts imitating voice work? They all stopped working for me. Wonder why. Angelos Spetseris508 769 7093On May 8, 2023, at 2:34 AM, KHOne23 *@*.*> wrote: works fine for me Home Assistant 2023.5.2 and 4.6.4 —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: @.*> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1928 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AU2UVIUKZ4EMZN4D5N7XC5LXFEHV5ANCNFSM6AAAAAAXXV5Q6Q> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[SGXander]

confirmed mine also fine with 4.6.4 now. Thank you!

[WhimsySpoon]

Have just tried another update to 4.6.4 and it now works fine; the error no longer appears. Must have been something on Amazon's end.

[Angelos59]

Same here, all controls on the media player work as before. Thank you.

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On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 2:06 PM WhimsySpoon ***@***.***> wrote: Have just tried another update to 4.6.4 and it now works fine; the error no longer appears. Must have been something on Amazon's end. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1928 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AU2UVIWNHVIHS5MD54ZGNG3XFEY4DANCNFSM6AAAAAAXXV5Q6Q> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

-- Angelos Spetseris 508 769 7093