Alexa Media TTS support

[alandtse]

Hi,
For the alexa_media_player custom component we're about to deprecate our media_player.alexa_tts service in the next version or so 1.2.0 and I wanted to give you a heads up since you support that service call for our users.

Instead of the old service, the new default service should be: notify.alexa_media. The json data will be

{
"message":"test",
"data":{"type":"tts"},
"target":["media_player.kitchen"]
}

We'll likely deprecate the service after one full release cycle to confirm parity between notify and media_player.alexa_tts.

[kalkih]

Hey,
Thanks for the heads up.
Just to be sure, does the target parameter support an array of more than one entity?

Thanks.

[kalkih]

@alandtse Another question, is string accepted as target value, or does it have to be an array, even if there's only one target?

[kalkih]

It seems like it does, from a quick peek at the source.
https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa_media_player/blob/4b9701f61023b3252e915f0295b2b157705fe188/alexa_media/notify.py#L63-L65

[alandtse]

Yes. It will support both a string and an array of strings. FYI, we released 1.2.0 and will keep the old service till 1.3.0.

[alandtse]

Closing as I believe this is resolved. Thanks again!