alexa-uptimerobot

Getting started

Install StdLib CLI tools:

$ npm install lib.cli -g

Setup environment

Create a file named env.json and copy in your uptimerobot.com API key:

{
  "dev": {
    "uptimerobot_key": "UPTIMEROBOT_API_KEY"
  },
  "release": {
    "uptimerobot_key": "UPTIMEROBOT_API_KEY"
  }
}

Deploy skill

Create an StdLib account and modify the stdlib object in package.json to match your username. Then, deploy the development version:

$ lib up dev

Create skill

Sign in to the Alexa Skills Kit and add a new skill named Uptime Robot with the following custom interaction model:

Intent schema

{
  "intents": [
    {
      "intent": "CheckStatusIntent",
      "slots": [
        {
          "name": "monitor",
          "type": "MONITOR"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "intent": "AMAZON.StopIntent"
    }
  ]
}

Custom slot types

Create a custom slot type called MONITOR with your Uptime Robot monitor names:

blog
website

Sample utterances

CheckStatusIntent what is the status of {monitor}
CheckStatusIntent get the status of {monitor}
CheckStatusIntent check the status of {monitor}
CheckStatusIntent is {monitor} up
CheckStatusIntent is {monitor} down
CheckStatusIntent is {monitor} running

Configuration

Point the HTTPS endpoint to your StdLib account's instance of alexa-uptimerobot (e.g. https://stdlib_username.stdlib.com/alexa-uptimerobot@dev).

Testing the skill

Test skill locally

$ lib .

$ lib . CheckStatusIntent --monitor Blog