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calebm on Nov 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Echo

Yes, it MUST have an open API!

"Alexa, dim the lights."

pbhjpbhj on Nov 7, 2014 [–]

I'd imagine you could hack it in if it's not present - "Alexa open webpage dim.lights.kitchen.home" and have your home server use the request hit to tell the lights to go off. Of course an open API would be far nicer.

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