django-flashbriefing 0.1

Amazon Alexa Flash Briefings for Django

Amazon Alexa Flash Briefings for Django

flashbriefing provides models for feeds and feed items, a view to render the JSON feed, and default admin configuration.

Installation

It’s on PyPI:

pip install django-flashbriefing

Add to INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'flashbriefing',
    ...
)

Add a route to urls.py:

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    url(r'^briefings/', include('flashbriefing.urls')),
    ...
]

On Django 1.8, the namespace needs to be explicitly included on the URL config:

url(r'^briefings/',
    include('flashbriefing.urls', namespace='flashbriefing')),

Run migrations:

python manage.py migrate

Feed URL

The feed URL can found by clicking View on Site on the Django admin Feed edit page or by accessing get_absolute_url() on a feed instance. This is the URL that will need to be registered with Amazon.

Registering with Amazon

1. Login to the Amazon Developer Console.

2. Click Alexa in the main navigation.

3. Under Alexa Skills Kit, click Get Started.

4. Under Skill Type, select Flash Briefing Skill API.

5. Under Configuration, click Add new feed and add information about the feed, including the URL of the feed from the application.