Just over four years ago I released a free Alexa skill to synchronise your Microsoft To-do list with Alexa’s own lists. Sadly any effort to create an add-on for another product usually ends in either the product getting “sherlocked” or a required API being deprecated. This time it was the latter. Amazon have deprecated their List Management API and it will stop working on 1st July. There is no alternative API to use, as was the case when Microsoft deprecated their Office APIs and moved to Microsoft Graph, so this really is the end of the road.
The skill has been hidden from the skills marketplace but will continue to function for existing users for another week or so, then I will shut down the Azure services and it will be final.
While I won’t miss the support headaches I did find it an interesting learning experience, not only getting to grips with Microsoft Graph and its intricacies, but also coding for Alexa using .NET which I couldn’t have done without the excellent work by Tim Heuer and Steven Pears.
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2 replies on “Farewell Tasks for Alexa”
I have been using this for years and it’s made my family life so much easier. Thank you. Would love to donate you coffee if there is a way? Genuinely lost as to what to use now. Any suggestions?
What a shame. Thank you for you efforts.