Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.ErrorResponse Events

If Alexa sends an Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule directive to your skill and you can't handle it successfully, respond with an Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.ErrorResponse event. For details, see Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.

ErrorResponse event

In the payload for the Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.ErrorResponse, specify the type of the error and include a message with information about the error. For the list of Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule error types, see Error type values.

ErrorResponse event parameters

Field Description Type Required
type The type of error. Alexa shares this with the customer. String Yes
message The error message for the error. Alexa doesn't share this with the customer. String Yes

ErrorResponse event example

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{
"event": {
    "header": {
      "namespace": "Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule",
      "name": "ErrorResponse",
      "messageId": "a unique identifier, preferably a version 4 UUID",
      "correlationToken": "correlation token received in the directive",
      "payloadVersion": "3"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "scope": {
        "type": "BearerToken",
        "token": "OAuth2 bearer token"
      },
      "endpointId" :  "the endpoint identifier" ,
    },
    "payload": {
      "type": "<error type>",
      "message": "<error message>"
    }
  }
}

Error type values

The following table shows the valid Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule error types.

Error Type Description
INSUFFICIENT_SPACE Thermostat has insufficient space. This error might occur when the user set too many schedules and exceeded the device limit.

In addition to the Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.ErrorResponse error types, you can also use Alexa error types, such as INVALID_VALUE or TEMPERATURE_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE. For details, see Alexa.ErrorResponse error type values.

Examples

Synchronous response example

The following is an example error response that you send synchronously to Alexa. For the list of Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule.ErrorResponse error types, see Error type values.

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{
  "event": {
    "header": {
      "namespace": "Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule",
      "name": "ErrorResponse",
      "messageId": "a unique identifier, preferably a version 4 UUID",
      "correlationToken": "correlation token received in the directive",
      "payloadVersion": "3"
    },
    "endpoint":{
      "endpointId": "endpoint id"
    },
    "payload": {
      "type": "INSUFFICIENT_SPACE",
      "message": "User exceeded limit for number of schedule entries."
      }
  }
}

Asynchronous response example

The following is an example error response that you send asynchronously to the Alexa event gateway. If you respond asynchronously, include a correlation token and a scope with an authorization token. For details, see Send Events to the Event Gateway.

For the list of Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule error types, see Error type values.

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{
  "event": {
    "header": {
      "namespace": "Alexa.ThermostatController.Schedule",
      "name": "ErrorResponse",
      "messageId": "a unique identifier, preferably a version 4 UUID",
      "correlationToken": "correlation token received in the directive",
      "payloadVersion": "3"
    },
    "endpoint":{
      "scope":{
        "type": "BearerToken",
        "token": "OAuth2 bearer token"
      },
      "endpointId": "endpoint id"
    },
    "payload": {
        "type": "INSUFFICIENT_SPACE",
        "message": "User exceeded limit for number of schedule entries."
    }
  }
}