Alexa Voice Service (AVS) API Reference Overview

This page provides and overview and links to reference documentation for the cloud-based APIs offered by the Alexa Voice Service (AVS).

Alerts

Use the Alerts interface to set and manage locally stored timers, alarms, and reminders.

» Alerts API reference

Alexa

Use the Alexa interface for centralized message management and state and error reporting for other capability interfaces.

» Alexa API reference

Alexa.ApiGateway

Use the Alexa.ApiGateway interface to coordinate URI endpoints when exchanging messages with Alexa services.

» Alexa.ApiGateway reference

AudioActivityTracker

Use the AudioActivityTracker interface to report to Alexa about on-device audio activities.

» AudioActivityTracker

AudioPlayer

Use the AudioPlayer interface for fetching, playing, and managing audio streams.

» AudioPlayer reference

Bluetooth

Use the Bluetooth interface to establish and manage connections with external Bluetooth devices.

» Bluetooth reference

Alexa.Camera.LiveViewController

Use the Alexa.Camera.LiveViewController interface to enable live feed video stream to a viewing device from a security camera.

» Alexa.Camera.LiveViewController reference

Alexa.Discovery

Use the Alexa.Discovery interface to report capabilities, connection information, and other metadata for Alexa devices and connected endpoints.

» Alexa.Discovery reference

Alexa.Display

Use the Alexa.Display interface to report physical characteristics of two-dimensional video display devices.

» Alexa.Display reference

Alexa.Display.Window

Use the Alexa.Display.Window interface to report the characteristics of potential windows that you might create on the physical display of a device.

» Alexa.Display.Window reference

Alexa.DoNotDisturb

Use the Alexa.DoNotDisturb (DND) interface to disable incoming notifications, announcements, and calls.

» Alexa.DoNotDisturb reference

EqualizerController

Use the EqualizerController interface to set the equalizer values for speaker output.

» EqualizerController reference

Alexa.InputController

Use the Alexa.InputController interface to set the active audio or video input for a device.

» Alexa.InputController reference

Alexa.InteractionMode

Use the Alexa.InteractionMode interface to report the supported user interaction paradigms of a device, such as a "tablet mode" or an "auto head unit mode."

To learn more about using Alexa APIs for multimodal experiences, see Alexa Multimodal API Overview.

» Alexa.InteractionMode reference

InteractionModel

Use the InteractionModel interface to publish updates to the device interaction model, for example, enabling Alexa-initiated experiences such as Routines.

» InteractionModel reference

Alexa.ModeController

For your device's predefined list of states of points states the states, use the Alexa.ModeController interface for controlling and reporting the states of those endpoints.

» Alexa.ModeController reference

Notifications

Use the Notifications interface to provide users with audio and visual indicators of new available content from Alexa skills.

» Notifications reference

PlaybackController

Use the PlaybackController interface to communicate locally triggered playback state changes on a device to Alexa, such as user pausing playback by pressing a button.

» PlaybackController reference

Alexa.PowerController

Use the Alexa.ModeController interface to control and report the binary power state of an endpoint.

» Alexa.PowerController reference

Alexa.Presentation

Use the Alexa.Presentation interface to define common visual presentation behaviors, such as reporting device-side lifecycle updates to Alexa.

» Alexa.Presentation reference

Alexa.Presentation.APL

Use the Alexa.Presentation.APL interface to render Alexa Presentation Language (APL) visual content and report user interactions.

To learn more about APL, see Alexa Multimodal API Overview.

» PlaybackController reference

Alexa.Presentation.APL.Video

Use the Alexa.Presentation.APL.Video interface to report the codecs that a device supports for video content in APL documents.

To learn more about APL, see Alexa Multimodal API Overview.

» Alexa.Presentation.APL.Video reference

Alexa.RangeController

Use the Alexa.RangeController interface to control and report the states of an endpoint when the endpoint states are from an explicitly defined continuous numeric range.

» Alexa.RangeController reference

Settings

Use the Settings interface to manage device locale settings.

» Settings reference

Alexa.SoftwareComponentReporter

Use the Alexa.SoftwareComponentReporter interface to report software information to AVS.

» Alexa.SoftwareComponentReporter reference

Speaker

Use the Speaker interface to manage a device's physical speaker volume and mute settings.

» Speaker reference

SpeechRecognizer

Use the SpeechRecognizer interface to capture and interact with user speech through a device's microphone.

» SpeechRecognizer reference

SpeechSynthesizer

Use the SpeechSynthesizer interface for playback of synthesized speech from Alexa.

» SpeechSynthesizer reference

System

The System interface exposes functionality related to the basic system-level operation of an Alexa Built-in device.

» System reference

TemplateRuntime

Use the TemplateRuntime interface to render display cards created from templates that accompany voice interactions, music playback, and other user experiences.

» TemplateRuntime reference

Alexa.ToggleController

Use the Alexa.ToggleController interface to control and report the binary "on" or "off" states of an endpoint.

» Alexa.ToggleController reference

VisualActivityTracker

Use the VisualActivityTracker interface to communicate to Alexa about on-device visual activities.

» VisualActivityTracker reference


Last updated: Jan 07, 2022