Location of the Alexa Device

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Richard T. Karnosh asked · Aug 28, 2015 at 08:15 PM

Location of the Alexa Device

Is there a way to obtain the device location (i.e. Zip Code) of the device using my Alexa Skill?

I am trying to make Alexa locally relevant.

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-05T20:18:42Z

Brian@Amazon answered · Apr 05, 2017 at 08:18 PM · ACCEPTED ANSWER

There is now a device address API that is available. Documentation can be found here: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/device-address-api

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Answer 2 · 2015-09-07T17:24:31Z

Jamie@Amazon answered · Sep 07, 2015 at 05:24 PM

Hey there, Thanks for posting. This has now been added to the roadmap. Thanks for the feedback. Jamie

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Answer 3 · 2016-02-07T16:20:54Z

Steve A answered · Feb 07, 2016 at 04:20 PM

I guess it depends what we mean by "possible." Amazon seems to grant special access to some (high-profile) apps. So, Uber can do it, clearly. But if you look at the user request ordinary developers get, there's no location information. So, I guess you could ask for some special level of access from Amazon.

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Answer 4 · 2016-02-07T16:14:54Z

polohero answered · Feb 07, 2016 at 04:14 PM

There must be a way to get the address that the user entered into the Alexa app right? If I go to install the Uber app is asks for my permission to pull the address from the Alexa app. How can I get that address without having to create a specific logon in my system (I don't want to have to maintain data if it's natively offered to the customer).

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Answer 5 · 2015-12-28T21:31:24Z

Galactoise answered · Dec 28, 2015 at 09:31 PM

I like the solution, but that feels like the sort of thing that would get shot down in certification for some arcane reason. I could very easily see them coming back with "it's not an actual link between accounts, and therefore account linking may not be used in this manner".

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Answer 6 · 2015-12-28T19:25:00Z

Adnan Riaz answered · Dec 28, 2015 at 07:25 PM

I am also looking for this feature. I am developing a skill to get local info if user doesn't specify the location. So I need to get the location info stored on Amazon Echo.

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Answer 7 · 2015-12-28T17:37:33Z

Brandt Daniels answered · Dec 28, 2015 at 05:37 PM

Any updates on this?

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Answer 8 · 2015-09-18T22:50:53Z

d3mon187 answered · Sep 18, 2015 at 10:50 PM

Ditto on this one. Definitely need to have the users zip or preferably latitude and longitude coordinates. How can we track or find out when this feature has been implemented? Thanks.

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Answer 9 · 2018-05-23T11:33:18Z

Anand Dev answered · May 23, 2018 at 11:33 AM

Is there anything for NodeJS too.?

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Answer 10 · 2017-04-15T22:18:01Z

porch answered · Apr 15, 2017 at 10:18 PM

The new address API opens up really cool new possibilities for your custom skills. If you want to build custom skills with Python, you should check out the following blog post to learn how to use it:

https://data-dive.com/alexa-get-device-location-from-custom-skill

It describes how to retrieve the address in detail. Moreover, it explains how to convert the address to the corresponding coordinates. Some example code is provided to get you started right away.

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