Creating Alexa Skill Notifications (like quotemaker)

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I need help in sending notifications to alexa device of a user (echo, dot, etc.. not the other non amazon alexa devices) from alexa skill i am building. I see quote maker doing it but, how its doing it is a blackbox.

For example if the user ordered some item through my skill (say abc org). I would like to notify user on their alexa devices about the status of order proactively ( eg, item shipped, or item out for deliver today).

Amazon has this already for amazon shopping, but i dont see much information on implementing the same for skills.

I saw quote maker creating a notification for self, but how its doing it is a blackbox

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Notification in Alexa Skill is still in developer preview. developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/… – bgsuello
@bgsuello are we able to use this yet? If so how? – Caltor
@Caltor i'm not sure, i think it's not yet available on general public. – bgsuello
@bgsuello hmmm ok thanks. It seems to have disappeared into a black hole. I can't see a beta programme or general release for this functionality. – Caltor

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I had the exact same question and am still not 100% sure about the answer.

As best as I can tell, the Notifications API never made it out of developer preview, and instead has been replaced with the Proactive Events API.

Unfortunately, unless your skill needs to send notifications about trash pickup or sports scores, you're probably out of luck. Here is the complete list of all notifications types that are currently supported:

  • Weather alert
  • Sports event update
  • Message reminder
  • Order status update
  • Reservation confirmation
  • Trash collection reminder
  • Media content availability notification
  • Social game invitation notification