No login into Amazon/Alexa (Binding)

Add-ons Bindings
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Hi;
I just install the “Amazon Echo Control Binding” via Paper-UI and “Add on”,
and create a small amazon,things file.

But the provided link to http://openhabianpi:8080/amazonechocontrol/account1
will not work:
After entering the mailadress and the password I get: “There was a problem”.

I already activate the 2F authorization, also checked my mailadress/password: In browser I can login into Amazon.de

I also remove the binding and re-install it, but still the same :frowning:
Any further ideas? Any basic mistake on my side?

In the log I find this (but maybe this is “normal” until" the first successful login in Amazon Alexa vom oH)

...
2020-11-17 15:19:02.662 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - 'amazonechocontrol:echo:account1:echodot01' changed from UNINITIALIZED to UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR)
2020-11-17 15:19:02.666 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - 'amazonechocontrol:account:account1' changed from OFFLINE (COMMUNICATION_ERROR): POST url 'https://api.amazon.com/auth/token' failed: Bad Request to UNINITIALIZED
2020-11-17 15:19:02.692 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - 'amazonechocontrol:account:account1' changed from UNINITIALIZED to UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR)
....

The amazon.things file is this:
Bridge amazonechocontrol:account:account1 “Amazon Account” @ “Alexa” [amazonSite=“amazon.de”, email="MAILADRES@gmx.de", password=“MEIN-PW”, pollingIntervalInSeconds=60]
{
Thing echo echodotwz “Alexa (Wohnzimmer)” @ “Alexa” [serialNumber=“G090LxxxxxxxxxGS”]
}

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@Topsurfer
We started having issues with Alexa last week on our openHAB as well (has been working OK for almost a year until now). When asking an Echo device to do something (example, turn off the bedroom lamp), we get Alexa telling us the generic “Master bedroom lamp isn’t responding”.

Today I finally logged into openHab to try and troubleshoot, and I am seeing a similar issue where my existing Amazon Account binding now has an error (shown in PaperUI) of

Status: OFFLINE - COMMUNICATION_ERROR POST url 'https://api.amazon.com/auth/token' failed: Bad Request

Thinking maybe it just needed re-authentication, per https://www.openhab.org/addons/bindings/amazonechocontrol/#first-steps I visit my local page at http://10.1.3.200/amazonechocontrol which does show me the Amazon login page, but I get the same error as you with “Enter a valid email or mobile number”.

Maybe Amazon’s login API changed?

Edit: For grins, I logged into the Alexa “management” website at https://alexa.amazon.com and Disabled the OpenHAB skill, then re-enabled it. It did correctly ask me to login to OpenHab, then kicked me back to the Alexa website.

I can see under Smart Home -> Devices in the Alexa site there is a new group listed that I just created today - so Alexa is able to see the devices and groups OK from within OpenHAB.

However, back to my local OpenHab at http://10.1.3.200/amazonechocontrol, click my Account, then try to login, I still get the “invalid account” message.

It appears Alexa (through the skill) can connect to OpenHab, but OpenHab can’t connect to Alexa any more.

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Finding some related discussions such as here and here about Amazon login APIs changing, then checking my own install, realizing I’m behind a little bit on updates as well (2.5.5)

Currently updating everything and will test again.

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OK, update worked for me. Now running openHab 2.5.10 (including Amazon binding to match of 2.5.10), and was able to successfully get past the Amazon login screen this time.

5

Same for me — after some issues (must change owner from config files (things, itemsrules), before it was OK),
Now I can pass the login screen from Amazon … must testing deeper …

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Hello, i tried to use the blinding today.
However after updating openhab to 2.5.10-1 and installing amazon echo control binding version 2.5.10, I always end up at the amazon log in screen.
After entering mailadress and password, a screen for authentication shows up to inform me a access notification was send to my smartphone. This screen jumps back to the login screen after ~5seconds. Even after confirming the notification on the smartphone the same procedure starts again :frowning:
Can someone help?

Edit: I just created a new amazon account and registered for the 30 days free prime and added my echospot to this account.
The login to this account works, no request to a 2 step authentication (also there is no phone number registered to the account). However the echospot shows up in the list, but is marked as “offline” all the time …