Pretty simple Alexa Skill to get your daily food from MyFitnessPal. This project makes use of this Java myfitnesspal API.
Create an Alexa Skill here (you may need a developer account),
then create a new Custom skill and select Provision your own backend resources.
Once is created (it will take some minutes to completely set up), import the provided example model mode.json
on the left side section > Intents > JSON Editor > Drag and drop a .json file > Select the previous file > Save Model.
Then you just have to customize the existing slot types to your preference.
- Use JDK 17 (recommended) or higher
- Tomcat 8.5.81 is recommended
- Checkout
Dockerfileand myfitnesspal-alexa-skill-docker
By default, a meals.yml config file will be created with an example meal set, each meal must have
a name and action keys, and optionally a threshold one.
| Property | Description | Info/Default value |
|---|---|---|
name |
MFP Meal | Mandatory (Must match exactly the Alexa Skill's Slot VALUE & MFP meal name) i.e. Lunch, Dinner... |
action |
Action used to communicate that meal action (check messages.properties) |
Mandatory i.e. eating, comer... |
threshold |
Hour since skill will check for the next day's meal | Optional Must be an integer i.e. 10, 18... |
General configuration.
| Property | Description | Info/Default value |
|---|---|---|
SKILL_ID |
Alexa Skill ID | Mandatory |
MFP_API_SERVER_URL |
MyFitnessPal API Server URL | Mandatory |
GRAM_ALIASES |
Aliases of gram (for better understandability) | Optional Separated by ,, i.e: g,gr |
TIMEZONE |
Timezone | Mandatory i.e: Europe/Madrid |
CACHE_LIFESPAN |
Day meal cache lifespan | 0 seconds |