This is a project in its beginning stages to connect the iCloud to Amazon Echo (Alexa)

##Usage

All commands begin with "Alexa, ask iCloud...". iCloud is the name that I chose when creating my Alexa skill, but you can name it something to your liking.

• Find my iPhone
• Find my phone
• Where is my iPhone?
• Where is my phone?

1. When you say the command to Alexa, it triggers the Alexa skill with invocation name iCloud
2. The Alexa skill calls a Python service running an AWS Lambda function
3. AWS Lambda then calls iCloud using the popular pyicloud library

Amazon has provided a good walk-through on getting started with developing an Alexa Skill as a Lambda Function. This will be the technique we use for this integration.

An Alexa skill that relies on an AWS Lambda Function has two parts: the AWS Lambda Function and the Alexa Skill. The following steps focus on the first part of the equation.

• Download the zip file of the code from this repository (for simplicity I've created a deployment.zip file).
• Add a file called config.json that contains your account credentials. The file should look like this:

{
    "devices": [
        {
		"name": "YourName",
		"userName": "YourITunesEmailAddress",
		"password": "YourITunesPassword",
		"deviceIdx": "0"
        }
    ]
}

• Create a Lambda function using the AWS Lambda Console
• Select Python 2.7 as the language and pick the Alexa blueprint (we'll be overridding it with our own code)
• Specify a name (I used echo-icloud). Accept all defaults but be sure to set up an appropriate security role (mine was called lambda_basic_execution)
• Go to the Code tab and select Upload a .ZIP file in the Code entry type dropdown
• Upload the deployment.zip file you modified earlier.
• Test the function in the AWS Lambda Function console with the test script available here.
• Copy your ARN located in the upper-right hand corner. You'll need it when you configure your Alexa skill.

An Alexa skill that relies on an AWS Lambda Function has two parts: the AWS Lambda Function and the Alexa Skill. The following steps focus on the second part of the equation.

• Go to the Amazon Developer console and select the Alexa tab.
• Click on Get Started and then Add a New Skill.
• Add a name (echo-icloud) and an invocation name (*iCloud). You can use whatever you want here, but the Invocation Name is how you will call your skill (i.e. "Alexa, ask iCloud to find my phone")
• In the Interaction Model tab it will ask you for an intent schema. Use the file located here.
• Also in the Interaction Model tab it will ask you for Sample Utterances. Use the file located here.
• In the Configuration tab select the AWS Lambda ARN radio button and then click your Geographic Region. Finally, enter the ARN you received when setting up your AWS Lambda Function.
• Test your function my typing an expression like "Find my phone".