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Zapnologica
Zapnologica

Reputation: 22566

Google Actions Smart Home Simulator Not detecting My Action

I am trying to test a very basic home automation action. I have followed all the tutorials etc.

  1. Setup OAuth Server
  2. Create Action Name
  3. Set smart home action url
  4. Setup account Linking
  5. Test action in simulator

However I am stuck with testing the action in the simulator. I named my action Testing.

When I got to simulator, it suggests that I say, "Talk to Testing". When I do that. It just says We're sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again.

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How do I know whats wrong. I was watching my oAuth Server and no http requests where even made to it. So its not even trying to authenticate.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 131

Answers (1)

Nick Felker
Nick Felker

Reputation: 11978

When you build a smart home action, it's not conversational. Doing "Talk to Testing" would not work as that query does not fit within the standard types of queries that can be made to a smart home action.

To use the simulator for smart home actions, you need to follow the testing guide.

  • Enable testing for the action
  • Go to the Google Assistant settings on your phone to do account linking
  • After this happens, you can send smart home commands directly through the simulator (not conversational), ie. "turn on my light"

Upvotes: 2

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