liturgical-calendar / alexa-newsbrief
Liturgy of the Day as an Amazon Alexa skill available for your daily news brief, using the Liturgical Calendar API
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- php: >=7.4
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AmazonAlexa-newsbrief
Liturgy of the Day as an Amazon Alexa skill available for your daily news brief, using the Liturgical Calendar API.
Features
- PSR Compliant: Implements PSR-4 (autoloading), PSR-7 (HTTP messages), PSR-16 (caching), PSR-17 (HTTP factories), and PSR-18 (HTTP client)
- Filesystem Caching: Optional PSR-16 cache support with configurable TTL (1 week for metadata, 1 day for calendar)
- Internationalization: Supports 8 languages via GNU gettext
- SSML Support: Speech Synthesis Markup Language for proper pronunciation
Requirements
- PHP 8.2+
- Composer
- Node.js (optional, for markdown linting)
Installation
composer require liturgical-calendar/alexa-newsbrief
Alexa Skills
Three skills are available on the Alexa skill store:
- Liturgy of the Day (English, USA): has four feeds to choose from, according to timezone within the USA. The calendar is the national liturgical calendar for the United States. Available for free on the store here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PW27RCH
- Liturgia del Giorno (Italiano): unico feed con il calendario liturgico nazionale per l'Italia. Disponibile gratuitamente sullo store qui: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B08PZ67XHY
- Liturgia del Giorno - Diocesi di Roma: unico feed con il calendario liturgico specifico della Diocesi di Roma. Disponibile gratuitamente sullo store qui: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B08PZCF5RX